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 Sacraments

Anglican Diocese of Edmonton

To create new baptismal resources that educate and encourage new believers in ways that respond to the needs of diverse twenty-first-century Christian families.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Edmonton, alberta
2025
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Sacraments

Bethel Community Presbyterian Church

To reimagine the practice of the Lord’s Supper—including designing table installations, creating contextualized liturgies, and hosting culturally specific "love feasts"—to represent the diversity of Christ's body and enrich the spirit of celebration surrounding communion.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
San Leandro, california
2025
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Teacher-Scholar Historical Liturgy

Aquinas Institute of Theology

Nathan Chase

To study the connection between sacramental practices and ordinary life (meal, ministry of touch, and oil) through three historical case studies from the early church and Roman Catholic liturgical practice to help Roman Catholic worshiping communities understand the historical origins of Eucharist, healing, and ordination.

Teacher-Scholar
St. Louis, missouri
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Ecumenical Sacraments

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Jennifer Lord

To encourage renewed engagement with the sacrament of baptism among Protestant Christians by studying baptismal practices and theology in Orthodox Christianity, with special emphasis on confession of sins as part of baptismal living. 

Teacher-Scholar
Austin, texas
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Intergenerational Multicultural

Freedom Outreach International

To facilitate worship and learning opportunities centered around the sacraments of baptism and eucharist to help multicultural and multigenerational families in the local community become grounded in their faith.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Spring Hill, tennessee
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Sacraments

Together in 91ÁÔÆæ

To deepen worshipers’ understanding of being a baptismal community by creating liturgical resources in celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of the Anabaptist tradition.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Winnipeg, manitoba
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Formation Sacraments

Westminster Presbyterian Church (2024)

To build Christ-centered unity amid a fractured and polarized society by teaching about and promoting shared foundational Christian practices, including the sacraments, the Lord’s Prayer, and the engagement of scripture.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Waterloo, iowa
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Sacraments

St. Mary's Catholic Church

To strengthen worshipers’ experience of communion and to deepen the connections between Eucharistic worship and all areas of life by gathering parishioners for weekly opportunities to study, reflect, and practice community. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Jackson, tennessee
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Ecumenical Sacraments

Goshen College

John D. Roth

To foster ecumenical conversations about baptism by hosting seminars for pastors and lay leaders using a newly created accessible study guide on the recent groundbreaking report of the international Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Dialogue on Baptism. 

Teacher-Scholar
Goshen, indiana
2021
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