{"id":69619,"date":"2026-02-13T20:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=69619"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:44:00","slug":"vital-worship-vital-preaching-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/vital-worship-vital-preaching-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Staff, February 13, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/worship.calvin.edu\/grants\/info\">Calvin Institute of Christian Worship<\/a> is currently welcoming grant proposals for its <a href=\"worship.calvin.edu\/grants\/info\">Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants<\/a>, funded by the Lilly Endowment.&nbsp; The CICW will consider proposals on a variety of worship practices, but particularly invite proposals focused on universal design, cultural engagement, preaching, baptism, and the Lord\u2019s Supper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant applicants have two streams to consider: Grants for Teacher-Scholars, to support projects connecting worship with other disciplines, and Grants for Worshipping Communities, for projects which attend to communal worship and formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant applications are due April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/worship.calvin.edu\/grants\/info\">website<\/a>, or watch below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNaaz7ETWtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF &#8212; Calvin Institute of Christian Worship accepting new proposals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":69621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[3116,7],"tags":[107,4384,4383],"class_list":["post-69619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","category-announcements","tag-calvin-institute-of-christian-worship","tag-lilly-endowment","tag-vital-worship-vital-preaching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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