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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First Christian Church, Whittier

To connect two different churches that use the same site by bringing them into worship together on feast and fast days, using music as a bridge to promote wholeness and healing.  

Worshiping Communities
Whittier, california
2016

Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance

To train members of four churches to tell their stories of faith in order to strengthen each congregation’s local worship practices and deepen a shared identity in an ecumenical, multicultural alliance.

Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2016

New Mount Zion Baptist Church

To promote active participation of all ages in worship through intergenerational activities throughout the liturgical calendar that tell the stories, customs and traditions of African American culture.

Worshiping Communities
Roxboro, north carolina
2016

South Congregational Church (2016)

To focus on the seasons of the Christian year through worship, study, and art, in order to promote a greater sense of God’s presence in worship and daily life.  

Worshiping Communities
Centerville, massachusetts
2016

Arnett Chapel AME

To explore ways to leverage the congregation's worship and missional priorities and promote a greater commitment to discipleship and service through studies and events related to worship and justice.

Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2015

Christ Lutheran Church of Falmouth

To gather a community around silence, contemplative prayer and meditation on Scripture and ancient Christian texts, in order to facilitate encounters with God's living presence in worship.

Worshiping Communities
Falmouth, massachusetts
2015

First Christian Church of Orange

To strengthen corporate worship with theological reflection, innovative and embodied worship elements, creative arts, and the unique gifts of the congregation.

Worshiping Communities
Orange, california
2015