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 Intergenerational Music

Central Presbyterian Church (2016)

To encourage members to experience the glory and beauty of God as expressed in creation and in creative playful activities that help them experience joy in worship and in the world around them.

Worshiping Communities
Atlanta, georgia
2016
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Liturgy

South Congregational Church (2016)

To focus on the seasons of the Christian year through worship, study, and art, in order to promote a greater sense of God’s presence in worship and daily life.  

Worshiping Communities
Centerville, massachusetts
2016
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church

To invite people into the biblical story in worship and encourage them to expand their imagination of God through the art they encounter in the worship space.

Worshiping Communities
Blackfalds, alberta
2016
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Music

First Christian Church of Orange

To strengthen corporate worship with theological reflection, innovative and embodied worship elements, creative arts, and the unique gifts of the congregation.

Worshiping Communities
Orange, california
2015
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Worshiping Communities Drama/Dance Multicultural

First Congregational United Church of Christ of Rockford

To engage worshipers in a year of walking with Jesus by multisensory worship through the seasons of the church year and connections with worshipers' daily lives.

Worshiping Communities
Rockford, michigan
2015
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