CICW has awarded Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants for over 20 years to teacher-scholars and worshiping communities in 45+ states and provinces and across 40+ denominations and traditions—including Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, non-denominational, and other Protestant communities.


While worship styles and practices vary greatly across these traditions, the grant projects typically explore at least one of CICW’s ten core convictions related to worship. Explore the hundreds of projects we’ve funded across both streams of the program.

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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Knox Presbyterian Church

To teach skills in sermon preparation and delivery to 15 lay preachers from rural/small town congregations in southwestern Ontario.  They will come together for times of study, sermon preparation, and individual mentoring.

Worshiping Communities
Mitchell, ontario
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Leadership Program for Musicians

To train worship/music leaders in the theological foundation for worship and the practical aspects of leading worship and music, especially in small, rural congregations.

Worshiping Communities
South Riding, virginia
2003
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Lexington Presbyterian Church

To support a conference for pastors, worship leaders, seminary and university students, and laypersons on the theological foundation of worship and practical skills for leading worship, with an emphasis on the use of visual arts.

Worshiping Communities
Lexington, south carolina
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

Liturgical Press

To offer a two week intensive seminar on the liturgical prayer life of the church for parish liturgical leaders so that they connect corporate prayer with daily prayer and living.  The seminar will include times of theological study and reflection, and practical sessions on developing liturgical skills.

Worshiping Communities
Collegeville, minnesota
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Youth

LOGOS System Associates

To develop a team of educators and pastors from various congregations and denominations to deepen their understanding of Christian worship, and to develop a plan that will help children comprehend and encounter the essence of Christian worship and the significance of what the parts of worship contribute to their spiritual experience.

Worshiping Communities
Pittsburch, pennsylvania
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Metropolitan New Life Baptist Church - Hope Fellowship

To host several one-day seminars for the congregation and the ecumenical community of Boston and Cambridge.  Seminar topics include:  The Theology of Worship, Exploring Theological Ideas in the Songs of Our Faith, and Reaching a Multi-Cultural Community through Worship.

Worshiping Communities
Cambridge, massachusetts
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Monmouth Bible Institute

To offer four workshops for pastors, musicians and church leaders on music and preaching, with special emphasis on the Christian Year and Revised Common Lectionary.  By enriching worship leaders’ understanding of worship and their skills in worship leadership, the congregation will better understand the role of scripture and music in worship.

Worshiping Communities
Famingdale, new jersey
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Neumann College

To offer summer courses in liturgy and catechesis, a fall liturgy conference, and monthly campus Ministry Training days.  These programs will encourage worship renewal on the college campus and in Catholic high schools and parishes throughout the area.

Worshiping Communities
Aston, pennsylvania
2003
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Worshiping Communities Youth

New City Church

To create an urban school of worship for teenagers, which will develop individual worship leaders and musicians and forge them into teams to lead worship for teen peers on Friday nights, for smaller children on Saturday and for supporting churches on Sunday.

Worshiping Communities
Jersey City, new jersey
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

North Country Training Center

To bring together church leaders in northern New York of various denominations and traditions to explore the Biblical foundations and expressions of corporate worship, and then to discuss what has been learned and share what each church has put into practice.

Worshiping Communities
Watertown, new york
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Nu’uanu Congregational Church

To undertake a year long process focusing congregational life on renewal of authentic, meaningful worship which is pleasing to God, biblically based, and welcoming to all.  The project will include worship services, classes and an ecumenical worship renewal conference.

Worshiping Communities
Honolulu, hawaii
2003
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Office of Theology and Worship, PC

To offer the Emerging Worship event, a gathering of pastors, seminary professors and lay leaders to concentrate on ways the church can engage the changing culture without compromising the integrity of the Reformed tradition.  They also plan to develop useful tools for worship, and to encourage a network of church leaders to more effectively nurture vital worship in congregations through shared resources and critical reflection in study groups.

Worshiping Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2003
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