Worship Lab Initiative
In partnership with Lilly Endowment, Inc., the Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies has developed a project within Lilly's Strengthening Ministries with Youth Initiative to continue exploring youth participation in worship in the local church.
To equip students musically, theologically, and spiritually through attending the summer Worship Lab camp and one-day Worship Lab workshops.
Establish partnerships with select churches to allow for hurther collaboration and observations of ministry programs.
Establish best practices for connecting youth to the music and worship ministries by designing broader-use models to share with a wide variety of churches.
Disseminate findings from our research and programming to the broader ministry community through publications, presentations, and digital resources.
Our Mission & Story
Enhancing youth music and worship ministries through training, research, and resources.
During this continued project, the research team is working to assess and develop youth leadership models that when applied fully or in smaller, appropriate contexts, will increase the overall productivity and longevity of youth worship teams. The CCMS project is titled the Worship Lab Initiative (WLI) and seeks to identify and introduce scalable worship leadership models into the local church through observations, assessment, and implementation.