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 Youth

New Kingdom Church of God in Christ

To implement a year-long worship discipleship program for youth that uses spoken word, liturgical dance, storytelling, and youth-led worship to equip students to explore faith, express testimony, and lead in worship, promoting spiritual growth and generational engagement within the life of the church. 

Worshiping Communities
Fresno, california
2025
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Worshiping Communities Testimony Youth

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix 

To engage in synodal listening processes to help young adults reconnect to Christian worship and faith formation and develop leadership skills, discernment, and confidence in sharing testimonies.  

Worshiping Communities
Phoenix, arizona
2025
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Worshiping Communities Alternative Youth

Wesley Foundation at Central Michigan University

To create a dinner church, led by student leaders who co-create the liturgy and liturgical arts, to be an alternative and collaborative worshiping community for young adults who are weary of traditional church spaces. 

Worshiping Communities
Mount Pleasant, michigan
2025
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Teacher-Scholar Cultural Engagement Music

Candler School of Theology

Jonathan Calvillo

To examine how hip-hop can be a resource for building spiritual community among Latinx diaspora by modeling how to integrate experiences of race, social engagement, and spiritual support in ministry with youth.

Teacher-Scholar
Atlanta, georgia
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Youth

Samford University

Nelson Cowan

To equip churches to better understand youths’ motivations for participation in worship by conducting a qualitative study of their attitudes toward diverse liturgical forms, their responses to liturgical change, and their participation in public Christian worship.

Teacher-Scholar
Birmingham, alabama
2024
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Worshiping Communities Youth Worship Leadership

The Growth Center Inc.

To equip youth and young adults in theology and skills for leading worship so as to form their identity as God’s image bearers and help them see their place in the body of Christ. 

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Youth

Providence College

Daria Spezzano

To draw on the teachings of Thomas Aquinas to provide tools for disaffiliated Catholic college students to engage the goodness, truth, and beauty of God in worship as a response to their search for meaning. 

Teacher-Scholar
Providence, rhode island
2023
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Worshiping Communities Youth

New Hope Presbyterian Church (2022)

To cultivate a youth worship culture that deepens their experiences of God, promotes a greater sense of belonging, and strengthens relationships among our youth.

Worshiping Communities
Orange, california
2022
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Worshiping Communities Music Youth

The Bridge Church at Bear Creek

To mentor and develop young people in worship leadership by conducting art lessons, providing creative spaces, and fostering collaborative music teams that will facilitate the full participation of young people in leadership in the community.

Worshiping Communities
Lakewood, colorado
2022
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