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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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

Au Sable Institute (2022)

To support, connect, and amplify Christian college students who deeply care about God's earth by creating liturgies of restoration that students can live out in their everyday lives as they connect worship and the mission to serve.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Mancelona, michigan
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Visual Arts

Holy Cross Lutheran Church (2022)

To deepen, enrich, and connect the individual and corporate worship life of congregants by drawing on the devotional practices of the saints throughout history in aesthetically rich and cohesive worship experiences that have corresponding practices which engage the senses and foster embodied devotional practices at home.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
St. Louis, missouri
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Intergenerational Liturgy

New Hope United Methodist Church

To cultivate an appreciation of the liturgical year and the meaning of specific acts of worship in order to facilitate creative participation and planning, and to welcome people of all ages into all aspects of gathered worship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Brunswick, maryland
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Olympia, washington
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Visual Arts

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Walton, new york
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Music

Eden Theological Seminary

In response to the challenges of the pandemic, to use the Psalms to explore lament, grief, and resilience by engaging in liturgical arts that tell worshipers' stories, name challenges and losses, and cultivate healing and hope.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
St. Louis, missouri
2021
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Accessibility Liturgy

Fort Washington Collegiate Church

To emulate Jesus’ love and concern by renewing worship in light of the gifts, needs and justice concerns of the transgender community and queer communities of color.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
New York, new york
2021
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy

Hope College Campus Ministries

To engage in a liturgical and theological exploration of the biblical language and metaphor of friendship as a resource for the spiritual growth of the college community and for exploring issues of worship and justice.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Holland, michigan
2021
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Teacher-Scholar Intercultural Liturgy

Knox College

Sarah Travis

To create and field-test a preaching and liturgical resource addressing reconciliation among Settler Canadians and Indigenous peoples for the Presbyterian Church in Canada, based on two Calls to Action from the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2021
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy

Lyons Evangelical Church

To enrich support and care for the bereaved by developing liturgical practices that sustain the faith of grief-stricken worshipers while remaining vibrant and inclusive of the whole church community. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Caldwell, texas
2021
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