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 Architecture/Space

Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

To study ways to renovate the sanctuary of a small urban church to meet the current needs through the involvement of musicians, artists, architecture students, a professional architect, and the church's congregation as well as permit architecture students to explore options for area churches with similar needs

Worshiping Communities
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania
2001
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

New Covenant Presbyterian Church

To sponsor a conference for the Presbyterian Church in America in upstate South Carolina on the theological underpinnings and practical implications of renewal in worship and the arts.

Worshiping Communities
Anderson, south carolina
2001
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Worshiping Communities Alternative

North America Association for the Catechumenate

To support a conference on programs to integrate worship, evangelism, hospitality, and small group ministries in the process of welcoming new members to a congregation

Worshiping Communities
Pataskala, ohio
2001
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Worshiping Communities Music

Salem United Methodist Church

To fund a one-day conference for hymn writers from Northern Indiana on writing hymns and other songs for worship

Worshiping Communities
Bremen, indiana
2001
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Worshiping Communities Youth

Salvation Army

To develop a worship service called Cross-ConneXions, and other discipleship programs for youth and young adults

Worshiping Communities
Flint, michigan
2001
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

To enrich worship through learning, singing and sharing worship music from around the world, helping celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood, city and church

Worshiping Communities
Dallas, texas
2001
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

To explore, in conjunction with the Commission on Small Churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, methods where small congregations can design excellent intergenerational worship practices

Worshiping Communities
Powhatan, virginia
2001
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