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 Music

Moravian Music Foundation

To make new worship music resources of all styles accessible to worshipers globally by creating an online worship community that participates in training workshops, fosters the creation of new music, and provides access to a  variety of worship resources.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Winston-Salem, north carolina
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Congregational Life Liturgy

Mount Olive Lutheran Church

To cultivate holy curiosity about what God is doing in the world and in the lives of fellow congregants by connecting our story with God’s story through retreats, guest presenters, and the crafting of new liturgies. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Rochester, minnesota
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Missional Music

New Hope Presbyterian Church

To promote spiritual healing and renewal, cultural expression, and deeper connection between the congregation and the broader community through the development of a weekly gospel jazz worship service. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Orange, california
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Liturgy Technology

New Journey United Church of Christ

To empower lay leaders to create digital worship services that enable lay leaders in other rural churches to facilitate worship without a clergy member.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Hutchinson, minnesota
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Drama/Dance Music

New Roots AME Church

To cultivate practices of embodied worship that reflect the diversity of the congregation and the surrounding community to deepen capacity for communal embodied worship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Dorchester, massachusetts
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Education/Leadership

Praise English Ministry

To explore a theology of the body to provide a foundation for leadership and laity to engage theologically and practically around issues of mental health, race, gender, and ability.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Somerset, new jersey
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Congregational Life

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

To support Christian peacemakers by developing regular opportunities for virtual corporate worship and by sharing together in the joys and griefs of peacemaking through the practices of prayer and praise, celebration and lament.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Stony Point, new york
2024
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