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 Multicultural Music

Proskuneo Ministries

To promote unity within diversity in Christian worship by providing safe and hospitable spaces for multilingual songwriting processes among diverse groups, leading to the incorporation of multilingual songs into existing liturgies.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Stone Mountain, georgia
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Historical Music

Rollins College

Harold Dorrell Briscoe

To research the historical and sociopolitical significance of Negro spirituals in movements of liberation, and to demonstrate through workshops, concerts, and an immersive learning trip how these spirituals can enrich modern Christian worship practices.

Teacher-Scholar
Winter Park, florida
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Formation Liturgy

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas Office for 91ÁÔÆæ

To create a formation program on liturgy, theology, and musicianship that equips and encourages Spanish-speaking parish musicians and music ministers.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Dallas, texas
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Music

St. Andrew's College

Becca Whitla

To equip the Canadian church to use congregational song to further reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous peoples and to address questions relevant to the Canadian context through a conference and the development of shareable resources.

Teacher-Scholar
Saskatoon, saskatchewan
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Music

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
New York, new york
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Bilingual Music

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Lima, ohio
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Formation Multicultural

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Yonkers, new york
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Bilingual Liturgy

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Richfield, minnesota
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Intergenerational Music

The Tapestry Mundy Park

To cultivate and nurture intergenerational discipleship through creative arts and songwriting workshops that will result in artwork in the sanctuary and original songs that tell the redemptive story from Genesis to Revelation.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Coquitlam, british columbia
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Education/Leadership Music

The United Church of Canada

To develop a worship community resource and learning platform with theologically sound, justice-rooted resources for congregational singing, bolstered by in-person learning events and educational video projects connecting congregational song to strong discipleship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Toronto, ontario
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Multicultural

Toronto Formosan Presbyterian Church

To create liturgical resources for a multicultural, multilingual, and multigenerational congregation so this Asian-Canadian congregation can encounter the triune God through words and music.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Toronto, ontario
2024
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