1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary
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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.
To promote vibrant musical expressions in worship by learning skills for leading liturgical music from a variety of cultures.
To engage students and partner congregations in collaborative worship planning as a spiritual practice.
To connect public worship with other ministries of the church, integrate those ministries with worship, and explore connections between worship, daily life, and faith development.
To equip lay leaders to shape liturgy for an outdoor service designed to extend a ministry of hospitality in the community.
To nurture ecumenical and intergenerational unity in the corporate worship and daily life of the college, connecting worship practices, spiritual formation, and Christian discipleship.
To develop a missional theology of the table and create worship resources in order to better connect worship with a missional vocation.
To assist parishes to more fully embody the vision of Vatican II by training those who will form new Catholics for a life grounded in liturgical worship.
To provide training, internships, and experiences of liturgical music from various traditions and cultures to high school students with potential to be future liturgical pastoral ministers.
To equip ecumenical cohorts of laypersons through online theological instruction and ecumenical conversations so they can lead small congregations in meaningful worship and mission.
To cultivate youth to lead as well-formed liturgical musicians and ministers, expanding their knowledge of worship in music, ritual, and text.
To provide training for clergy and lay parish leaders to enhance the planning of liturgy, especially in rural and missionary community parishes.
To bring together different demographics of language, ethnicity, and tradition on campus in worship and to share in fellowship and discipleship activities.
