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.
First Christian Reformed Church (2001)
To compose songs based on scripture, catechism, creeds, and the Contemporary Testimony for use in worship
First Covenant Church
To plan worship 2001, a conference for musicians and worship leaders with an emphasis on music
Granite Springs Christian Reformed Church
To conduct a series of five teaching sessions, concluding with a two-day retreat for worship planners and songwriters on the use of Psalms in worship and to compose new psalm settings
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
To support a composer-in-residence program along with an education program on music in worship
Salem United Methodist Church
To fund a one-day conference for hymn writers from Northern Indiana on writing hymns and other songs for worship