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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Humble Walk

To deepen community ties and invite other churches into collaboration by hosting art and worship events featuring music, performing arts, and visual arts with activities accessible for all ages.

Worshiping Communities
St. Paul, minnesota
2024

Innovative Literacy Solutions

To train children and youth in understanding of worship and in worship skills, including media technology and leading music, to equip them to lead worship at Lighthouse Full Life Center.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024

Knox College (2024)

Sarah Travis

To support lay and experienced or retired preachers by developing a pedagogy that prioritizes mutual conversation and consideration of context and social location.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2024

Kuyper College

Richelle White

To create a storytelling lab for an intergenerational group of women to create spoken-word and written testimonies about healing and community building that will serve as liturgies in corporate worship and as a curriculum resource.

Teacher-Scholar
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024

Loop Church, Roseland Christian Reformed Church, Pullman Christian Reformed Church

To promote cross-cultural healing, prayer, and community unity among and beyond three participating churches by teaching the practice and history of drum circles as worship.

Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2024

Luther House, Lutheran Campus Ministry at Oregon State University

To create opportunities for students to find community and a space to explore their faith through dinner church, pilgrimage, and retreats that empower student leaders to craft liturgy that speaks to their lived experience in a culture with a broken relationship with creation.

Worshiping Communities
Corvallis, oregon
2024

Metropolitan AME Church

To engage congregants and the community in worship experiences outside of traditional Sunday services through workshops and small-group worship experiences that incorporate music and the visual and performing arts.

Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2024