Current and Past Grants

Since 2000, Vital Worship 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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Holland Christian Schools

Holland, Michigan | 2023

To explore the intersection of artistic communication, theology and Scripture through a yearlong exploration of Ezekiel 47:1-12, by creating and reflecting on art with an artist-in-residence. 

Restoration Anglican Church

Arlington, Virginia | 2023

To center the sacraments in worship by collaboratively creating artwork for worship that contextualizes images of bread, wine, and water for each season of the church year. 

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Jackson, Tennessee | 2023

To strengthen worshipers’ experience of communion and to deepen the connections between Eucharistic worship and all areas of life by gathering parishioners for weekly opportunities to study, reflect, and practice community. 

Anabaptist Worship Network

Elkhart, Indiana | 2022

To gather songwriters, poets, and artists to produce songs, prayers, art pieces, and videos that will resource and inspire under-resourced Anabaptist communities across North America.

Au Sable Institute

Mancelona, Michigan | 2022

To support, connect, and amplify Christian college students who deeply care about God's earth by creating liturgies of restoration that students can live out in their everyday lives as they connect worship and the mission to serve.

Bethel Community Presbyterian Church

San Leandro, California | 2022

To strengthen the hermeneutical skills, Biblical literacy, and spiritual agency of worshipers through the development of Bibliodrama in a local congregation that will help traumatized people to find themselves within the story of God.

Casa Vida United Methodist

Winter Haven, Florida | 2022

To deepen the practice, enrich, and connect the worship-discipleship program and the community outreach program in the context of the semi-rural Hispanic immigrant population.

City Chapel

Grand Rapids, Michigan | 2022

To engage the beauty of art in worship in order to awaken our understanding and imagination of what it means to care for God’s created world.

Comunidad Cristiana Nuevo Pacto

Deltona, Florida | 2022

To provide educational resources and practical exercises to facilitate the contextualization of a liturgy marked by biblical and theological content and focused on developing healthy spirituality and human relationships.

Creston Christian Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan | 2022

To empower the congregation and local community in the practice of biblical hospitality in order to reshape the worship experience to be more hospitable by engaging in outdoor worship and community meals.