Author

Celeste Kennel-Shank

Journalist

Celeste Kennel-Shank is an award-winning journalist and ordained Mennonite minister who lives in Chicago. She is writing a book on a countercultural Christian community during five decades of change in the church, under a pastoral study project grant from the Louisville Institute. 

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Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants

The Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Program at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is designed to foster, strengthen and sustain well-grounded worship in congregations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Two streams of grants are offered: to teacher-scholars and to worshiping communities.

Grant proposal due date options include October 15, 2023, or February 15 or June 15, 2024.

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