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Erica Liu

Executive director and pastor, Pres House campus ministry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Rev. Erica Liu, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), serves as executive director and pastor at the Pres House campus ministry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a second-generation Taiwanese American who grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship are designed for worshiping communities. These grants allow a wide range of Christian worshiping communities to focus on projects that connect public worship with Christian discipleship and faith formation. Funding awards range from $8,000 to $25,000. 

The grants support year-long projects that show promise in fostering renewed or strengthened worship practices within worshiping communities in the United States or Canada. Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants for teacher-scholars are also available. Applications for the October 15 deadline will open on July 15, 2026.

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