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 Formation

America Media

To cultivate dialogue and shared reflection on scripture by developing small groups that foster meaningful relationships and engage with Christian tradition through training in Ignatian contemplative practices.

Worshiping Communities
New York, new york
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation

Concordia University Nebraska

To foster habits of personal and communal interaction with God’s word, deepen students’ faith, and promote a more deeply formed worshiping community through Bible studies, retreats, worship leader training, and mission trips.

Worshiping Communities
Seward, nebraska
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Youth

FreeStyle Learning Foundation

To equip students to engage scripture, lead in worship, and express their faith creatively by developing a youth-led arts-based formation initiative that will nurture a generation of beloved, active worshipers whose praise strengthens the school, the congregation, and the home.

Worshiping Communities
Park Forest, illinois
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Sacraments

Kaukauna Catholic Parishes

To help parishioners discover the importance, fruits, and responsibilities of baptism by developing formation opportunities that emphasize wonder and gratitude for those already baptized and for families of the newly baptized.

Worshiping Communities
Kaukauna, wisconsin
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Liturgy

Metro Baptist Church

To open pathways to self, others, and God by introducing and incorporating intentional contemplative practices into the ongoing personal and corporate worship life of the congregation.

Worshiping Communities
New York, new york
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Hospitality

Mission Church Tucson

To cultivate belonging and form spiritually curious participants in Christian worship by implementing a weekly midweek gathering that integrates fellowship, participatory teaching, and welcoming liturgical practices.

Worshiping Communities
Tucson, arizona
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

To cultivate in worshipers an awareness of and connection with the beauty of God through education and the collaborative design of iconography in a dynamic worship space.

Worshiping Communities
Springdale, arkansas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Hospitality

St. Paul’s Parish

To engage young women in communal worship through intentional prayer, prayerful hospitality and service, and shared daily life in order to shape their faithful engagement with friends and in their everyday lives.

Worshiping Communities
Cambridge, massachusetts
2026
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Worshiping Communities Bilingual Formation

The Church on the Way

To facilitate deeper participation in worship by creating bilingual worship music rooted in scripture and by training worshipers to foster formation and participation through worship that will impact the church and the broader community.

Worshiping Communities
Van Nuys, california
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Missional

The Presbyterian College

To integrate worship with academic studies and vocational formation by centering students in worship that roots them in God and orients them to love others and the world as a foundation for integrating faith and vocation.

Worshiping Communities
Montreal, quebec
2026
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Worshiping Communities Congregational Life Formation

UR Restored Ministries, Inc.

To enrich ministries across the church by integrating practices of preaching, testimony, and prayer into weekly Bible studies, outreach ministries, and worshipers’ daily lives, leading to restoration and spiritual growth for those navigating reentry and life transition.

Worshiping Communities
Durham, north carolina
2026
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