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Gifts to the Institute of Liturgical Studies support the annual meeting by making it sustainable and keeping it affordable. Please consider giving to one of the following funds:

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Gifts to the Institute of Liturgical Studies support the annual meeting by making it sustainable and keeping it affordable. Please consider giving to one of the listed funds.

Have questions? Reach out to us at ils@valpo.edu

Gifts may be used to support several areas, among them:

Institute of Liturgical Studies Endowment

Established in 1995, the Institute’s endowment helps ensure its long-term stability by reducing dependence on registration fees, providing reduced registration for retired persons, and by generating support for offerings such as Truemper Concert performances.

Institute of Liturgical Studies Gift Fund

Donations to the ILS gift fund are used to support the Institute’s student scholarship fund, renamed in 2014 in memory of Rev. Peter J.L. Perella. Peter contributed to the Institute as a member of its advisory council and served the wider church as director of worship formation and liturgical resources of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. By waiving registration fees for all full-time students regardless of year or degree program, the Institute supports students and seminarians who are preparing for worship-related vocations. Gifts to this fund allow the Institute to continue its support of future church leaders.

Commissioning Fund

In addition to the Christus Rex Hymn Commission Series, the Institute annually commissions writers, musicians, and artists to help develop resources that serve the church’s liturgy and song in ever-changing contexts. Many resources first “field tested” at the Institute can be found in worship books such as Evangelical Lutheran Worship and Lutheran Service Book. Several  songs by Anne Krentz Organ first commissioned for “Table of Thanksgiving: How Eucharist Forms Us” (2019) were included in All Creation Sings.

Ways to Give

You are invited to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Institute of Liturgical Studies in the following ways:

Electronic Giving

To give electronically, we recommend the following steps:

Click here for more detailed instructions with screenshots.

Complete the remaining fields to process your gift. You can also use the “Tribute” and “Additional Comments” section at the bottom of the form to give in honor or memory or provide additional information.

  1. Visit give.valpo.edu
  2. Enter a gift amount under “Choose gift amount.”
  3. On the “Choose a designation” dropdown scroll down to the “Other” section. To aid in the Institute becoming fully self-sustaining, we encourage you to select “Institute of Liturgical Studies Endowment Fund.”
  4. If you’d like to give to another area, you can select “Other”, which will cause an open field to populate where you can indicate another area of giving within the Institute. Be sure to include “Institute of Liturgical Studies” in your comments. 
  5. Complete the remaining fields to process your gift. You can also use the “Tribute” and “Additional Comments” section at the bottom of the form to give in honor or memory or provide additional information.

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Checks payable to Valparaiso University with “ILS Endowment” or the fund of your choice, written in the memo line, may be sent directly to:

Valparaiso University Institute of Liturgical Studies
1600 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383

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