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Worship Renewal Grant Recipients—Year 2009

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.)

American Lutheran Church, Clinton Township, Michigan To explore the role and meaning of visual symbols in worship and incorporate them as a catalyst for other types of expression through intergenerational learning experiences that will build a vocabulary of faith.

Arlington Congregational Church, Jacksonville, Florida To engage college students with the congregation in a process of creating intergenerational worship that includes new voices in planning and leading worship.

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin To initiate avenues for teens and young adults to become involved in planning and leading worship for a growing multicultural congregation.

Beckwith Hills Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan To engage the congregation in a study of the liturgical seasons and creation of visual arts that will guide worshipers throughout the year.

Bobby Dodd Institute, Atlanta, Georgia To develop a process that brings together clergy and people with disabilities to create a model of inclusive worship in six area congregations.

Brent House, Chicago, Illinois To create worship liturgies that connect classic Christian texts and secular artistic, literary, and philosophical works in collaboration with local congregations and campus ministries.

Bridge Street AME Church, Brooklyn, New York To explore creative uses of media and the arts in order to engage youth and encourage collaboration between youth and adults in planning worship.

Broadway United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Indiana To create worship services that expand the range of music, visual art and technology used in worship, incorporate the gifts of lay leaders in worship planning and reflect their multicultural community.

Campus Chapel Ministries, Ann Arbor, Michigan To deepen students’ understanding of theology and the arts in worship in partnership with two other campus ministries through workshops and planning worship together.

Chicago Church of Christ, Elmhurst, Illinois To explore new music, dance and drama that will deepen worship and bridge racial, cultural and generational divides to promote unity among people in the congregation who represent 40 different countries and meet in several locations.

Christ Central Church, Charlotte, North Carolina To offer seminars for laity, worship leaders and local artists to help deepen understanding and appreciation of the Lord’s Supper and prepare the congregation to create new sacramental furniture in a congregation that celebrates the Lord’s Supper weekly and meets in a neighborhood theater.

Christ Church Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania To offer workshops for congregations throughout the Diocese of Pennsylvania that will help them become more aware of global Anglican resources and use them in creating liturgies that reflect the diversity within the churches.

Christ the King Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, North Carolina To immerse the congregation in the Psalms of Ascent with the help of linguists, musicians, visual artists and pastors that will help the congregation form faith, identity and tradition in modern life.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Department of Pastoral Care, Cincinnati, Ohio To create scripturally-based, experientially rich worship using music, dance, visual art and writing for patients in treatment at an adolescent residential psychiatric facility.

Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island To offer a series of workshops and small group gatherings to engage ministry leaders in worship planning that incorporates individual gifts and develops a creative arts ministry.

Cornerstone Youth Ministries, Holland, Michigan To train adult and youth leaders through a retreat and monthly gatherings to create and lead weekly worship that engages urban youth through word, visual arts and music.

Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Miami, Florida To train and develop the gifts of the worship planning team which includes 25 people through a retreat, workshops, reading circles and congregational evaluation and to collaborate with another congregation to develop youth as worship leaders.

Evangelical Covenant Church of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, Colorado To engage the congregation in learning about God’s presence in worship and daily life through retreats, monthly gatherings and artistic expression that will enrich corporate worship.

Faith Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas To promote unity across groups separated by age and tradition by studying selected hymns and integrating those hymns in four different weekly worship services using visual art, dramatic readings, special music, and Bible study.

First Union Church, Cedarville, Michigan To develop intergenerational, scriptural worship through a series of seminars to help the congregation engage in the beauty, mystery, majesty and holiness of God using photography, music, and speaking.

Grace Community Christian Reformed Church, Oak Lawn , Illinois To incorporate the worshipping community in worship planning by creating a collaborative process for sermon development that includes learning the role of the sermon, reflecting critically on current practices, and taking part in the process of developing the sermon.

Greater Smith Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia To unite members of the congregation, worship leaders, and members of the community in a process that will deepen the understanding and experience of the Lord’s Supper.

Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, St. Catharines, Ontario To engage the congregation in a process that will deepen understanding of the seasons of the Liturgical Church Calendar through sermons, teaching and the creation of visual arts.

Kairos Community African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee To create a new communion liturgy in collaboration with two other AME churches through workshops and community meals that will deepen understandings of sacramental theology.

Kent Lutheran Church, Kent, Washington To offer workshops that teach the congregation how art, color and light in the worship space engage members and visitors in worship that includes baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Kittamaqundi Community, Columbia, Maryland To explore with neighboring congregations the relationship between contemplative practice and Christian worship through art, poetry, multi-sensory practices and reflection.

Lutheran Music Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota To partner with congregations to develop a process that will support the authentic engagement of young people in congregational life.

Mars Hill Centre, Edmonton, Alberta To develop a worship experience for people who feel excluded from church worship experiences due to their mental health issues and to equip local congregations to receive and minister to them.

Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan To study Scripture and inspire collaborative composition of new music, poetry, art and devotional materials that will center attention on the promise and presence of the Holy Spirit’s work in and among his people.

New Community Fourth Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan To explore how worship can reflect the rich diversity of the community through a study of worship space, the Lord’s Supper, liturgy, language and music.

New Hope Covenant Church, Oakland, California To explore ways to bring cross-cultural music, dance, and written words more regularly into worship through hands-on training that will develop contextualized urban/multicultural intergenerational worship leadership.

New Life Community United Methodist Church, Jacksonville, Florida To offer a year-long study for the congregation and community with a focus on the Psalms, lamentation and prayer that will foster radical hospitality and intergenerational worship.

North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts To study, create, implement and share innovative worship that engages patients, their families and staff within the hospital and connects with local congregations to expand pastoral care both in and out of the hospital.

Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oakland, Californai To create worship that both reflects and helps form the unique multicultural congregation by recovering authentic indigenous worship materials and creating art, worship environments, music and educational experiences that reflect the worship traditions, theologies, pieties and vocabularies of the community.

Rockingham District of the North Carolina Conference (Connectional Table), Laurinburg, North Carolina To offer a series of workshops on visual arts, drama and improvisational preaching for churches in the conference and provide opportunities for the congregations to report to one another on their experience of worship renewal within their congregations.

St. John’s United Church of Christ, Dunkirk, New York To explore the role of arts in worship through a series of workshops and book studies to encourage members of the congregation to become involved in worship planning and implement what has been learned.

St. Michael and St. Rose Parishes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin To provide training in liturgical practices and music for the multicultural youth choirs of two churches that will encourage youth to take an active role in worship as a way to strengthen their identity within the worshiping community.

St. Paul AME Church, Canton, Georgia To offer workshops for the congregation and neighboring churches to explore music in worship that will cross denominational, cultural, socio-economic and racial divisions.

The Gathering, Sacramento, California To create intergenerational worship services by training youth to lead worship and adults to mentor the youth.

The Leadership Program for Musicians, Saginaw, Michigan To collaborate with a local planning committee to establish a new LPM program, to develop a model for the establishment of local LPM programs in other areas and to explore new ways of enriching the training.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Escondido, California To explore the practice of hospitality in worship through study, workshops and monthly worship events that will invite adults and youth in the community to participate in worship.

United Congregational Christian Church, Lodi, California To study scripture and create visual art that will find and express God’s transforming love and create a venue for the entire congregation including families with young children to fully participate in worship.

Vancouver Chinese Baptist Church, Vancouver, British Columbia To offer a series of Bible studies, workshops and discussions on the history of biblical worship and its theological foundations that will encourage the congregation to practice in worship what they have learned.

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