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 Drama/Dance Multicultural

First Congregational United Church of Christ of Rockford

To engage worshipers in a year of walking with Jesus by multisensory worship through the seasons of the church year and connections with worshipers' daily lives.

Worshiping Communities
Rockford, michigan
2015
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Worshiping Communities Accessibility Alternative

St Matthew's Lutheran Church

To create participatory worship experiences utilizing visual, musical, and dramatic arts to promote a multisensory awareness of God' presence, especially for the deaf community.

Worshiping Communities
North Hollywood, california
2015
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Worshiping Communities Alternative Drama/Dance

University Congregational United Church of Christ

To enter a church-wide intergenerational exploration of the gospel through the arts of drama, song, dance, storytelling, and sculpture and to integrate these artistic forms in worship experiences through the seasons of the church year.

Worshiping Communities
Seattle, washington
2014
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Worshiping Communities Drama/Dance

Kirkwood United Church of Christ

To facilitate a study of drama, art, music and dance that will immerse the congregation in the fullness of worship, ground them in their faith, strengthen them as a community and equip them in their calling to reach out to their community. 

Worshiping Communities
Kirkwood, missouri
2013
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