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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St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

To conduct a retreat and workshops for six churches on the purpose of worship, preparation for worship, prayer, biblically-based praise, preaching/teaching, giving, congregational participation and holiness of life.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2003
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Worship Subcommittee of the NE Ohio Synod

To establish a series of workshops utilizing musical resources and ethnically appropriate instruments to teach songs of the global church, and to make the instruments and music available on loan to congregations following the workshops.

Worshiping Communities
Cuyahoga Falls, ohio
2003
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

Zion Korean United Methodist Church

To create a multigenerational worship model through bilingual weekly communion and music.  To reach this goal, they will develop a monthly “worship and spiritual formation school,” train worship planners, and develop  resources for creating culturally sensitive worship environments that bring together young generations and older generations in Korean American congregations.

Worshiping Communities
Warwick, rhode island
2003
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

Bethlehem Lutheran Church (2002)

To conduct three leadership retreats for developing worship resources for both adults and children that will refelct the diversity of cultures in an inner city congregation.

Worshiping Communities
Muskegon Heights, michigan
2002
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Youth

Black Mountain Presbyterian Church

To engage the entire congregation, through a retread and study, in a discussion of Reformed worship with the intent of constructing new forms of worship which will be meaningful and attractive to the entire congregation, especially to young families.

Worshiping Communities
Black Mountain, north carolina
2002
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Multicultural

Community of Reconciliation

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.

Worshiping Communities
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania
2002
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

Hopwood Memorial Christian Church

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.

Worshiping Communities
MIlligan Colleg, tennessee
2002
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

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

Worshiping Communities
Powhatan, virginia
2001
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All Nations Christian Reformed Church (2000)

To develop and publish a worship resource manual for intergenerational worship services that more fully integrate youth into the worship life of congregations

Worshiping Communities
Dartmouth, nova scotia
2000
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