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.
Shalom Hill Farm
To create a unique opportunity for worshipers to recognize the beauty, majesty, mystery, and holiness of God by developing a dedicated worship space in a barn, and facilitating worship experiences that foster a sense of holy vocation with and among all of God's creation as participants, rather than observers.
Worshiping Communities
Windom, minnesota
2022
Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
Andrew Summerson
Andrew Summerson
To bring together an ecumenical group of scholars to critically analyze early Christian liturgical poetry as prayer and pedagogy in order to give exposure to a significant and underdeveloped voice in contemporary Christianity.
Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2022
Southern Methodist University
Marcell Silva Steuernagel
Marcell Silva Steuernagel
To engage in ethnographic research in collaboration with congregations in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in order to promote integrative ecclesial environments that bridge the racial divide between White, Black, and Latinx constituencies.
Teacher-Scholar
Dallas, texas
2022
Strong Tower Parish DBA Christ Family Kingdom Christian Center
To promote active involvement and engagement in worship of people with dementia and people with varied abilities through use of drama in worship.
Worshiping Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2022
Tamiami UMC
To revitalize the congregation’s worship ministry and strengthen the spiritual life in our families by promoting the reading and understanding of the Bible through the celebration of family devotions based on Psalms.
Worshiping Communities
Miami, florida
2022
The Bridge Church at Bear Creek
To mentor and develop young people in worship leadership by conducting art lessons, providing creative spaces, and fostering collaborative music teams that will facilitate the full participation of young people in leadership in the community.
Worshiping Communities
Lakewood, colorado
2022
The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
Brandon Crowley
Brandon Crowley
To support and engage the public worship of African American congregations by creating a workbook that teaches pastors and local church leaders how to be more inclusive of Black women and LGBTQIA+ folx in their worship designs.
Teacher-Scholar
Austin, texas
2022
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
To design a worship gathering contextual to the cultural context, focusing on contemplative, creation-grounded worship that emphasizes the connectedness of all of life and engages in quiet reflection, art, and music to encounter God.
Worshiping Communities
Olympia, washington
2022
Trinitas Classical School
To grow habits of common liturgical worship in school that extend to the home, engaging and expanding the spiritual imaginations of staff, parents, and students, by focusing on spiritual disciplines and diverse ecumenical worship resources.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2022
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School/Sacred Play Cohort
To explore how sacred play in a worship setting engages children in making meaning of their faith, while also discovering creative ways of enhancing worship for both children and congregations.
Worshiping Communities
Deerfield, illinois
2022
Union Presbyterian Seminary
To promote a deep understanding of how pipe organs can be used to lead, accompany, and inspire the community to sing by hosting four worship festivals that explore musical and liturgical territory not typically associated with the organ.
Worshiping Communities
Richmond, virginia
2022
United Presbyterian Church of Walton
To foster ecumenical connections among twelve churches by participating in the creation of pottery to form the faith of worshipers as the theological imagery of God as the potter whose hands continue to mold and reform is carried into the worship of each church and into ecumenical worship gatherings.
Worshiping Communities
Walton, new york
2022