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.
New Life Church
To reflect the divine hospitality of the triune God in worship by equipping leaders to facilitate the active participation of all worshipers and by creating a space that aesthetically leads people into worship.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Junction, colorado
2018
Pillar Church
To enrich worship by collaboratively creating artistic liturgical resources inspired by the book of Revelation in order to promote a rich engagement with Scripture.
Worshiping Communities
Holland, michigan
2018
Seabury Resources for Aging
To implement a participatory intergenerational worship service in which worshipers engage Scripture through art, music, storytelling, and guided discussion.
Worshiping Communities
Washington, district of columbia
2018
American Lutheran Church (2017)
To deepen members’ experience of the holiness of God by exploring how various art forms can strengthen liturgical participation.
Worshiping Communities
Clinton Township, michigan
2017
Grace Chicago Church
To expand an understanding of corporate worship as a means of God’s grace and spiritual formation by practicing worship habits using the arts.
Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2017
Holy Cross Lutheran Church, St Louis
To invite people into the biblical story in worship and encourage them to expand their imagination of God by focusing on collaboratively-created art.
Worshiping Communities
St Louis, missouri
2017
Rainier Beach Presbyterian Church
To engage in collaborative worship planning and leading that deepens the multicultural expressions of the congregation through visual and musical arts.
Worshiping Communities
Seattle, washington
2017
St Philothea Greek Orthodox Church
To increase worshipers' experience of the beauty of God by training leaders in Byzantine Orthodox Chant and Iconography.
Watkinsville, georgia
2017
Central Presbyterian Church (2016)
To encourage members to experience the glory and beauty of God as expressed in creation and in creative playful activities that help them experience joy in worship and in the world around them.
Worshiping Communities
Atlanta, georgia
2016
First Presbyterian Church, St Cloud, MN
To strengthen practices of the sacraments through artistic expressions that will amplify the meaning of the sacraments and strengthen community.
Worshiping Communities
St Cloud, minnesota
2016
Rainbow Mennonite Church (2016)
To invite people of all ages and backgrounds into a deeper spirit of contemplation, especially througn outdoor worship that emphasizes the beauty and wonder of God's creation.
Worshiping Communities
Kansas City, kansas
2016
South Congregational Church (2016)
To focus on the seasons of the Christian year through worship, study, and art, in order to promote a greater sense of God’s presence in worship and daily life.
Worshiping Communities
Centerville, massachusetts
2016