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
Bellwether Arts
To deepen engagement with Jesus’ teachings by creating songs, liturgies, and visual artwork in response to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount for use in congregational worship and art-making events.
Worshiping Communities
Brentwood, tennessee
2024
Bethel Cathedral A.M.E. Church
To increase participation of laity across generations in planning and leading worship by strengthening the choir as a vehicle for leadership and formation.
Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2024
Church of the Cross
To more deeply engage with the arts in worship by commissioning artists to lead the community in creating different art forms to facilitate worship throughout the liturgical year.
Worshiping Communities
Boston, massachusetts
2024
Concordia Seminary (2024)
To improve public understanding of worship and foster greater appreciation for the gospel message through hosting a series of educational musical events centered on how the church's songs are windows into faith.
Worshiping Communities
St. Louis, missouri
2024
connect.faith
To design a dynamic and collaborative musical process and a multi-song piece to give voice to the ways in which God is moving through the voices of the marginalized.
Worshiping Communities
Croton on Hudson, new york
2024
Covenant Presbyterian Church of Athens
To promote inclusion of African Christians in multiethnic churches in the United States through documentation and teaching of the oral tradition of African Christian choruses.
Worshiping Communities
Athens, georgia
2024
Creation Justice Ministries
To strengthen the connection between Christian worship and creation justice by producing worship songs and liturgical resources that encourage deeper love for and connection to God's creation through public worship.
Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2024
Fuller Theological Seminary
To support and diversify our ministry to those struggling with mental health by working with psychologists, theologians, ministers, therapists, worship leaders, and artists to create prayers and songs for the worship context that acknowledge and express experiences of psychological suffering.
Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
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
Innovative Literacy Solutions
To train children and youth in understanding of worship and in worship skills, including media technology and leading music, to equip them to lead worship at Lighthouse Full Life Center.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
Moravian Music Foundation
To make new worship music resources of all styles accessible to worshipers globally by creating an online worship community that participates in training workshops, fosters the creation of new music, and provides access to a variety of worship resources.
Worshiping Communities
Winston-Salem, north carolina
2024