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.
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.
The Calvin Symposium on Worship is a conference for worshipers, pastors, artists, musicians, scholars, students, ministry leaders, and more. As an ecumenical gathering, the Symposium creates space for Christians to worship, learn, and connect with people from many cultures, contexts, and Christian traditions from across the country and around the world.
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.
The Calvin Symposium on Worship is a conference for worshipers, pastors, artists, musicians, scholars, students, ministry leaders, and more. As an ecumenical gathering, the Symposium creates space for Christians to worship, learn, and connect with people from many cultures, contexts, and Christian traditions from across the country and around the world.
Worship
Join daily worship services shaped by diverse Christian traditions, cultures, and expressions.
Learn
Explore worship through seminars/retreats, plenaries, and workshops that connect scholarship and practice.
Connect
Meet and engage with worshipers and ministry leaders from across North America and around the world.
Check out this recap video from the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship:
Speakers, Schedule, and Program
Event details, including the growing list of contributors and the schedule, will be posted below as confirmed.
All worship services are free and open to the public. Attend in person or watch them live on the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship YouTube or Facebook page.
Registration
Conference registration will open in the fall of 2026.
$250 Individual
$150 Group (per person for three or more from a church/parish/organization)
$150 Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grant team members, past and present
$50 Students and Faculty, including
Students from any middle school, high school, university*, or seminary*/divinity/graduate school
Teacher/faculty members
*There is no fee for Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary students, faculty, emeriti, staff, and C.A.L.L. members. Please register to receive a printed conference name badge.
