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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Wake Forest University School of Divinity (2013)

To initiate learning opportunities for students to encounter and dialogue with local worship leaders and church musicians by offering practicum courses and related choir events that will provide students with hands-on experience in worship leadership that includes faculty and peer feedback and frameworks for liturgical theological reflection.

Worshiping Communities
Winston-Salem, north carolina
2013
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Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston Office of Worship

To create an Hispanic Music Ministry Formation Program to engage musicians throughout the Archdiocese in a study of Hispanic music and the role of the music in each liturgical season that will inform the leaders to select and lead music that is liturgically appropriate.

Worshiping Communities
Houston, texas
2011
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Candler School of Theology, Emory University

To engage teachers, composers and hymn writers in a study of practices and repertories of congregational song in North America that includes a collaborative consultation, a year-long partnership with congregations across the country and a concluding event to give new insights into the patterns in place and imagine prophetic renewal of the church’s song and leadership. 

Worshiping Communities
Atlanta, georgia
2011
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Concordia University College

To equip church musicians and worship leaders in a geographical area where church leaders often feel isolated by offering a day long gathering for training and  discussion, book study groups sharing their learning throughout the year and a final gathering to celebrate what has been learned.

Worshiping Communities
Edmonton, alberta
2011
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East Point Church

To examine how songs, prayers and sermons point worshipers to God through quarterly workshops which include historic hymns and catechisms to educate the congregation and leaders in other congregations.

Worshiping Communities
East Point, georgia
2011
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Episcopal Church of St Paul and St James

To equip members of the congregation to plan and lead worship by offering workshops, retreats, and opportunities for congregational reflection as they explore what jazz worship means to the multi-cultural, multi-generational congregation.

Worshiping Communities
New Haven, connecticut
2011
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Grace Lutheran Church

To engage a growing, diverse congregation in singing the Psalms in order to promote confident, prayerful Psalm singing at home and in worship that will give them tools to understand themselves as an important voice in the story of scripture rooted in baptismal identity.

Worshiping Communities
Upland, california
2011
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Our Saviour Episcopal

To develop assessment and formation tools for worship by engaging in meaningful reflection and collaboration with seven congregations that will create a pattern of continual reflection, assessment, engagement, discussion and practice regarding music for church members and leaders.

Worshiping Communities
Akron, ohio
2010
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Faith Lutheran Church

To promote unity across groups separated by age and tradition by studying selected hymns and integrating those hymns in four different weekly worship services using visual art, dramatic readings, special music, and Bible study.

Worshiping Communities
Topeka, kansas
2009
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St. Paul AME Church

To offer workshops for the congregation and neighboring churches to explore music in worship that will cross denominational, cultural, socio-economic and racial divisions.

Worshiping Communities
Canton, georgia
2009
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The Leadership Program for Musicians

To collaborate with a local planning committee to establish a new LPM program, to develop a model for the establishment of local LPM programs in other areas and to explore new ways of enriching the training.

Worshiping Communities
Saginaw, michigan
2009
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Calvary Third United Presbyterian Church

To study and respond to the Psalms through prayer and jazz music in both corporate worship and small groups during the entire year.

Worshiping Communities
Fort Wayne, indiana
2008
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