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 Music

Indiana Wesleyan University (2022)

To engage the history, stories, and traditions of Gospel music to better equip the Gospel Choir for leadership and to expand the chapel experience for all students.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Marion, indiana
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Multicultural Music

Raleigh Mennonite Church (2022)

To investigate how the legacy of white supremacy affects worship practices, to learn to better appreciate and include worship materials from other cultures without appropriating, and to learn how anti-racist practices are implemented by other churches leading the way in these efforts.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Raleigh, north carolina
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Music Youth

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Lakewood, colorado
2022
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Music

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.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Richmond, virginia
2022
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Teacher-Scholar Formation Music

University of Notre Dame Folk Choir

J.J. Wright

To teach Christian communities how to see grace and mercy in loss and suffering by enabling young people to contemplate difficult questions as they rehearse and perform the newly composed Passion for the Innocents.

Teacher-Scholar
South Bend, indiana
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 Liturgy Music

Trinity Church

To pilgrimage together through the Christian Year as spiritual formation in order to more deeply experience Christ, the church, spiritual practices, and the community. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Wenatchee, washington
2021
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Multicultural Music

Asbury Theological Seminary (2020)

To strengthen practices of congregational song by introducing a globally diverse diet of hymns and other congregational songs and by strengthening understanding of the contexts in which songs were created.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Wilmore, kentucky
2020
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Architecture/Space Music

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

To facilitate the full participation of worshipers from all faith backgrounds by enhancing both the physical space for worship and the forms of music and visual arts in the liturgy.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2020
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