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.
Community Recovery International
To offer weekly recovery services which encourage the use of artistic talents and personal testimonies that express God’s grace and forgiveness so that worship becomes the foundation of the healing process.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2006
Faith United Church of Christ
To prepare and implement resources for worship that include music, media and visual arts, liturgical movement, creative writing and drama through the creation of an interdenominational, intergenerational worship arts team.
Worshiping Communities
International Falls, minnesota
2006
First Congregational United Church of Christ
To equip lay leaders to present scripture and multicultural music in worship and to kindle imagination about the design of the new worship space as part of the redevelopment of downtown Washington, DC.
Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2006
First Presbyterian Church of Daytona Beach
To celebrate the rich heritage of the congregation and embrace its diversity and multicultural growth, which includes more than 100 people from 11 nations, through theologically-driven visual arts workshops and interactive educational classes that will create resources for worship.
Worshiping Communities
Daytona Beach, florida
2006
Memphis Theological Seminary
To explore the meaning of art in worship as well as to experiment with forms of art and ways to incorporate that art in the ongoing worship life of area congregations.
Worshiping Communities
Memphis, tennessee
2006
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
To create new, engaging and enduring habits of worship through a study of visual arts in worship with an emphasis on communion, baptism and the unity of believers.
Worshiping Communities
Berkeley, california
2005
Fredericktown United Methodist Church
To nurture active, intergenerational corporate worship by training parents, grandparents and church school leaders and providing resources for them to promote the daily worship of God in children’s lives in the context of the liturgical year.
Worshiping Communities
Fredericktown, ohio
2005
Lower Susquehanna Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
To train and encourage parish musicians in small congregations by offering classes in the theological and liturgical foundations of worship and the development of musical skills.
Worshiping Communities
Harrisburg, pennsylvania
2005
Office of Worship, Diocese of Honolulu
To develop a two-week formation program for clergy and laity to probe the connection between Jesus' death and resurrection and the practice of worship and prayer, and the connection between worship and daily living.
Worshiping Communities
Kaneohe, hawaii
2005
St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
To study the implications of church architecture and sacred space in worship through a Peer Learning process that will assist the congregation to develop plans for the construction of a new church building.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2005
University of the Incarnate Word
To provide workshops on music, ritual theory, visual arts, architecture, dance, drama, sacred text, and the importance of sacramentality with attention to Hispanic, Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Euro-American perspectives to enrich worship on campus and in the surrounding community.
Worshiping Communities
San Antonio, texas
2005
Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) (2004)
To assist churches in incorporating liturgical arts by offering seminars and workshops, and by producing resources that disseminate these concepts to a broader audience.
Worshiping Communities
Wenham, massachusetts
2004