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.
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
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
Disciples Christian Church
To deepen congregants’ spiritual engagement in worship and to build bridges between the congregation and community though engagement with visual arts and dance, especially with artists who use the church building.
Worshiping Communities
Cleveland Heights, ohio
2024
Fifth Reformed Church
To help people rest and reflect more deeply in God by creating opportunities for communal contemplation of God’s love and presence in the world through engagement with nature and the creative arts.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
First Baptist Church of Longmont
To deepen our congregation's appreciation for the grand narrative of God’s saving work by studying eight major acts of God in the Bible and collectively creating artwork that depicts the Bible’s overarching story.
Worshiping Communities
Longmont, colorado
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
Grunewald Guild
To develop a cohort of artists that will affect the worshiping communities the artists belong to by exploring the sacred through creating visual art for worship together in online gatherings and an in-person retreat.
Worshiping Communities
Leavenworth, washington
2024
Holy Cross Lutheran Church (2024)
To invite worshipers into the depth and richness of God’s promises by weaving liturgy with the arts through collaborations with local artists for Advent, Lenten, Holy Week, and Pentecost services and through the development and dissemination of artistically inspired service plans.
Worshiping Communities
St. Louis, missouri
2024
Humble Walk
To deepen community ties and invite other churches into collaboration by hosting art and worship events featuring music, performing arts, and visual arts with activities accessible for all ages.
Worshiping Communities
St. Paul, minnesota
2024
Metropolitan AME Church
To engage congregants and the community in worship experiences outside of traditional Sunday services through workshops and small-group worship experiences that incorporate music and the visual and performing arts.
Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2024
Mosaic Church
To intentionally center visual arts in the worshiping community to cultivate the congregation’s appreciation of the role of art in forming and shaping its worship life.
Worshiping Communities
London, ontario
2024
Reconciliation Anglican Church
To integrate ancient liturgy and prayer with expressions of worship such as art, meal sharing, and communal serviceso as to strengthen connections between gathered worship and daily life.
Worshiping Communities
Bellingham, washington
2024