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 Liturgy Sacraments

Celestial Church of Christ Emmanuel Parish

To explore a deeper understanding of the sacrament of Holy Communion and Washing of the Feet in a year-long ecumenical learning program with another congregation.

Worshiping Communities
Toronto, ontario
2014
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Worshiping Communities Alternative Liturgy

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

To implement a year-long series of congregation-wide learning events about worship and to anchor the congregation's identity and ministries in its worship life.

Worshiping Communities
Kalamazoo, michigan
2014
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Worshiping Communities Alternative Liturgy

Encompass World Partners

To address the shame and trauma of refugee Christians by collaborating with leaders from various refugee congregations to create indigenous expressions of worship that praise God for deliverance from shame. 

Worshiping Communities
Altanta, georgia
2014
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Multicultural

First Baptist Church of Prineville

To explore the history, theology and practice of multisensory worship, and to promote creative responses to the preaching of the gospel through interactive worship stations.

Worshiping Communities
Prineville, oregon
2014
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Music

First Congregational United Church of Christ

To create a template for developing multisensory celebrations of the Eucharist during each season of the liturgical year and collaborate with worship leaders to coordinate music and visual art with lectionary texts.

Worshiping Communities
Lake Helen, florida
2014
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

Hillcrest Christian Church

To engage people from different ethnic communities in the practice of basic Christian worship principles in order to promote unity, faith formation, hospitality and missional opportunities expressed in culturally diverse forms.

Worshiping Communities
Denver, colorado
2014
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

To rekindle enthusiasm for the liturgy and good liturgical preparation and celebration within the Archdiocese through formation and process with priests to explore the characteristics of good liturgy and identify challenges faced in preparing and celebrating the liturgy.

Worshiping Communities
Houston, texas
2013
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Diocese of Grand Rapids/Office of Hispanic Ministry

To offer a formal program of liturgical formation as well as choral and instrumental training that will enhance the skills and celebrate the diversity of leaders of congregational music in 13 Spanish speaking communities that worship weekly in their bilingual, bicultural parishes in 11 counties. 

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2013
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Whitworth University

To engage students, faculty and community members across disciplines/departments in a collaborative study of the role of congregational song in worship through a year-long discernment process that will include book studies, discussion and workshops to consider how theology, poetry, and music combine to serve and support the liturgical actions in worship by analyzing congregational song choices in worship settings and developing a clear process and principles for choosing and evaluating congregational songs.

Worshiping Communities
Spokane, washington
2013
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

All Saints Catholic Church

To create liturgy, music and dance that will convey the message of God’s radical hospitality in the Gospel and the Eucharist through a weekend parish retreat and a year-long study of the Psalms that engages the various cultures and ages of those who worship in this increasingly diverse parish.

Worshiping Communities
Hayward, california
2012
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