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Constanza Bongarrá and Marcelo Villanueva demonstrate and talk about five songs as part of the CICW series "Songs from the hymnal 'Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God.'"
Worship/Plenary on For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Budget revisions are common during the grant year. You may need to revise your budget as you implement your project and find that either costs have changed, or your learning compels you to go in different directions.
Worship/Plenary on Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
Maria Cornou, moderator.
As 2021 Worshiping Communities grant recipients prepare to end the year-long grant project, we look forward to hearing about what grantees have learned throughout the grant year.
Worship/Plenary on Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Teacher-scholars who received grants through the Vital Worship Grants Program share learning from their scholarly research and grant projects. John Witvliet, moderator.
In preparation for the 2022 Grants Event and scheduled project director consultations, please watch the webinar below and note additional questions you may have.
Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, often invites members to write words used in worship. They've found that crafting liturgical language, such as calls to worship or stewardship and psalm or song paraphrases, is an easy way to help more people participate in worship and congregational life.
Your congregation can make worship the work of the people when you use their words in worship. The hymnku form—haiku poetry set to music—works for in-person, hybrid, and online worship and can involve many ages.
Sociologists Amy Adamczyk and Christian Smith co-authored the book "Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation," which explores the research results of more than 200 interview with US parents exploring intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice between the generations.
