Posts Tagged ‘grantstouroct09’
Jordan United Church of Christ, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Alana Acker, Wally Frisch and Pastor David Smith, from Jordan United Church of Christ, gathered with me in the youth room, near their 2008 poster, to reflect on the project which focused on welcoming and empowering youth as worship leaders. They noted that there are more than 100 children and youth [...]
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Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Project Director Bruce Epperly and Daryl Hollinger met with me to reflect on the 2008 Worship Renewal Grant project. Lancaster Theological Seminary had offered training and resources to musicians and pastors of churches that typically attract less than 75 participants. A question that guided their work was, “What types of worship [...]
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Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Rector Tim Stafford and Assistant Minister Susan Richardson met with me in beautiful historic Christ Church in downtown Philadelphia. They provided a history lesson in the ways this church was a leader as the colonies gained independence and established a new government. Their worship renewal project will honor the past while [...]
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Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Project Director Lauri Smalls and other leaders of the congregation met with me on a beautiful fall evening to report on the worship renewal event of the previous weekend. Distributing publicity through emails, Facebook and other social networking avenues, they brought together a large number of people from various places to [...]
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The Crossing at St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Stephanie Spellers served as Project Director for the 2008 grant awarded to The Crossing. Visiting with her in the Cathedral located in downtown Boston helped me realize the multiple ways the church serves the people of this city. Four services are held each week. On Sunday morning the traditional congregation gathers. [...]
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North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Project Director, Chad Kidd and members of the Pastoral Care staff met with me to discuss their project that will bring worship into the hospital rooms of patients in several buildings. Thanks to the generous donation of an individual, technology has been made available to transmit worship in the chapel into [...]
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Bethany Presbyterian Church, Brookline, Massachusetts
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Pastor Kevin Manuel had partnered with CICW through a 2005 Worship Renewal Grant when he was pastor of a congregation in San Francisco. Now the pastor in Bethany Presbyterian Church in Brookline, MA, he invited me to participate with the congregation in a retreat at beautiful Pilgrim Pines in Swanzey, New [...]
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St John’s United Church of Christ, Dunkirk, New York
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Dunkirk, a beautiful city on the southern shore of Lake Erie, is home to many small congregations of various denominations. St John’s has invited several of these congregations to partner with them in the process of worship renewal. A workshop titled “Integrity In Worship, Using the Arts Worshipfully” is scheduled to [...]
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