CICW has awarded Vital 91, 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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91ing Communities Education/Leadership

Made to Flourish

To help church leaders learn how to develop worship, discipleship, and missional practices that connect with congregants’ Monday-through-Saturday lives through skill mapping, a cohort program, and a three-day intensive.

91ing Communities
Overland Park, kansas
2023
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91ing Communities Spanish-language Music

Mission United Presbyterian Church

To equip a new generation of worship leaders with musical skills and vocal techniques to foster the creation of worship experiences that connect with and reach out to people from the surrounding community.  

91ing Communities
San Francisco, california
2023
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91ing Communities Intergenerational Liturgy

New Bethel AME

To engage youth and young adults by remembering and retelling stories of the Black church through development of a lectionary, worship guide, and Sunday School curriculum emphasizing the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

91ing Communities
Lithonia, georgia
2023
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91ing Communities Music Spanish-language

Restauración Los Ángeles

To develop a new generation of church musicians and worship leaders who, in addition to typical roles, could acquire skills required to compose new congregational songs and to produce new worship music. 

91ing Communities
Los Angeles, california
2023
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91ing Communities Intergenerational Sacraments

Restoration Anglican Church

To center the sacraments in worship by collaboratively creating artwork for worship that contextualizes images of bread, wine, and water for each season of the church year. 

91ing Communities
Arlington, virginia
2023
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91ing Communities Accessibility

Saint Pius X Catholic Church

To promote a community that moves from inclusion to belonging for congregants with intellectual disabilities and their families by reducing barriers to full participation and forming the congregation to actively welcome everyone made in God’s image.

91ing Communities
Granger, indiana
2023
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91ing Communities Intergenerational

Sidebar Stories (2023)

To spiritually form worshipers of all ages by compiling stories told by children into books about worship, prayer, and scripture.

91ing Communities
Mount Holly, new jersey
2023
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