CICW has awarded Vital 91ÁÔÆæ, 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.

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Comunidad Cristiana de Grand Rapids

To integrate new communal practices into worship in order to more deeply connect worshipers to the body of Christ and to welcome others into such a community.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2020
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First Presbyterian Church, Bellingham

To increase worshipers' awareness of God by engaging worship through different pathways and through the various ways members of the community connect with God.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Bellingham, washington
2020
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Gustavus Adolphus College

To listen to and reflect on students’ experience of worship and to experiment with music, visual art, and space in worship in order to deepen and diversify student leadership and participation.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Saint Peter, minnesota
2020
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Mennonite 91ÁÔÆæ and Song Committee

To educate and empower lay leaders and congregations to understand and embrace the various worship cultures that are part of the Mennonite song tradition in North America. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Harrisonburg, virginia
2020
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