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.
Capital District of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church
To integrate engagement with God through the arts into worship by cultivating a community of artists who will serve in a variety of churches.
Worshiping Communities
Garner, north carolina
2019
Central Christian Church
To strengthen and deepen worshipers’ experience of God by engaging the Psalms through prayer, study, contemplation, service and the arts.
Worshiping Communities
Lexington, kentucky
2019
City Church Philadelphia
To invite people into the biblical story in worship and to broaden their vocabulary for interacting with God using visual art as a focal point.
Worshiping Communities
Philadelphia, pennsylvania
2019
Creator's Table
To use the arts to explore every aspect of worship to invite all people into the presence of the beauty, majesty, mystery, and holiness of the triune God.
Worshiping Communities
Spokane, washington
2019
Dallas International University
To develop long-term habits of spiritual formation through corporate worship in students preparing for cross-cultural service, focusing on the arts and Biblical literacy.
Worshiping Communities
Dallas, texas
2019
Fair-Park Baptist Church (Convergence)
To practice contemplative forms of worship as a way of engaging people with God in both counter-cultural and culturally contextual ways.
Worshiping Communities
Alexandria, virginia
2019
Fisher Street Church of God in Christ International
To deepen young people’s engagement with Scripture, with one another, and with their community by training them to lead worship through dance, music, and mime, using the Psalms as a model.
Worshiping Communities
Jonesboro, arkansas
2019
Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church
To unite two congregations in mutual partnership by facilitating full engagement in music, arts, and sacraments through bilingual worship.
Worshiping Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2019
Humble Walk Lutheran Church
To promote the role of visual and performing arts in the liturgy as a means of meeting God in worship, by providing opportunities for artists to lead the congregation.
Worshiping Communities
St Paul, minnesota
2019
Kanata United Church
To help worshipers live into the salvation story in the liturgical year by participating in collaborative art-making that will be incorporated into corporate worship.
Worshiping Communities
Ottawa, ontario
2019
Lexington Christian Academy
To break down barriers of age, ethnicity, and worship tradition by engaging and theologically reflecting on the arts, theater, and music in worship.
Worshiping Communities
Lexington, massachusetts
2019
North Decatur Presbyterian Church
To increase Biblical literacy and an awareness of the beauty of God by expressing scripture through art.
Worshiping Communities
Decatur, georgia
2019