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.

Trauma
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Teacher-Scholar Trauma Worship Leadership

Emmanuel College

HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Mona Tokarek LaFosse

To train international graduate students experiencing the trauma of migration and immigration in practices of trauma-informed worship leading so they can implement the practices in their worshiping communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Trauma Visual Arts

Dallas International University (2023)

Beth Argot & Kayleen Bobbitt

To conduct fieldwork exploring the use of pilgrimage, movement, and the arts in worship as means of healing trauma and encouraging spiritual integration (knowing God with both our heads and our hearts).

Teacher-Scholar
Dallas, texas
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Trauma Worship Practices

Dallas International University

Beth Argot

To study the relationship between historical worship practices and arts and trauma healing practices in order to explore the potential for healing and increased wellbeing of worshipers within the context of public worship.

Teacher-Scholar
Dallas, texas
2021
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