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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.
To develop a series of worships for worship leaders and children to develop a philosophy of worship for children's worship and age appropriate activities for sue in children's worship ministries
To encourage the use and appreciation of multicultural music and liturgy in the worship services of four Lutheran and Reformed congregations located in a multicultural neighborhood through the development of a congregational/ecumenical model for worship renewal.
To host a Liturgical Arts Festival - a worship in worship ministry for children, youth and adult worship leaders where adults will empower young people in the planning and implementation of meaningful worship experiences, and local churches will find new ways to share in worship ministry.
To educate a parish and other diocesan congregations about worship rituals and the liturgical life of their communities during a cathedral renovation project
To share with participants at regional CITA conferences and meetings for pastors and church leaders the results of prior exploration and discussion on the role of theater in worship.
To develop a 15-week course through Ventura Country Worship Renewal Project on the history and development of Christian worship, plan creative congregational and public worship services, including a worship service practicum, and to facilitate cross-cultural experiences amongst churches.
To provide a forum for composers working on contemporary renderings of psalm texts and music and to introduce these to worship leaders and the Geneva College worshiping community.
To sponsor a national worship conference on Korean Worship and Music in order to create worship resources for Korean American congregations
To collaborate with neighboring religious institutions to form an increased awareness of the relationship between private spiritually and public discipleship through a Lenten Vesper Series
To create a four-part worship series on the Psalms using the gifts of a contemporary composer, a brass quintet, and adult and youth choirs.
To create works of art for five multicultural congregations under the direction of Nancy Chinn
To establish an Institute for Liturgy to train lay leaders in worship leadership, including a distance learning classroom
