Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
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.
Allisonville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
To develop more inclusive worship practices by first learning about the needs and desires ofthose often excluded from worship and the obstacles they often face, and to then initiate new worship practices.
Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2024
Disability Belongs
To increase disability awareness and belonging in partner churches by providing resources and strategies for promoting the welcome and inclusion of Christians of all abilities in worshiping communities.
Worshiping Communities
Fredericksburg, virginia
2024
Mount Aery Baptist Church (2024)
To engage in liturgies and educational roundtables that facilitate inclusive attitudes and practices that welcome those who have been historically marginalized.
Worshiping Communities
Bridgeport, connecticut
2024
St. Joseph United Methodist Church
To create an expression of worship that increases authenticity, reduces barriers, and provides diverse forms of music and speech by engaging in interviews, focus groups, and team studies that expand theological and aesthetic understanding of worship.
Worshiping Communities
Fort Wayne, indiana
2024
Strong Tower Parish DBA Christ Family Kingdom Christian Center (2024)
To facilitate the active participation in worship of children with hearing impairment by engaging them in expressive dance.
Worshiping Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2024
The Gayton Kirk
To enhance and build upon the nontraditional Jazz Vespers service to offer innovative and radical welcome for in-person and virtual attendees to experience healing and hope.
Worshiping Communities
Henrico, virginia
2024
Saint Pius X Catholic Church
To promote a community that moves from inclusion to belonging for congregants with intellectual disabilities and their families by reducing barriers to full participation and forming the congregation to actively welcome everyone made in God’s image.
Worshiping Communities
Granger, indiana
2023
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Sweet Air
To learn about worship symbolism and accessibility concerns that hinder welcoming all worshipers through engaging in learning groups that explore relevant resources and analyze other worship spaces.
Worshiping Communities
Phoenix, maryland
2023
Creston Christian Reformed Church
To empower the congregation and local community in the practice of biblical hospitality in order to reshape the worship experience to be more hospitable by engaging in outdoor worship and community meals.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2022
Iglesia de Dios Casa Ebenezer
To deepen the congregation’s knowledge of worship as a lifestyle and the practice of a Biblical worship that includes people from different generations and with different abilities.
Worshiping Communities
Kissimmee, florida
2022
Saint Peter A.M.E. Zion Church
To promote genuine grace-filled hospitality in worship through a more racially, culturally, and intergenerationally sensitive worship experience that is sustained and perpetuated through a message of love, adaptability, and social engagement during the worship experience.
Worshiping Communities
Tuscaloosa, alabama
2022
Strong Tower Parish DBA Christ Family Kingdom Christian Center
To promote active involvement and engagement in worship of people with dementia and people with varied abilities through use of drama in worship.
Worshiping Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2022