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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2026
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Teacher-Scholar Liturgy

Villanova University

Timothy Brunk

To promote the celebration of and reflection on the newly established Feast of Creation of Christ across ecclesial traditions by producing new liturgical resources for use in diverse churches across North America that will inspire worshiping communities to reconnect with the Creator and care for the sacred gift of creation.

Teacher-Scholar
Villanova, pennsylvania
2026
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Teacher-Scholar Liturgy Trauma/Mental Health

Wartburg Theological Seminary

Jan Schnell

To examine how worship practices can hurt or exclude people at the margins, to analyze this research informed by trauma studies and liturgical theology, and to create pedagogical tools and liturgical resources that promote worship in which God’s welcome becomes lived experience.

Teacher-Scholar
Dubuque, iowa
2026
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Worshiping Communities Bilingual Formation

Woodlawn Church

To reimagine weekly worship rehearsals as intentional spaces of spiritual formation, theological reflection, and multicultural leadership development, complemented by quarterly gatherings for deeper theological study, together to cultivate both current and emerging worship leaders who are spiritually grounded and equipped to lead unified bilingual worship.

Worshiping Communities
Columbia, mississippi
2026
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Worshiping Communities Drama/Dance Intergenerational

You Need To Know Ministries

To enrich worship life across generations and promote active participation in worship by strengthening worship leadership skills in the areas of liturgical dance, drama, preaching and teaching, and corporate prayer.

Worshiping Communities
Chesapeake, virginia
2026
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Worshiping Communities Preaching Visual Arts

Young Leaders Initiative, DBA Motor City Wesley

To form college students as worship leaders through a mentored cohort model that pairs students with practitioners in preaching, worship arts, and eucharistic baking in order to offer hospitality, faith flourishing, and renewed worship life.

Worshiping Communities
Detroit, michigan
2026
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