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    Apply for Grants

    Apply for the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Program to support and enhance Christian worship practices. We encourage proposals on universal design, cultural engagement, preaching, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and more. Two grant streams are available.

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    All Grants Awarded

    Explore all grants awarded since the program launched in 2000, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.

    Info for Current Recipients

    Explore detailed guidelines and support resources to help you manage your grant effectively.

    Teacher-Scholar Grants

    Apply for the Teacher Scholar Grant to support innovative research and teaching in Christian worship. Proposals from educators and scholars are welcome.

    Worshiping Communities Grants

    Apply for the Worshiping Communities Grant to support and enhance worship practices within your community. Proposals for diverse and innovative worship initiatives are welcome.

    Teacher-Scholar Grants

    Apply for the Teacher Scholar Grant to support innovative research and teaching in Christian worship. Proposals from educators and scholars are welcome.

    Worshiping Communities Grants

    Apply for the Worshiping Communities Grant to support and enhance worship practices within your community. Proposals for diverse and innovative worship initiatives are welcome.

  • Events

    Events

    Join us for our Symposium on Worship and Summer Seminars. Engage in inspiring sessions, workshops, and intensive seminars to deepen your understanding and practice of Christian worship.

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    Calendar of Events

    Consider joining an upcoming event we sponsor or support. An archive is also available for reference.

    Dwelling in the Psalms

    You are invited to join the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in a year of dwelling in the Psalms—the prayerbook and songbook of the Bible.

    Upcoming Event

    Artwork: "Celebration" by John August Swanson, 2003
    From Generation to Generation: A Service of Lessons and Carols
    Join Calvin University choirs for their fiftieth annual lessons and carols service, which coincides with Calvin University's 150th anniversary celebrations spanning the 2025–26 academic year. 
    December 7, 2025, 3:00 PM
    Grand Rapids
    , 
    Michigan
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  • About

    About

    The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin University advances Christian worship through resources, events, and grants. Since 1997, we have partnered with congregations and organizations to fulfill our mission.

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    Mission

    We promote the study and renewal of Christian worship through partnerships at Calvin University.

    What We Do

    We partner with congregations and organizations, focusing on resources, events, and grants.

    Diversity and Inclusion

    We promote worship practices that celebrate diversity and foster inclusion in all communities.

    Partners

    Discover our generous funding partners who make our programs possible through their support and grants.

    Staff Directory

    Find contact information and profiles for CICW staff across all programs.

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    Calvin University offers many options for learners and students of all ages and contexts.

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    Learn about MLC

    A program for first- and second-year Calvin University students exploring how their interests intersect with the church.

    MLC Leadership Staff

    Meet the Ministry Leadership Cohort staff.

    MLC Peer Leaders

    Meet the Ministry Leadership Cohort peer leaders.

    A program for first- and second-year Calvin University students exploring how their interests intersect with the church.

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    Get in touch with us for inquiries, support, or more information about our programs and services.

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    Learn at Calvin

    Calvin University offers many options for learners and students of all ages and contexts.

    Learn about MLC

    Learn about MLC

    A program for first- and second-year Calvin University students exploring how their interests intersect with the church.

    MLC Leadership Staff

    Meet the Ministry Leadership Cohort staff.

    MLC Peer Leaders

    Meet the Ministry Leadership Cohort peer leaders.

    A program for first- and second-year Calvin University students exploring how their interests intersect with the church.

    Contact Us

    Get in touch with us for inquiries, support, or more information about our programs and services.

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Publication Music/Song Planning Worship Intergenerational

A New Song for an Old World

While the worship wars continue to rage in the church, many do not realize that conflict over church music goes back to the earliest Christians as they sought to live out the "new song" of their faith.
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Psalms

Granite Springs Church

To saturate their new congregation with a rhythm of Bible memorization that supports spiritual formation and an integration of scripture into every aspect of the worship service with attention to multigenerational participation.
Sandra McCracken
Profile

Sandra McCracken

Sandra McCracken is a Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. A prolific recording artist, McCracken has produced seventeen solo albums over two decades. Her best-selling release "Psalms" (2015) received critical acclaim, and "God’s Highway" (2017) made Billboard’s Heatseekers chart without a major label. She has had songs featured on TV, including "Ten Thousand Angels" on ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy," and has over 15 million streams.
Article Christian Year

Introducing Lent: A Season of Preparation and Repentance

Through deliberate forms of self-denial, Christians in Lent open their hearts to the self-giving grace of Jesus Christ and their own union with Christ.
Video Sacraments Prayer

Praying at the Table, Praying at the Font

2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
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Article Christian Year Music/Song

Magnify the Lord

This service of Lessons and Carols from 2010 invites you to join with Mary in singing her song of praise to the Mighty One, and in working in fear and trembling for the full coming of the kingdom of Christ, even as we patiently await his return.
Publication Theology Sacraments Psalms/Scripture

Touching the Altar: The Old Testament for Christian Worship

"What does it mean to be in the presence of God’s holiness? How can it affect us whether we seek it out or stumble upon it? Can it truly change our very reality to encounter it?" "The essayists in this volume explore these questions at the heart of Christian worship, considering the oft-neglected Old Testament as essential to understand our purpose in worship.
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural Psalms

St. John's Presbyterian Church

To engage adults and children in exploring music and liturgical art in worship through an intergenerational, multi-sensory all-church retreat and monthly workshops.
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Past Event In-person

The Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture at Princeton Seminary

Dr. John D. Witvliet, professor of worship and director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary will speak at the Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture at Princeton Seminary.
John Goldingay
Profile

John Goldingay

John Goldingay is an Anglican priest and senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He lives in Oxford, England, with his wife, Kathleen, where he joins in Morning Prayer at the cathedral, reads in the Bodleian Library, and walks by the Thames. He is the author of a number of works on the Old Testament and a number of commentaries on the Psalms and other books.
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