Worship Weblog
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Report From Grants Tour ‘07
Betty Grit has just returned from a driving tour of various current and former recipients of Worship Renewal Grants in Ontario and the northeastern United States. Here is her report on her travels. (More information)
Redeemer University College
Ancaster, Ontario
Syd Hielema, chaplain of the college, enthusiastically reported the many ways college faculty, students and staff are engaging in the grant project based on “the kingdom is like yeast” (from Matthew 13) model of ministry. Retreats, a luncheon and worship education desserts have provided opportunities for discussion of worship and prayer. Book reading groups are being formed that will offer fellowship and learning about worship. Syd is grateful for the strong student leadership at Redeemer and for the interest of faculty and staff to make worship a central focus of all campus life. He is interested in further exploring ways to connect worship with the curriculum. He observes that it would be helpful to meet with other chaplains at Christian colleges to encourage and learn from one another.