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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Teacher-Scholar Technology Visual Arts

Emory University

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones

To help congregations consider how artificial intelligence and digitally mediated visual culture are reshaping Christian practices of seeing, attention, and theological imagination in public worship through curated conversations, theological research, and development of a preaching guide and liturgical resources.

Teacher-Scholar
Atlanta, georgia
2026
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space Visual Arts

Lakeside Christian Church

To explore the formative power of the visual and liturgical arts through study of place, architecture, geography, and history, and to develop art for the worship space through contemplation of the psalms and the letter to the Hebrews.

Worshiping Communities
Akron, ohio
2026
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts Youth

New Covenant Christian Fellowship Ministries

To help young people connect identity, creativity, and faith through an arts formation program that will help them to develop theological understanding and artistic excellence and give them opportunities to showcase their art in worship.

Worshiping Communities
Kingstree, south carolina
2026
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Teacher-Scholar Visual Arts

Providence College

Arthur Urbano

To create a visual companion to the Revised Common Lectionary based on the disciplines of art history and theology in the early church that will lead readers on a journey of prayer as they encounter scripture paired with images and meditations.

Teacher-Scholar
Providence, rhode island
2026
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space Intergenerational

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

To engage theologically with liturgical art by encouraging adults and children to come alongside an artist-in-residence in education, conceptualization, and creation of a permanent art piece that will enliven the worship space and the worship of the community.

Worshiping Communities
Austin, texas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

To cultivate in worshipers an awareness of and connection with the beauty of God through education and the collaborative design of iconography in a dynamic worship space.

Worshiping Communities
Springdale, arkansas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Congregational Life Intergenerational

Trinity United Church of Christ

To deepen worship participation and foster a sense of belonging by engaging in the communal creation of a mosaic quilt for the worship space while participating in guided story circles that bring the lived experience and spiritual life of the community into the creation process.

Worshiping Communities
York, pennsylvania
2026
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Worshiping Communities Preaching Visual Arts

Young Leaders Initiative, DBA Motor City Wesley

To form college students as worship leaders through a mentored cohort model that pairs students with practitioners in preaching, worship arts, and eucharistic baking in order to offer hospitality, faith flourishing, and renewed worship life.

Worshiping Communities
Detroit, michigan
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

Azusa Pacific University 

To foster a dynamic, participatory, and creative worship community where young adults can engage with God through visual arts, music, and worship leadership training.

Worshiping Communities
Azusa, california
2025
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Worshiping Communities Missional Music

Charisma Christian Church

To cultivate a spiritually healthy, emotionally resilient, and missionally engaged congregation by forming disciples through contextual preaching, participatory music, liturgical art, and personal devotion practices. 

Worshiping Communities
Rio Grande, puerto rico
2025
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Worshiping Communities Music Visual Arts

connect.faith

To connect with God and others in a distracted world by practicing stillness, listening to each other’s stories, and collaboratively creating music, visual art, and literary pieces that showcase God’s work in the life of the community. 

Worshiping Communities
Pleasantville, new york
2025
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