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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Columbine United Church

To form an intergenerational team that study ancient and emergent worship practices and how they relate to worship today.

Worshiping Communities
Littleton, colorado
2008
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First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham

To engage in study and reflection with leaders from several congregations on how visual arts, technology, drama, and liturgical movement can deepen corporate worship.

Worshiping Communities
Birmingham, michigan
2008
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Sunnyside Christian School

To create collaboration between church, school and the home by focusing each month on one Vertical Habit in sermons, daily devotions, curriculum, special activities and chapel that will engage children and adults.

Worshiping Communities
Sunnyside, washington
2008
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Delaware – Maryland Synod

To focus on biblical hospitality as a basis for inclusive worship that reflects diverse cultures through the collaboration of six local congregations.

Worshiping Communities
Baltimore, maryland
2007
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Diocese of St. Augustine Office of Liturgy

To train parish music coordinators in Roman Catholic liturgical practices and mentors to assist them in the application of these practices.

Worshiping Communities
Jacksonville, florida
2007
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Music

First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon

To foster intergenerational participation in weekly worship through the development and  integration of the gifts of the entire congregation through visual arts, music, multimedia, and drama.

Worshiping Communities
Lebanon, ohio
2007
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New Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church

To deepen musical leadership through the formation of a committee of choir directors and musicians from local churches that focuses on congregational singing.

Worshiping Communities
Detroit, michigan
2007
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PACEM (Pacific Academy of Ecclesiastical Music)

To plan and implement a weekly compline service with attention to music as encouraging reflection on scripture and the involvement of youth leadership.

Worshiping Communities
San Diego, california
2007
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Southeastern Iowa Synod

To begin a training program for musicians and clergy of small congregations that offers classes in the theological and liturgical foundations of worship and the development of musical skills.

Worshiping Communities
Iowa City, iowa
2007
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Worshiping Communities Music Visual Arts

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill

To reflect as a congregation on worship services and seasons to promote fuller participation in worship and to equip leadership teams to develop music, arts, study and prayer in the planning of worship.

Worshiping Communities
Pleasant Hill, california
2007
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Choristers Guild

To teach children’s choir leaders the history and use of congregational song and how to integrate children into worship leadership by partnering nationally-recognized church music clinicians with children’s choir directors.

Worshiping Communities
Garland, texas
2006
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First Congregational United Church of Christ

To equip lay leaders to present scripture and multicultural music in worship and to kindle imagination about the design of the new worship space as part of the redevelopment of downtown Washington, DC.  

Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2006
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