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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 engage children, youth, young adults, and seniors in planning and leading worship in order to promote intergenerational faith formation, leadership development, and a renewed sense of unity.
To connect generations and strengthen community by launching a community choir that will integrate spiritual formation with musical practice.
To ground the congregation in scripture by creating and integrating theologically rich songs, testimonies, and other resources into worship services, supported by a new worship arts studio.
To deepen intergenerational participation in worship by equipping lay leaders, developing resources for leading worship leading, and expanding opportunities for creative expressions in worship.
To encourage intergenerational worship in Chinese churches by empowering seniors to participate in worship leadership and by training leaders to foster inclusion of laypersons representing multiple generations.
To encourage connection between generations through the development of church-wide devotionals, intergenerational retreats, youth-led worship tech training, and new formats for worship services and community-based gatherings.
To promote intergenerational faith formation by teaching about baptism, communion, and the Christian year.
To foster healing-centered worship among Punjabi immigrants by incorporating music, meditation, and psalms into trauma-informed liturgical practices.
To foster unity, inclusivity, and spiritual growth across generations and cultures by developing dialogue-focused worship practices and liturgical resources for multilingual and inclusive worship.
To promote unity, shared discipleship, and renewed vitality in congregational life through intergenerational creation and leading of worship using labs, story circles, mentoring, and shared worship services.
To deepen congregational fellowship and theological understanding of the Lord’s Supper through intergenerational study, shared meals, artistic expression, and service.
To cultivate vibrant, Christ-centered worship that connects generations and enriches the community by strengthening choral ministry through new music resources, training opportunities, and creative community engagement.
