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
Baylor University
Shaping Young Worshipers Through Transformative Music Ministry
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Dr. Maria Monteiro
Capital University
Age to Age: Curating Congregational Rituals to Form Faith With and Within Children
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Kris Bjorke
Catholic University of America
Welcoming Children in Worship
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Dr. Jem Sullivan
China Evangelical Seminary of North America
Welcoming Children
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Dr. Jennifer C. Lowe
Choristers Guild
Nurturing Choral Leaders to Connect Music to the Spiritual Mission of the Congregation
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Dawn Jantsch
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Reimagining Children's Ministry
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Bishop Teresa E. Snorton
Columbia Theological Seminary
Wonder of Worship
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Rev. Dr. Kathy Dawson
Emory University
The Sacred Arts Collective
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Rev. Dr. Khalia J. Williams
Fuller Theological Seminary
Imagining Worship with Kids
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Dr. Ed Willmington
General Council of the Assemblies of God
I Am a Disciple
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Rev. Julie A. Pratt
Latin American Bible Institute
Assessing, Developing, and Promoting Intergenerational Prayer and Worship with Hispanic Children
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Dr. Marty Harris
Mexican American Catholic College
Praying and Learning con la Familia. Encuentro, The Child and the Lamb
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Dr. Montserrat Baños
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer
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Dr. Dean Blevins
Phillips Theological Seminary
Worshiping with Children: Imaging and Imagining the Presence of God
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Rev. Dr. Allie Utley
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico
Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer
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Dr. Rubén Velez-Garcia
Southeast Pastoral Institute
Inculturated Prayer and Worship Experience for US Hispanic Children
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Sister Lizeth Guadalupe Manrique Músico
St. Meinrad Archabbey
Children‘s Revival of Participation at Sunday Mass
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Kelly Gallagher
Teaching Like Jesus Ministries
Beyond Sunday School: Welcoming Children Into Worship
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Dr. LaVerne Tolbert
Trinity International University
Center for Faith and Children
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Dr. Mimi L. Larson
United Church of Christ (Local Church Ministries)
Love of Children
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Rev. Trayce Potter
University of Notre Dame
Contours of Wonder: Childhood and the Liturgical Imagination in Our Age
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Dr. Timothy P. O'Malley
Villanova University
Children, Liturgy, and Ecology Project
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Rev. Dr. Christy Lang Hearlson
Western Theological Seminary
Nurturing Children with Disabilities
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Dr. Benjamin Conner
World Mission University
WMU Lilly Project: Nurturing Children through Worship and Prayer
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Dr. Yoon Jung Choi