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Worship Renewal Grant Recipients—Year 2001

You can view posters displayed at Colloquium for grant recipients from the years 2003-2008. Click on the organization's name for an image of the poster. (You may need to zoom in to read the text on the poster.)

Alliance Evangelical Friends Church, Alliance, Ohio To establish a series of workshops for worship leaders and children to develop a philosophy of worship for children’s worship and age appropriate activities for use in children’s worship ministries.

Bethel-Bethany United Church of Christ, Milwaukee, Wisconsin To encourage the use and appreciation of multicultural music and liturgy in the worship services of four Lutheran and Reformed congregations located in a multicultural neighborhood through the development of a congregational/ecumenical model for worship renewal.

Calvary Memorial United Methodist Church, Snow Hill, North Carolina To host a Liturgical Arts Festival—a workshop in worship ministry for children, youth and adult worship leaders where adults will empower young people in the planning and implementation of meaningful worship experiences, and local churches will find new ways to share in worship ministry.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, Missouri To educate a parish and other diocesan congregations about worship rituals and the liturgical life of their communities during a cathedral renovation project.

Christians in Theatre Arts, Greenville, South Carolina To share with participants at regional CITA conferences and meetings for pastors and church leaders the results of prior exploration and discussion on the role of theatre in worship.

Christ’s Community Christian Church, Avondale, Arizona To sponsor a three-day retreat for pastors and worship pastors to understand the theological framework of worship, to refine core worship values in the evangelical tradition, and to apply those principles to relevant, contextual worship services.

City Impact, Inc., Oxnard, California To develop a 15-week course through Ventura County Worship Renewal Project on the history and development of Christian worship, plan creative congregational and public worship services, including a worship service practicum, and to facilitate cross-cultural worship experiences amongst churches.

College Hill Reformed Presbyterian Church, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania To provide a forum for composers working on contemporary renderings of psalm texts and music, and to introduce these to worship leaders and the Geneva College worshiping community.

Corpus Christi Church, New York, New York To collaborate with neighboring religious institutions to form an increased awareness of the relationship between private spirituality and public discipleship through a Lenten Vesper Series.

Covenant Presbyterian Church, Roanoke, Virginia To create a four-part worship series on the Psalms using the gifts of a contemporary composer, a brass quintet, and adult and youth choirs.

Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, Pennsylvania To create works of art for five multicultural congregations under the direction of Nancy Chinn.

Diocese of Gaylord, Gaylord, Michigan To establish an Institute for Liturgy to train lay leaders in worship leadership, including a distance learning classroom.

Eighth St. Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana To provide vision for and promote engagement in ecumenical worship through a series of planned worship services and other events.

Eliot Presbyterian Church, Lowell, Massachusetts To partner with International Christian Fellowship Ministry in introducing the musical and worship traditions of East Asians and Africans into their congregations as a means of outreach to other immigrants.

Faith Reformed Church, Brookings, South Dakota To formulate a thoughtful and creative interdisciplinary introduction of a new hymnal through worship team leadership, adult church school class, and banners illustrating theological themes of the hymnal.

Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions Region VI, Toledo, Ohio To offer a Liturgy Summer Camp to provide a basic understanding of liturgy to lay persons in Michigan and Ohio.

First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, British Columbia To compose songs based on scripture, catechism, creeds, and the Contemporary Testimony for use in worship.

First Covenant Church, Oakland, California To plan Worship 2001, a conference for musicians and worship leaders with an emphasis on music.

First United Methodist Church, Winnie, Texas To develop an educational program of Fine Arts in Worship for children and youth.

Granite Springs Christian Reformed Church, Rocklin, California To conduct a series of five teaching sessions, concluding with a two-day retreat for worship planners and songwriters on the use of the Psalms in worship and to compose new psalm settings.

Hope Centre Christian Reformed Church (Hopelink), Winnipeg, Manitoba To sponsor "Enlarging the Circle," a three-day, cross-disability conference on inclusive worship.

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Warrenville, Illinois To support a composer-in-residence program along with an education program on music in worship.

Judson College, Elgin, Illinois To promote the creation of architecturally inspiring worship spaces that serve the Protestant evangelical community through a two-day conference.

Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell, Ontario A liturgy training program for lay people in six rural/small town Presbyterian congregations in southwestern Ontario.

LaSalle Street Church, Chicago, Illinois To effect greater immediacy in worship for worshippers by combining research on the church calendar and worship planning around the liturgical year.

Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations, Burke, Virginia To enable Local Program Coordinators from ten targeted geographical areas to participate in a national Leadership Program for Musicians Leadership Development Conference.

Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations, Denver, Colorado To begin a program for training worship leaders and musicians on the theological underpinnings of leading worship and music and developing practical skills in worship leadership.

Lower Susquehanna Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania To begin and nurture the adult catechumenal process in churches by the combination of a retreat, a worship service, and a one-day training session with follow-up consultations.

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect Heights, Illinois To evaluate and expand an arts enrichment program that will impact public worship.

Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois To equip ten pastors from congregations of different geographic and ecumenical contexts to creatively preach on worship and sacrament in a way that combines the worshiper’s reflection with biblical stories and images.

Masterworks Performing Arts Company, Chesapeake, Virginia To sponsor a Worship Arts Conference, including the areas of drama ministry, vocal and instrumental music, and other related worship arts.

Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania To study ways to renovate the sanctuary of a small urban church to meet current needs through the involvement of musicians, artists, architecture students, a professional architect, and the church’s congregation as well as permit architecture students to explore options for area churches with similar needs.

New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina To sponsor a conference for the Presbyterian Church in America in upstate South Carolina on the theological underpinnings and practical implications of renewal in worship and the arts.

North American Association for the Catechumenate, Pataskala, Ohio To support a conference on programs to integrate worship, evangelism, hospitality, and small group ministries in the process of welcoming new members to a congregation.

Primera Iglesia Evangelica Hispana Metodista Libre, Tampa, Florida To begin a certification training program for musicians, pastors and music leaders in Latino churches.

Saint Andrew Christian Church, Olathe, Kansas To help churches develop stimulating and meaningful worship environments and sacred spaces for their congregations during a one-day workshop.

Salem United Methodist Church, Bremen, Indiana To fund a one-day conference for hymnwriters from Northern Indiana on writing hymns and other songs for worship.

Salvation Army, Flint, Michigan To develop a worship service called Cross-ConneXions, and other discipleship programs for youth and young adults.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas To enrich worship through learning, singing and sharing worship music from around the world, helping celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood, city and church.

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Summerville, South Carolina To provide education about worship, to train youth in the arts, and to empower them to participate in and lead worship.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Powhatan, Virginia To explore, in conjunction with the Commission on Small Churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, methods where small congregations can design excellent intergenerational worship practices.

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Indiana To prepare college, university, and seminary students for musician and clergy positions in churches through a worship conference.

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois To conduct a series of workshops that focus on the role of art and its impact on worship.

Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, Takoma Park, Maryland To conduct an ecumenical workshop in liturgical dance to train leaders in the use of liturgical dance in worship, and to hold a liturgical dance concert.

The Common Ministry at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington To train and equip student leaders to offer meaningful and theologically rich worship experiences for college students.

Turning Pointe School of Dance, Holland, Michigan To plan a two-day Sacred Dance Conference to teach the principles and guidelines for using dance in worship.

Urbandale United Church of Christ, Urbandale, Iowa To provide opportunities in the research, writing and dramatic presentation of lectionary texts through Project AWE: Arts in Worship Experience.

Wedgwood Christian Youth and Family Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan To provide a comprehensive review of worship programming for youth so that they encounter God in worship, and to train youth and staff in a deeper understanding of worship.

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