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 Bilingual Music

Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church

To unite two congregations in mutual partnership by facilitating full engagement in music, arts, and sacraments through bilingual worship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Louisville, kentucky
2019
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Drama/Dance Liturgy

Humble Walk Lutheran Church

To promote the role of visual and performing arts in the liturgy as a means of meeting God in worship, by providing opportunities for artists to lead the congregation.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
St Paul, minnesota
2019
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Visual Arts

St. Ambrose Anglican Church

To teach worshipers to engage art as an act of worship and to engage in Christian art-making, in order to better participate in the liturgy with body, mind, and soul.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Seattle, washington
2019
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Music Visual Arts

St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church

To increase worshipers’ experience of the beauty of God by equipping churches with tools and with skilled leaders that will continue the rich tradition of chant, iconography, woodworking, and textiles in Orthodox worship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Watkinsville, georgia
2019
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Music

Warwick United Church of Christ

To fully integrate the arts in the worship life of the church through collaboration among liturgists, musicians, and visual artists, in order to express and embody the attributes of God and the identity of worshipers’ as God’s beloved people.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Newport News, virginia
2019
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