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Nurturing Children Through Worship & Prayer

The aim of the Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative is to help children come to know and love God and grow in faith. Grantees were invited to submit proposals to create new and/or enhance existing projects that support congregations as they design corporate worship services and prayer practices that more intentionally and fully engage children and nurture their faith. Grantees are engaged in doing one or more of the following:

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  • Encouraging congregations to strengthen intergenerational corporate worship and prayer practices that attend to and respect how children experience God and express their faith.

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  • Supporting efforts by congregations to enhance worship and prayer practices that are more fully inclusive of all children, including children with disabilities.

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  • Assisting congregations in drawing more fully on the arts (e.g., music, visuals, drama, etc.) to enhance the experience of worship and prayer for children.

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  • Encouraging congregations to strengthen practices that connect more intentionally worship and prayer with the daily life of children and that inspire children and their families to discern God’s activity in the world and engage in Christian acts of love.

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Please utilize the directory below to read about the 32 organizations participating in this initiative. We are looking forward to welcoming 91 new projects into the initiatve in late 2024. Please email nurturingchildren@indwes.edu with any questions. 

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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

C.A.R.E. for Children

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Rev. Julius Walls

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Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Unbridled Presence

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Dawn Rundman

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Baylor University

Shaping Young Worshipers Through Transformative Music Ministry

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Dr. Maria Monteiro

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Belmont University

In Every Generation

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Dr. Steve Guthrie

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Capital University

Age to Age: Curating Congregational Rituals to Form Faith With and Within Children

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Kris Bjorke

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Catholic University of America

Welcoming Children in Worship

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Dr. Jem Sullivan

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China Evangelical Seminary of North America

Welcoming Children

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Dr. Jennifer C. Lowe

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Choristers Guild

Nurturing Choral Leaders to Connect Music to the Spiritual Mission of the Congregation

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Dawn Jantsch

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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Reimagining Children's Ministry

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Bishop Teresa E. Snorton

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Columbia Theological Seminary

Wonder of Worship

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Rev. Dr. Kathy Dawson

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Emory University

The Sacred Arts Collective

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Rev. Dr. Khalia J. Williams

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Fuller Theological Seminary

Imagining Worship with Kids

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Dr. Ed Willmington

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General Council of the Assemblies of God

I Am a Disciple

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Rev. Julie A. Pratt

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Grace Mission University

Nurturing Children Initiative

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Dr. Song Ju Ahn

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Latin American Bible Institute

Assessing, Developing, and Promoting Intergenerational Prayer and Worship with Hispanic Children

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Dr. Marty Harris

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Mexican American Catholic College

Praying and Learning con la Familia. Encuentro, The Child and the Lamb

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Dr. Montserrat Baños

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Nazarene Theological Seminary

Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer

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Dr. Dean Blevins

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PCA Committee on Discipleship

Teach Us to Worship

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Laney Stayton

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Phillips Theological Seminary

Worshiping with Children: Imaging and Imagining the Presence of God

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Rev. Dr. Allie Utley

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Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico

Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer

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Dr. Rubén Velez-Garcia

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Shaw University

Out of the Mouths of Babes

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Southeast Pastoral Institute

Inculturated Prayer and Worship Experience for US Hispanic Children

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Sister Lizeth Guadalupe Manrique Músico

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St. Meinrad Archabbey

Children‘s Revival of Participation at Sunday Mass

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Kelly Gallagher

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St. Olaf College

Nourishing Vocation with Children

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Rev. Dr. Char Cox

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Teaching Like Jesus Ministries

Beyond Sunday School: Welcoming Children Into Worship

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Dr. LaVerne Tolbert

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Trinity International University

Center for Faith and Children

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Dr. Mimi L. Larson

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United Church of Christ (Local Church Ministries)

Love of Children

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Rev. Trayce Potter

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University of Notre Dame

Contours of Wonder: Childhood and the Liturgical Imagination in Our Age

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Dr. Timothy P. O'Malley

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Villanova University

Children, Liturgy, and Ecology Project

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Rev. Dr. Christy Lang Hearlson

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Western Theological Seminary

Nurturing Children with Disabilities

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Dr. Benjamin Conner

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With Ministries

Worship As One

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Rebecca Wall

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World Mission University

WMU Lilly Project: Nurturing Children through Worship and Prayer

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Dr. Yoon Jung Choi

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