All posts about ‘Betty Grit’
Visit to New Community Fourth Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Posted by Betty Grit An energy and enthusiasm filled the sanctuary of New Community Fourth Reformed Church in Holland as worshipers gathered on a sunny March morning. The worship service would be entirely bilingual in English and Spanish. Music, prayers, Scripture and the sermon would be in both languages to engage people of both cultures. [...]
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Report from visit to Legacy Christian School
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Report from Betty Grit: On the first day of school, students and staff at Legacy Christian School in Cutlerville, Michigan, gathered for worship. Photos were projected with the invitation for everyone to guess “Who is it?” From cute baby pictures, through the growing up years and ending with a young woman of college age, we [...]
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Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Green Bay, WI
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit Project Director Mike Pfeifer, Pastor Steve Witte and members of the team who will implement the 2009 Worship Renewal Grant awarded to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church hosted us for dinner at Lambeau Stadium, the home of the Green Bay Packers. They explained that the presence of an NFL team impacts the [...]
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St Michael and St Rose Parishes, Milwaukee, WI
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit On a summer Monday morning, children gather at St Michael Parish in Milwaukee, WI for the first day of Bible School. Barbara Tracey warmly welcomes each one by name and with questions such as, “How was summer school?” Older children who have been designated as crew leaders will shepherd the younger [...]
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Brent House, Chicago, IL
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit On a summer Saturday afternoon I visited with David Newheiser, Project Director for the 2009 Worship Renewal Grant to Brent House, a campus ministry of the Episcopal Church. Seven graduate students call Brent House home while studying at the University of Chicago. On Sunday evenings during the school year, worshipers from [...]
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Grace Christian Reformed Church, Oak Lawn, IL
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit Collaborative worship planning that includes visual arts has become an integral part of the life of this congregation. As I visited the church on a Saturday morning, I found the sanctuary filled with visual connections between Paul’s missionary journeys and life in Chicago. Roman columns, pottery and pictures of familiar Oak [...]
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Bethany Church Muskegon
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Bethany Church received a 2008 Worship Renewal Grant to strengthen their commitment to become a multicultural and multigenerational congregation. As the choir gathered in the front of the sanctuary it was evident that it reflected this commitment. Led by Leslie Montgomery, old and young of many cultures joyfully sang and led [...]
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Memorial Christian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Surrounded by the towering buildings of the University of Michigan, historic Memorial Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) gathers worshipers on a beautiful spring morning. From March 2009 As Pastor Irvin Green welcomes us he notes the numerous denominations that are represented. Truly we are a multicultural, multidenominational congregation today. As members [...]
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Report from Grant Recipient: First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL in New York City
Friday, February 27th, 2009
From Betty Grit: A 2008 Worship Renewal Grant was awarded to First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL, in New York City, to help worshipers learn, reflect and worship together. The pastor, Rev. Henry A. Belin, III stated “We are excited about what this grant will allow us to do. We are calling this season of [...]
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Psalms series at Union University
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
We were grateful for the opportunity to have our director, John Witvliet, travel to Union University last week to give a chapel presentation on the Psalms. Listen to it at Union’s website. This presentation was part of a series this spring at Union on the Psalms and worship. Union received a Worship Renewal Grant to [...]
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