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.
Trinity Presbyterian Church (2016)
To educate the congregation about how to better welcome people of all abilities into the full worshipping life of the church.
Worshiping Communities
Charlottesville, virginia
2016
University Covenant Church
To promote worship that engages the congregation and surrounding community through cultural stories that show how God forms the identity of God’s people.
Worshiping Communities
Davis, california
2016
American Lutheran Church (2015)
To address questions of faith and tradition related to worship, to encourage a spirit of collaborative learning and inquiry, and to stimulate growth in understanding through questions that arise of out of experiences of all kinds of churchgoers.
Worshiping Communities
Clinton Township, michigan
2015
Beacon
To creatively tell the stories of all ages and develop a rhythm of worship in a new church community through conversations, Bible studies, shared meals and a congregational retreat.
Worshiping Communities
Philadelphia, pennsylvania
2015
Carey Theological College/Carey Institute (2015)
To help persons of different ages and abilities grow in faith through worship and to encourage collaboration between pastors and worship leaders through a series of learning events.
Worshiping Communities
Vancouver, british columbia
2015
Ebenezer United Methodist Church (2015)
To promote the full, conscious, active participation of all worshipers as a fully intergenerational community in a collaboration of pastors and laypersons from several congregations.
Worshiping Communities
Miami, florida
2015
First Presbyterian Church of Redding
To develop intergenerational, indigenous worship by including the congregation in designing worship services for Advent and Holy Week that include music, visual arts and drama.
Worshiping Communities
Redding, california
2015
Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty
To develop intergenerational worship by connecting the seasons of worshipers' lives to the seasons of the Christian year through art, story-telling, music, and education.
Worshiping Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2015
More Than 12 Church
To collaboratively plan multicultural worship services that present newly written biblically inspired psalms and multimedia experiences related to those psalms.
Worshiping Communities
Surrey, british columbia
2015
New Brighton Free Methodist Church
To articulate a shared theology of worship and understanding of the Lord's Supper in order to enrich worship participation and practices throughout the church year.
Worshiping Communities
New Brighton, pennsylvania
2015
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
To implement an alternative worship service that includes an innovative and participative liturgy using musical styles from around the world that appeal to all ages.
Worshiping Communities
Scottsdale, arizona
2015
Resurrection United Methodist Church
To implement a study of the theology of worship that includes Scripture, Psalms, prayer and communion, and to apply this learning to planning worship events.
Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2015