Archive for the ‘Grants’ Category
Fall grants tour to the Pacific Northwest: Burnaby, British Columbia
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Nelson Avenue Community Church in Burnaby BC recently completed a major renovation of their building. A Worship Renewal workshop was an opportunity to welcome pastors and worship leaders from throughout the Vancouver area and northern Washington to their new space. Together we worshiped, discussed and learned about the ways that worship renewal is bringing new [...]
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Fall grants tour to the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Carey Theological College is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia. Along with several other seminaries they train students to be pastors and missionaries. A 2011 Worship Renewal Grant was awarded to Carey to provide a series of workshops designed to equip and empower worship leaders and pastors in recovering the meaning [...]
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Fall grants tour to the Pacific Northwest: Kent, Washington
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Founded in 1889 by Scandinavian immigrant farmers in a rich agricultural region just outside Seattle, WA, Kent Lutheran Church today is home to professionals in health, education, aeronautics, and technology. In 2009 Kent Lutheran Church was making plans to renovate their sanctuary. While they recognized that a grant could not fund renovations, they applied for [...]
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Reflections from participants at Grants Colloquium 2011
Friday, July 1st, 2011
We were grateful to receive these (and many more) reflections from participants at our recent Grants Colloquium. We thank God for this leaders, their vision, and our time together.
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Snapshots from Grants Colloquium Poster Session
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
From the poster session at Grants Colloquium: open in a new window
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Grants Colloquium 2011
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
More than 150 congregational leaders who have received Worship Renewal Grants from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in 2010 and 2011 will gather at Calvin College from June 14-16. This time of mutual learning brings together thoughtful leaders from large and small congregations and from many denominations and communities. You are invited to join these grant recipients for a day of learning ..
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Reflections from grant recipient in California
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Our goal in planning, writing, and executing chapels is to glorify God. Period. So, the first question we always ask is, “How was God glorified.?” We intentionally do not first ask the question – Did people like it?
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Green Bay grant recipients get front row seat for Packers parade
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Here’s a fun report from Mike Pfeifer at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which received a 2009 Worship Renewal Grant from us. To our knowledge, this is our first grant recipient to pose with the Super Bowl trophy. Of course, if you do get a grant we make no guarantees about the [...]
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Grants Tour Fall 2010
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
In the fall of 2010, Betty Grit and her husband Nelson traveled to visit with many current and former recipients of Worship Renewal Grants. Betty’s blog reflections and photos give us glimpses of this time of fellowship and learning with grant recipients in their own communities.
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Grants Tour Visit #11 – Our Saviour Episcopal Church
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Rector Meghan Froehlich welcomed me to Our Saviour Episcopal Church in downtown Akron. A warm fire set the stage for conversation about the Worship Renewal project which is bringing together seven Episcopal churches to create assessment and formation tools for music in worship. It is their prayer that the process will promote a deeper engagement of church members and leaders of the role of music in connecting them with God, one another and the wider community.
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