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Todd Maberry

Ordained elder, United Methodist Church

The Rev. Todd Maberry is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He is the former managing director of the Ormond Center at Duke Divinity School. Previously, he served Duke Divinity as senior director of admissions, recruitment, and student finance, and as registrar.

Maberry has served as the community pastor at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri, and is completing his Ph.D. in higher education leadership, focusing on academy-community participatory research.

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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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