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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 renew worship through a process of study, implementing new worship formats, evaluation and sharing with other similar congregations which are multi-cultural, interracial, and intergenerational.
To introduce a broad spectrum of worship experiences including a variety of music styles, Word-centered worship forms, special services, interracial worship and a worship retreat for a congregation which includes many college and seminary students.
To explore, in conjunction with the Commission on Small Churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, methods where small congregations can design excellent intergenerational worship practices
To develop and publish a worship resource manual for intergenerational worship services that more fully integrate youth into the worship life of congregations
