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

Trinity United Methodist Church

To train worshipers in improvisational theater techniques in order to create a variety of worship experiences that facilitate intergenerational participation in worship. 

Worshiping Communities
Milford, ohio
2020
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts

Tualatin Presbyterian Church (2020)

To promote engagement with scripture and the Christian year in worship by reflecting on the life and teachings of Christ through stained glass art.

Worshiping Communities
Tualatin, oregon
2020
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Wake Forest Baptist Church (WFBC)

To pilot an interactive worship experience that fosters practices of justice, stewardship, and vocational exploration, and facilitates personal and communal encountering of God. 

Worshiping Communities
Winston-Salem, north carolina
2020
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Worshiping Communities Accessibility Education/Leadership

Bridge Disability Ministries

To develop a program that will assist churches in becoming physically, culturally, and spiritually accessible to people with disabilities, in order to create worshiping communities that honor the gifts and full participation of each person.

Worshiping Communities
Bellevue, washington
2019
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Worshiping Communities Technology

Cary First Christian Church

To enable the full, conscious, active participation of online worshipers by developing community among those worshiping online and in-person. 

Worshiping Communities
Cary, north carolina
2019
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