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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 unite persons of different generations in multilingual Chinese-Canadian churches by fostering collaboration between pastors and worship leaders and by strengthening intergenerational engagement with the Psalms.
To strengthen participation in the sacraments through study and reflection on the connections between baptism, communion, faith formation and Christian community.
To connect the public worship of churches with worshipers’ personal grief by studying historical and biblical liturgies of lament.
To integrate regular campus worship with the academic undergraduate liberal arts curriculum as a source of Christian formation.
To equip lay leaders by providing training in giving testimony, proclaiming Scripture, offering public prayer, celebrating communion, and leading robust congregational song.
To promote healing through worship by connecting three military congregations to engage together with Scripture, song and prayer focused on spiritual wellness.
To facilitate dialogue about the meaning of worship in order to hospitably engage and develop appreciation for a wide variety of worship practices.
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.
To deepen worshipers’ experience of the proclaimed Word through training in preaching, spoken word, and drama.
To foster rich hospitality in worship by gathering disparate groups of students in worship that crosses cultural boundaries.
To deeply engage the worship postures of the Psalms as a model for engaging God in every aspect of life.
To increase communal engagement in campus worship by learning together about the purpose of worship and by equipping collaborative planning teams.
