Meeting the (Fifth) Mark June 14, 2016 News Thirty-two ministries across the Episcopal Church will soon receive more than $1 million in grants for ministries satisfying the fifth mark of mission, “To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.” Executive Council announced the grant winners during its spring meeting in Chaska, Minnesota. The winning missions and ministries focus especially on refugee and environmental issues. The 2016 grants, totaling $1,161,314.62, were awarded to 25 dioceses located in the United States, five non-domestic dioceses, and six companion dioceses. UTO also awarded one grant to Episcopal Migration Ministries and one Presiding Bishop Grant. Grants included: Office of the Presiding Bishop/Episcopal Migration Ministries/United Thank Offering Challenge Grant — New Resettlement Sites and Refugee Mental Health: $89,054.20 Presiding Bishop Grant — Dioceses of Rumonge, Matana, Gitega, and Muyinga, Province of Burundi, Land and Water Conservation to Sustain Food Security: $98,000 Diocese of Alabama — Camp McDowell Recycling Center, Camp McDowell, Nauvoo: $67,120 Diocese of California — Greening All Saints, All Saints Church, San Leandro: $56,000 Diocese of Central Gulf Coast — St. James’ Episcopal Church Youth Water Ministry, St. James’ Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Alabama: $17,900 China Province of Guizhou — Sewage Ditch and Sewage Disposal Tank Construction Project in Sandu Shui Ethnic Autonomous County, China Christian Council, Sandu Shui Ethnic Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, China: $66,620 Diocese of Colorado with the Companion Diocese of Haiti — Creating Opportunities for Eco-Friendly and Healthy Livelihoods in Haiti, St. Paul’s School, Petit Trou de Nippes: $64,000 Diocese of Costa Rica — Anglican Province of the Central American Region, Creative Expression of Gratitude-Clean Energy for Generations, San Jose: $64,348.94 Diocese of Delaware with the Companion Diocese of the Dominican Republic — Jalonga Solar Power Project, District Municipality of Guayabo Dulce, Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic: $44,526 Diocese of East Tennessee — Outdoor Education Center/Osprey Outdoor Center, Grace Point Camp and Retreat Center, Kingston: $22,775 Diocese of Georgia — Honey Creek Ecology Center, Honey Creek Retreat Center, Waverly: $35,580 Diocese of Haiti — St. Barnabas Agricultural College, Terrier Rouge: $41,300 Diocese of Indianapolis — St. Nicholas Natural Playground and Environmental Education Project, St. Nicholas Early Learning Inc. at Trinity Outreach Center, Trinity Church, Indianapolis: $39,162 Diocese of Iowa with the Companion Diocese of Swaziland — Renewing the Life of the Earth, Parish of Usuthu Mission and 10 Other Parishes, Mbabane, Swaziland: $33,400 Diocese of Louisiana — Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative-Healthy Living for Low-Income Families, Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative, New Orleans: $24,300 Diocese of Makamba, Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi — Kitchens Gardens: Relief and Life Protection, Nyanza Lac Commune, Burundi: $34,588.61 Diocese of Maryland — St. Luke’s Environmental Education Campus, St. Luke’s Church, Annapolis: $34,367 Diocese of Massachusetts with the Companion Anglican Diocese of Tanga, Province of Tanzania — Environmentally Sensitive Renovation at Hegongo Holy Cross Secondary School, Tanga, Tanzania: $33,240.87 Diocese of Michigan — Community Garden Hoop House Project, St. John’s Church, Royal Oak: $4,000 Diocese of Missouri — Trinity Food Ministry Feeding Our Community, Trinity Church, St. Louis: $3,112 Diocese of Navajoland — Protecting the Precious Sustainable Practices for Water and Harvest within the Navajo Nation, Good Shepherd Mission, Fort Defiance, Arizona; St. Christopher’s Mission, Bluff, Utah: $41,500 Diocese of New York — Food/Farm/Faith Initiative, Grace Church, Millbrook: $14,750 Diocese of New York with the Companion Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Province of Tanzania — Shamba Darasa (field classroom), Msalato Theological College, Dodoma, Tanzania: $49,000 Diocese of North Dakota — Seven Generations Energy Renewing and Sustaining Project Within the Four Native American Reservations on Seven Native Ministries and Congregations, Turtle Mountain Reservation, Fort Berthold Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation: $50,000 Diocese of Olympia — Growing Grace: Sustaining a Community through God’s Creation, St. James Center at St. James Parish, Kent, Washington: $12,500 Diocese of South Dakota — Holy Apostles Sudanese Congregation, Sioux Falls: $50,000 Diocese of Upper South Carolina — Gravatt Outdoor Learning Centers, Gravatt Camp and Conference Center, Aiken: $46,800 Diocese of Utah with the Companion Diocese of Navajoland — Bees Bring Hozho to Navajoland, Good Shepherd Mission, Fort Defiance, Arizona; St. Christopher’s Mission, Bluff, Utah; and San Juan Mission, Farmington, New Mexico: $22,575 Diocese of Vermont — Rock Point Land Use/Forestry Initiative, Burlington: $19,600 Diocese of Virginia — St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Community Garden and Interfaith Meditation/Prayer Area, St. Philip’s Church, Richmond: $14,315 Diocese of West Tennessee — Intern for Environmental Mission-Episcopal Service Corps, St. Columba Episcopal Conference and Retreat Center, Memphis: $8,500 Diocese of Western Kansas — The St. Francis Peace Garden Project, Saint Francis Community and Residential Services Inc., Salina: $25,000 Contact | Covenant | Facebook | RSS | Subscribe | Twitter
