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.
St Andrew's Episcopal Church of Denver
To enrich a contemplative worship service and to explore issues of faith, worship, contemplative prayer and the arts.
Worshiping Communities
Denver, colorado
2015
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office For Worship
To create a multicultural church music and liturgy mentoring program to develop the skills and knowledge of high school and college musicians in order to build the liturgical capacity of the parishes in the dioceses of Southern California.
Worshiping Communities
Los Angeles, california
2014
Avon Lake United Church of Christ
To strengthen youth ministry and worship through youth interns who will learn about worship, participate in worship planning and leading, and develop intergenerational relationships throughout the congregation.
Worshiping Communities
Avon Lake, ohio
2014
Azusa Pacific University
To promote a reciprocal relationship between scholarship and service by incorporating congregation-based service-learning experiences into the worship curriculum.
Worshiping Communities
Azusa, california
2014
Belmont University
To reflect on worship in a university setting by nurturing the practices of prayer, reflecting on possibilities for a new chapel space, and exposing students to local church leaders and various worship traditions.
Worshiping Communities
Nashville, tennessee
2014
Campus Chapel of Ann Arbor
To incorporate visual arts and video into campus worship in a theologically thoughtful and culturally sensitive way through community conversations and learning events.
Worshiping Communities
Ann Arbor, michigan
2014
Christian Theological Seminary
To encourage the development of arts ministries and the incorporation of a variety of arts in worship as a regular liturgical practice of the community.
Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2014
Church of All Nations
To facilitate a multicultural ministry of reconciliation in worship and life together by engaging Native American history through storytelling and theological reflection that promotes understanding, healing, justice and reconciliation.
Worshiping Communities
Columbia Heights, minnesota
2014
Concordia University College of Alberta
To promote deeper understanding and skill for musical worship leaders through learning opportunities related to global traditions and congregational song, following the pattern of the Christian year.
Worshiping Communities
Edmonton, alberta
2014
Hillcrest Christian Church
To engage people from different ethnic communities in the practice of basic Christian worship principles in order to promote unity, faith formation, hospitality and missional opportunities expressed in culturally diverse forms.
Worshiping Communities
Denver, colorado
2014
Institute for Prison Ministries, Wheaton College
To develop and deliver culturally relevant drama and visual arts training for worship leaders in prison settings as a means of promoting a vivid awareness and heartfelt response to God.
Worshiping Communities
Wheaton, illinois
2014
The King's University College
To explore forms of prayer from various Christian communities in different times and places that will inform and enhance times of communal worship on campus.
Worshiping Communities
Edmonton, alberta
2014