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On the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary
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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.
Tyler Greenway
To compare the intended and actual outcomes of sermons and homilies by studying how listeners respond to preaching in their behavior, emotions, and beliefs.
Joel LeMon
To explore how biblical theology emerges from the intersection of texts and their musical settings across time.
To encourage a deep and ongoing engagement with scripture by singing, teaching, and praying the psalms of ascent as an intergenerational community.
To create space for healing from loneliness and for development of community through creative worship practices, including concerts, community dinners, art exhibitions, and discussion groups.
To facilitate healing of emotional wounds through creating a safe, reflective, and artistic space for biblical reflection, prayer, and the reframing of personal stories through the truths of scripture.
To foster greater embodied participation in worship services through a biblical, historical, and intercultural exploration of physical worship practices.
To help children come to love, learn about, and interact with God through the development of a children's Sabbath program that uses music, drama, visual arts, and other disciplines to teach children liturgical concepts and enable them to participate significantly in worship services.
To encourage greater accessibility and inclusivity in worship through providing support, education, and resources for families and church leaders affected by disability.
To develop a vision for the practice of beloved community through learning and worship opportunities related to this theme.
To develop skilled, confident, and energetic student worship leaders through a comprehensive worship leadership development initiative.
To inspire a renewed love of Anglican worship through educational programming and retreats that explore how beauty and poetry reveal God’s truth.
To promote participation and leadership within Christian communities by diverse students who struggle to see themselves in the Christian story.
