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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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Visual Arts

All Saints Anglican Church

To establish a series of workshops and discussions on the language of liturgy, and to encourage creativity in congregational song, movement and visual art.

Worshiping Communities
Huntsville, ontario
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Covenant Christian Reformed Church

To host Worship and the Visual Arts, a conference to explore the theology of integrating visual arts with congregational worship, especially in the small church.

Worshiping Communities
Appleton, wisconsin
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Crossroads Church Reformed Church in America

To sponsor a conference, "Arts Ministry: Fostering the Creative life of God's People" that will expose participants to critical thinking about the church and the arts, present them with good models of arts ministry and provide a list of resources for arts ministries. 

Worshiping Communities
Overland Park, kansas
2002
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space Visual Arts

Delta Community Presbyterian Church

To present four workshops to help smaller congregations begin using worship programs involving the use of dramatic readings and skits, puppets with children, interactive and narrative styles of sermons and creative changes to worship environments such as banners and interactive orders of worship. 

Worshiping Communities
Discovery Bay, california
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Goldboro District AME Zion Church

To offer workshops for clergy, lay leaders, musicians and youth from 26 churches on the Scriptural principles for worship and the use of visual and performing arts in worship services.

Worshiping Communities
Garland, north carolina
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Hessel Park Christian Reformed Church

To create visual materials for worship and develop skills in worship and music leaders for integrating contemporary and traditional hymnody in university-oriented congregations.

Worshiping Communities
Champaign, illinois
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church

To sponsor an arts conference to broaden the experience of the arts in worship in southern Ontario churches by actively involving conference participants in the process of developing the arts for worship.

Worshiping Communities
St. Catherines, ontario
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

South Bend Christian Reformed Church

To provide workshops and discussions that will assist the congregation in designing, placing, and dedicating a baptismal font, a table and a pulpit in their new sanctuary.

Worshiping Communities
South Bend, indiana
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Southport Baptist Church

To develop and implement a process in which leaders will be identified, trained, and empowered to develop a drama ministry, including hosting a regional, weekend-long Christians in Theater Arts conference.

Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Westmont College (2002)

To provide workshops and education on the role of art in spiritual life and assist students in creating three works of art that will blend visual art and spiritual life on a Christian liberal arts college campus.

Worshiping Communities
Santa Barbara, california
2002
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Westport Presbyterian Church

To develop the Art n' Soul worship project which provides worshipers with historic visual art that can be used in worship through theology.

Worshiping Communities
Kansas City, missouri
2002
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Worshiping Communities Drama/Dance Visual Arts

Christians in Theater Arts

To share with participants at regional CITA conferences and meetings for pastors and church leaders the results of prior exploration and discussion on the role of theater in worship.

Worshiping Communities
Greenville, south carolina
2001
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