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To develop teaching materials on contemporary musical settings of the Psalms, with an emphasis on music from Africa and Latin America, and to make these available to the wider church community.

To study liturgy past and present that will lead to more deliberate worship planning resulting in a new understanding of God's character, nature and work in a young and growing congregation which meets in two locations.

Moses saw God and then gave the law. Contemplating God in the temple inspired David to write songs and psalms. On Pentecost, Peter affirmed what Joel prophesied, that the Holy Spirit moves the faithful to dream dreams and see visions. And, till the Reformation, all Christendom celebrated the link between faith and the visual in worship.

To immerse the congregation in activities that will encourage worshipers to pray and reflect on the effects of prayer through the Psalms, prayers for healing, drumming circles, embodied prayer and to use the written prayers of the community in worship.

To train parish music coordinators in Roman Catholic liturgical practices and mentors to assist them in the application of these practices.

To create on-campus initiatives that will connect academic life with campus worship by creating a university-wide theme of prayerfulness and to form a Spiritual Formation cohort of professors to intentionally link campus worship practices with the classroom, introduce spiritual practices in the classroom and explore the relationship between spiritual practice and pedagogy.

To partner with congregations to develop a process that will support the authentic engagement of young people in congregational life.

To deepen musical leadership through the formation of a committee of choir directors and musicians from local churches that focuses on congregational singing.

This service plan focuses on the importance of the music ministry in the life of the church and the proper commissioning of those who serve in these ministries.

To empower youth of eleven parishes to lead worship using music that is both authentically Catholic and authentically Black.