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.
Grace Community CRC
To facilitate dialogue about the meaning of worship in order to hospitably engage and develop appreciation for a wide variety of worship practices.
Knox College
To explore the role of public worship in forming institutional identity by incorporating worship practices that reflect the diversity of the community and its spiritual needs.
Mount Aery Baptist Church (2017)
To deepen worshipers’ experience of the proclaimed Word through training in preaching, spoken word, and drama.
North Park Theological Seminary
To foster rich hospitality in worship by gathering disparate groups of students in worship that crosses cultural boundaries.
Red Mountain Community Church
To deeply engage the worship postures of the Psalms as a model for engaging God in every aspect of life.
Roberts Wesleyan College
To increase communal engagement in campus worship by learning together about the purpose of worship and by equipping collaborative planning teams.
Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary
To promote vibrant musical expressions in worship by learning skills for leading liturgical music from a variety of cultures.
Wake Forest University School of Divinity (2017)
To engage students and partner congregations in collaborative worship planning as a spiritual practice.
Bostwick Lake Congregational Church (UCC)
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.
Cathedral in the Night
To equip lay leaders to shape liturgy for an outdoor service designed to extend a ministry of hospitality in the community.
Central Christian College of Kansas
To nurture ecumenical and intergenerational unity in the corporate worship and daily life of the college, connecting worship practices, spiritual formation, and Christian discipleship.
Central Woodward Christian Church
To develop a missional theology of the table and create worship resources in order to better connect worship with a missional vocation.