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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ARISE Ministries

To promote healthy spiritual formation for Korean American youth and young adults in New England through resource development, worship retreats, and spiritual formation discipleship cohorts.

Worshiping Communities
Malden, massachusetts
2024

St. Rose and St. John Churches

To translate and publish a hymnal of bilingual Kreyol-English songs for use by new Haitian-Americans and neighboring church communities as a way to welcome and embrace one another through congregational song.

Worshiping Communities
Lima, ohio
2024

Tapestry

To create bilingual (Spanish/English) liturgies and music from and for Latino people, especially in the Lutheran tradition, that respect and honor the Latino cultures present in the congregation.

Worshiping Communities
Richfield, minnesota
2024

Iglesia One Family Church

To develop training workshops in the arts to educate the congregation on the meaning of integral worship and to develop practical workshops on music and singing for worship leaders to enhance bilingual public worship.

Worshiping Communities
Orlando, florida
2022

Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church

To unite two congregations in mutual partnership by facilitating full engagement in music, arts, and sacraments through bilingual worship.

Worshiping Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2019

Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty (2018)

To build relationships between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking congregations by worshiping together and sharing stories of each community’s religious and cultural traditions.

Worshiping Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2018

St. Paul United Methodist Church

To explore the transcultural, contextual, and cross-cultural nature of music and art in the liturgy in order to promote a welcoming and inclusive worship experience.

Worshiping Communities
Frankfort, kentucky
2018