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Worship and Campus Ministries
Campus ministry plays an integral role in the lives and learning of college and seminary students. This special section of the website provides resources to leaders in campus ministry and worship.

Worship at Christian Seminaries

Church at School and School in Church: Studying Worship on Seminary Campuses 
by Ron Rienstra
Nearly every seminary in North America worships together during the week. These services are central to a seminary’s communal life and work, for worship is deeply formative – spiritually, educationally, and institutionally. Yet there is significant variety in the ways in which seminary communities plan for, lead, and learn about worship.

Worship and Seminary Education 
The Association for Reformed and Liturgical Worship (AR&LW) has begun a conversation around the formation of worship leaders for Reformed congregations.  Partners in this conversation include congregations, seminaries who train the worship leaders, and the judicatory bodies that ordain these leaders. Read about

	Formation of Worship Leaders
	Ecumenical Voices
	Regional Cluster Groups
	Focus on Congregations

Worship at Christian Colleges and Universities
Most Christian colleges and universities share one abiding passion: meeting together with the community to worship God. The kinds of worship services and expectations for those gatherings vary widely from one campus to another, yet what binds us all together is the desire to come into the Lord's presence to offer our praise and our prayers to the God whose grace covers everything that we do.

This section offers a tour of some of the Christian colleges and universities around North America. You will find links to their campus ministry websites and our own list of highlights from each campus.

Along the way, you may discover ideas and illustrations that may inform and nurture your own worshiping community. Dig in and enjoy!

Books
Campus Ministry Bibliography

Colleges
Links to campus ministry websites and highlights from each campus

Resources
Calvin College's Faith Resource Library
creative learning, ideas, and themes, from the Calvin College Chapel
A Theological Foundation for Worship at Calvin
principles for campus worship in the Reformed tradition, by the Calvin College Chapel
Teaching of Worship
a growing archive of teaching resources available for congregations, colleges, and seminaries
Weekday Worship Services
outlines for 30 minute worship services for use in chapel and other weekday settings
InterVarsity Press Basic Library (IVP)
suggestions for reading during college
'I'll Bring You More Than a Song': Workshop on Leading Dorm Worship
Paul Ryan
In Spirit and In Truth: The Role of Chapel in Higher Education
Tim McCarthy

Websites
Campus Crusade for Christ
Coalition for Christian Outreach
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)
EveryStudent.com
The Fund for Theological Education
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Ivy Jungle Network