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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Holy Trinity Church

To reflect on the intersection of worship and culture and compose multiculturally accessible songs for worship to promote unity among diverse congregants and overcome racial and ethnic barriers.

Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
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

Mustard Seed School (2016)

To facilitate culturally-varied worship experiences that will engage students in grades four through eight to make real connections with God in worship. 

Worshiping Communities
Hoboken, new jersey
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

First Congregational United Church of Christ of Rockford

To engage worshipers in a year of walking with Jesus by multisensory worship through the seasons of the church year and connections with worshipers' daily lives.

Worshiping Communities
Rockford, michigan
2015

Mayfield Central Presbyterian Church (2015)

To explore storytelling in worship through stories from scripture, congregational history, and the individual lives of disciples of Jesus Christ.

Worshiping Communities
Mayfield, new york
2015