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 Visual Arts

City Chapel (2022)

To engage the beauty of art in worship in order to awaken our understanding and imagination of what it means to care for God’s created world.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2022
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Worshiping Communities Accessibility Education/Leadership

Creston Christian Reformed Church

To empower the congregation and local community in the practice of biblical hospitality in order to reshape the worship experience to be more hospitable by engaging in outdoor worship and community meals.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2022
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space

David's United Church of Christ

To create sacred space by experimenting with seating arrangement, various forms of artwork, and sensory experiences in innovative and interactive ways, while being responsive to the needs of ministry during the pandemic.

Worshiping Communities
Canal Winchester, ohio
2022
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

First Presbyterian Church of Holt

To invite worshipers into reflection on traditions of liturgical art that facilitates engagement with wonder and the beauty of God, culminating in the collaborative creation of paraments for the worship space.

Worshiping Communities
Holt, michigan
2022
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Visual Arts

Holy Cross Lutheran Church (2022)

To deepen, enrich, and connect the individual and corporate worship life of congregants by drawing on the devotional practices of the saints throughout history in aesthetically rich and cohesive worship experiences that have corresponding practices which engage the senses and foster embodied devotional practices at home.

Worshiping Communities
St. Louis, missouri
2022
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