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

Emmaus Reformed Church

To create embodied, tactile, and participatory worship practices and liturgies to promote communal engagement and create a hospitable and accessible worship environment.

Worshiping Communities
Holland, michigan
2023
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Multicultural

Faculty of Theology, St. Paul University

To embody a connection between Christian liturgy and ethical living by implementing a hospitable, ecumenical, multicultural, and bilingual worship gathering for students, staff, and faculty that emphasizes the well-being of the planet and the healing of broken relationships, especially those with Indigenous peoples.

Worshiping Communities
Ottawa, ontario
2023
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Worshiping Communities Alternative

FedUp Ministries

To expand an existing food truck ministry by offering accessible communal worship opportunities in parks, bus stations, and parking lots where meals are served.

Worshiping Communities
Ann Arbor, michigan
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Justice

Fellowship Center for Racial Reconciliation

To equip local church leaders to worship by letting “justice roll down” in their lives, by training cohort members to address structural racial disparities, and by developing a theological framework that highlights God’s desire for shalom and the advocacy for the oppressed found in scripture.

Worshiping Communities
Monrovia, california
2023
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

First Community AME

To promote participatory intergenerational worship by creating a collaborative worship planning team and by hosting educational events about the theology of worship and the diversity of African American worship styles, including music and dance.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2023
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Worshiping Communities Psalms Vertical Habits/Psalms

First Presbyterian Church (2023)

To encourage active participation in the rhythms of worship (gathering, thanksgiving, response, and transformation) through weekly meals, rituals of gratitude, testimonies, and exploration of varied ways to live out faith in daily life.

Worshiping Communities
Clarksville, tennessee
2023
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham

To explore art and creativity as an act of worship to promote shalom in the community through workshops, retreats, and learning practices of contemplative creativity.

Worshiping Communities
Bellingham, washington
2023
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Psalms

Grace Blue Ridge

To encourage the integration of worship, Bible knowledge, and faith practices through the exploration of spiritual disciplines in multisensory and intergenerational workshops.

Worshiping Communities
Hendersonville, north carolina
2023
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Holland Christian Schools

To explore the intersection of artistic communication, theology and Scripture through a yearlong exploration of Ezekiel 47:1-12, by creating and reflecting on art with an artist-in-residence. 

Worshiping Communities
Holland, michigan
2023
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