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.
Advent Lutheran Church
To engage a growing population of people who identify as spiritual, but not religious, and to increase awareness of God's presence in daily life by hosting a monthly worship series that draws connections between familiar secular music and the gospel.
Worshiping Communities
New York, new york
2024
Grace and St John's Episcopal Church
To strengthen public worship and witness by building capacity in the music ministry, instituting a public worship event, and creating an outdoor mural.
Worshiping Communities
New Haven, connecticut
2024
Loop Church, Roseland Christian Reformed Church, Pullman Christian Reformed Church
To promote cross-cultural healing, prayer, and community unity among and beyond three participating churches by teaching the practice and history of drum circles as worship.
Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2024
Moravian Church Southern Province
To increase community awareness of the Moravian Christian tradition and welcome worshipers from other Christian traditions and religious backgrounds to experience faith, love, and hope through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Worshiping Communities
Winston-Salem, north carolina
2024
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (2024)
To deepen worshipers' experience of the beauty and majesty of God in this church's unique space by engaging with the stories of the art glass windows lining the worship space.
Worshiping Communities
Sun City Center, florida
2024
St. Lydia's
To engage the neighborhood community with radical hospitality through creative worship by establishing an arts residency program and community arts events.
Worshiping Communities
Brooklyn, new york
2024
Story Dwelling
To develop music, art, public ritual, and worshiping vocabulary by and for “exvangelicals” to deepen worshipers’ understanding of God as friend, companion, and liberator.
Worshiping Communities
Bend, oregon
2024