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.
St. Bartholomew's Church
To welcome, represent, and empower people of color and young adults in liturgical and musical leadership by expanding celebrations of nine major feasts and fasts with diverse musical expression and development of thematic seasonal worship series with reflection guides.
Worshiping Communities
New York, new york
2024
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
To promote active intergenerational participation in worship by developing and promoting a homiletical method that encourages wondering, storytelling, and godly play.
Worshiping Communities
San Francisco, california
2024
St. Joseph United Methodist Church
To create an expression of worship that increases authenticity, reduces barriers, and provides diverse forms of music and speech by engaging in interviews, focus groups, and team studies that expand theological and aesthetic understanding of worship.
Worshiping Communities
Fort Wayne, indiana
2024
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church / Church Life Africa
To encourage dance as a form of prayer and sacred art in worship through the development of collaborative cross-cultural workshops, meditative performances, and education materials.
Worshiping Communities
Mishawaka, indiana
2024
St. Lydia's
To engage the neighborhood community with radical hospitality through creative worship by establishing an arts residency program and community arts events.
Worshiping Communities
Brooklyn, new york
2024
St. Mark's Cathedral Parish
To enable the congregation and community to integrate worship into their daily lives by making the cathedral space available and facilitating varied acts of worship for people to engage in the space.
Worshiping Communities
Seattle, washington
2024
St. Rose and St. John Churches
To translate and publish a hymnal of bilingual Kreyol-English songs for use by new Haitian-Americans and neighboring church communities as a way to welcome and embrace one another through congregational song.
Worshiping Communities
Lima, ohio
2024
St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
To explore the role of music in Orthodox theological education in the midst of significant cultural and demographic changes and to develop a multicultural chant handbook that reflects the theological vision and demographic of the community and will facilitate spiritual formation.
Worshiping Communities
Yonkers, new york
2024
Story Dwelling
To develop music, art, public ritual, and worshiping vocabulary by and for “exvangelicals” to deepen worshipers’ understanding of God as friend, companion, and liberator.
Worshiping Communities
Bend, oregon
2024
Strong Tower Parish DBA Christ Family Kingdom Christian Center (2024)
To facilitate the active participation in worship of children with hearing impairment by engaging them in expressive dance.
Worshiping Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2024
Tapestry
To create bilingual (Spanish/English) liturgies and music from and for Latino people, especially in the Lutheran tradition, that respect and honor the Latino cultures present in the congregation.
Worshiping Communities
Richfield, minnesota
2024
Texas Annual Conference of the UMC
To lean into the practices of confession and witness to heal from denominational hurt and division and to equip churches in the conference for renewed mission.
Worshiping Communities
Houston, texas
2024