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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Grants Update 2
We were honored to meet Joni-Davis Drake and Thomas Drake of San Joaquin First Nations Fellowship in Lathrop, California (2005 recipient) and receive their generous gifts of greeting. Each CICW staff member was presented with a small wooden carving of a bear on a pin or yarn, handcrafted by Thomas. The bear, Joni said, is a symbol of strength. Joni explained the symbolism of her black, red, and white shawl, which was encircled by a zig-zag line resembling a heartbeat monitor. Drumming in worship represents the heartbeat of the faith of believers, she explained. Each knot in the shawl represents a prayer that was given when it was made.
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Grants Colloquium Update 1
Betty met some of our early arrivals last night and reports:
Dinner last evening with participants who arrived early provided a snapshot of what these next days will bring. Gathered from New England and New Mexico, from Texas and Tennessee and from Hawaii and Pennsylvania, these grant recipients shared their passion for worship and their joys and fears regarding their projects for the renewal of worship. After two hours several expressed that they already had found new friends. Coming from many geographic locations, experiences and backgrounds, they found common interests that encouraged them.
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Grants Colloquium 2005 This Week
This week, 2004 and 2005 Worship Renewal Grant recipients from over 100 congregations in more than 30 states and provinces throughout North America gather at Calvin College for the annual Grants Colloquium, where they will share their experiences and learn from each other. Daily updates will be available here beginning Tuesday night.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
17 Questions For Worship Renewal
The newly released revision of the Worship Renewal Grants application brochure includes 17 questions for proposed projects that address not only the basic details of a proposal but also the theological background behind it.
Official applications for Worship Renewal Grants must follow the posted guidelines, but we post the application questions here for non-applicants, in the hope that they may stimulate reflection on the meaning of worship and the dynamics of worshiping communities.
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Worship Renewal Grants ‘05
CICW is pleased to announce 54 recipients of Worship Renewal Grants for 2005, made possible by the renewed support of Lilly Endowment, Inc.
A new press release from Calvin College outlines this year’s Worship Renewal Grants Program and the renewal of Lilly support. We are deeply grateful for this continued support and for the opportunity to strengthen and sustain worship renewal in these 54 congregations and organizations.