Current and Past Grants

Since 2000, Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants have been awarded to worshiping communities and teacher-scholars in 45+ states and provinces and in 40+ denominations across the spectrum of Christian traditions, including Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, and Non-Denominational communities. While worship practices across these traditions vary widely, grant projects typically explore one or more of the ten core convictions related to worship that emerged out of the first decade of this grantmaking.

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A Place in the Conversation

Landenberg, Pennsylvania | 2023

To engage ten congregations in developing a tool that encourages each to move beyond speaking primarily about personal preferences in worship and to embrace deeper ways of speaking about each congregation’s unique strengths and callings. 

Women’s Sacred Music Project

Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania | 2023

To enrich worshipers’ understanding of God by curating a collection of new worship resources by, for, and about women that highlights marginalized perspectives and embraces a more mysterious image of the divine.

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 2022

To center worship in the seminary’s curriculum by fostering symbiotic exchange between the worship program and other departments, with emphasis on worship as a central place of formation for the whole community.

Villanova University, Wonchul Shin

Villanova, Pennsylvania | 2022

To provide Asian and Asian-American worshiping communities with rich Pan-Asian theological resources for their public worship practice as a form of public witness that will proclaim the dignity of the Asian and Asian-American community and transform the culture of anti-Asian violence and racism.

National Association of the Church of God

West Middlesex, Pennsylvania | 2020

To use worship arts rituals as a tool to cultivate spiritual transformation in the lives of young people.

City Church Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2019

To invite people into the biblical story in worship and to broaden their vocabulary for interacting with God using visual art as a focal point.

Faith United Methodist Church

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 2019

To pursue unity and reconciliation through deepening worshipers’ understanding and practices of Holy Communion.

Pennsylvania State University, AnneMarie Mingo

State College, Pennsylvania | 2019

To involve women of color in the development of models and resources for connecting worship and public social witness.

National Association of the Church of God

West Middlesex, Pennsylvania | 2018

To facilitate a yearlong emphasis on worship and the arts in local congregations by hosting a series of national meetings that train local leaders in the theology and practice of formational liturgy.

Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America

Ligonier, Pennsylvania | 2017

To cultivate young Christian leaders to mature in a life-long faith by empowering them with the skills and knowledge to lead intergenerational worship.