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 Drama/Dance Visual Arts

Disciples Christian Church

To deepen congregants’ spiritual engagement in worship and to build bridges between the congregation and community though engagement with visual arts and dance, especially with artists who use the church building.

Worshiping Communities
Cleveland Heights, ohio
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Formation Historical

Dordt University

Kyle Dieleman

To encourage preachers through exploration of historical and contemporary Advent preaching to consider how preaching can form people for a life in which pacing, expectations, and longings are recast in light of the kingdom of God.

Teacher-Scholar
Sioux Center, iowa
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Historical Pedagogy

Duke University

Lester Ruth

To produce an anthology of curated primary sources to provide easier access to key documents related to the historical development of contemporary praise and worship music.

Teacher-Scholar
Durham, north carolina
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Trauma/Mental Health Worship Leadership

Emmanuel College

HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Mona Tokarek LaFosse

To train international graduate students experiencing the trauma of migration and immigration in practices of trauma-informed worship leading so they can implement the practices in their worshiping communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2024
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

Emmanuel Evangelical Church of Grand Rapids

To address the spiritual needs of second-generation Ethiopian American children and youth in a culturally sensitive way through worship, preaching, and teaching that includes them in the life and leadership of the church.  

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Preaching

Faith Mennonite Church

To equip lay leaders by hosting workshops that broaden understanding of what preaching can be in an intergenerational and hybrid worship context in order to expand leaders’ repertoire of meaningful ways of engaging with scripture to facilitate spiritual growth.

Worshiping Communities
Leamington, ontario
2024
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

Fifth Reformed Church

To help people rest and reflect more deeply in God by creating opportunities for communal  contemplation of God’s love and presence in the world through engagement with nature and the creative arts.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

First Baptist Church of Longmont

To deepen our congregation's appreciation for the grand narrative of God’s saving work by studying eight major acts of God in the Bible and collectively creating artwork that depicts the Bible’s overarching story.

Worshiping Communities
Longmont, colorado
2024
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Worshiping Communities Collaboration Formation

First Baptist Church of McMinnville

To deepen connections between worshipers and to encourage a practice of recognizing the sacred in all of life by centering corporate worship and home groups on practices of shared attention, communal creation, and joyful expression.

Worshiping Communities
McMinnville, oregon
2024
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

First Presbyterian Church of Tonawanda

To deepen scriptural engagement and foster intergenerational worship by inviting congregation members of all ages to share their personal faith stories through various storytelling methods. 

Worshiping Communities
Tonawanda, new york
2024
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