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 Creation Justice Liturgy

Second Presbyterian Church

To enlarge worshipers’ understanding of living a sacramental life to include praying through acts of earth care and environmental justice, through crafting creation-focused liturgies, hosting guest speakers, and encouraging environmentally ethical living.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Richmond, virginia
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Architecture/Space

Servant’s Community Church

To create a more welcoming, flexible, and inclusive worship space that promotes community-led worship practices through education about theologically sensitive, contextually appropriate, and aesthetically fitting church architecture.  

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Congregational Life Intergenerational

Shiloh Baptist Church

To promote appreciation for the diversity of gifts in the congregation and empower worshipers to live out their faith within and beyond the walls of the church by introducing visual arts, liturgical dance, and a choral program within worship services.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Wilmington, delaware
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Formation Missional

South Congregational Church of Kennebunkport 

To study and practice blessing one another and the wider community by emphasizing the theology of blessing in worship and by practicing embodied blessing of others in outdoor venues. 

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Kennebunkport, maine
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Missional Visual Arts

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (2024)

To deepen worshipers' experience of the beauty and majesty of God in this church's unique space by engaging with the stories of the art glass windows lining the worship space.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Sun City Center, florida
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 Accessibility Education/Leadership

St. Joseph United Methodist Church

To create an expression of worship that increases authenticity, reduces barriers, and provides diverse forms of music and speech by engaging in interviews, focus groups, and team studies that expand theological and aesthetic understanding of worship.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Fort Wayne, indiana
2024
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91ÁÔÆæing Communities Drama/Dance

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church / Church Life Africa

To encourage dance as a form of prayer and sacred art in worship through the development of collaborative cross-cultural workshops, meditative performances, and education materials.

91ÁÔÆæing Communities
Mishawaka, indiana
2024
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