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Episcopal Church awards 2024 Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants

April 18, 2024
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The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church has awarded 19 grants, totaling $140,000, to young adult and campus ministries from dioceses across the U.S. The recommended grant applications were approved during the council’s January 2024 meeting.

Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants provide funding for dioceses, congregations, and community colleges, tribal colleges, and university campuses that engage or seek to engage with young adults on and off campus.

“The Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants serve a vital role in building up, sustaining, and breathing new life into young adult communities throughout the church,” said the Rev. Shannon Kelly, officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries. “Young adult ministries and campus ministries churchwide serve a fundamental role in the life of the church as they walk with young adults during a critical time of spiritual exploration and growth, life discernment, and creating connections with their peers.”

The grant review team included provincial coordinators for young adult and campus ministry, leaders in the area of young adult ministry, staff, and a member of Executive Council. The team scored and commented on the applications, with each application read by at least four people. Reviewers gathered to discern which grants should be recommended for funding.

Grant recipients, listed by category, are as follows:

Campus ministry grants, which provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative campus ministries or to enhance an existing ministry:

  • The Final Cares Package for College Students Program, Campus Ministry for the Episcopal Church in Colorado: $6,840
  • Episcopal at Penn State Choral Scholars, Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania: $8,000
  • Raising Leaders: Four Pillars of Campus Ministry, Episcopal Student Association/All Saints Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church in Minnesota: $8,000
  • New Episcopal Campus Ministry at NMU: Sacred Space, Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan: $4,000
  • “Remember Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth,” The Citadel Episcopal Fellowship, Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina: $8,000

Development grants, which establish new, restore dormant, or reenergize existing campus ministries:

  • Watershed: Young Adult Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: $30,000
  • Young Adult Ministry, The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida: $20,000

Project grants, which provide money for a one-time project to enhance and positively impact a campus or young adult ministry:

  • The Great Basilicas of Italy: Transforming Lives Through the Power of Music, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: $2,000
  • “To Buy the Sun,” SUNY New Paltz Episcopal Campus Ministry, Episcopal Diocese of New York: $2,000
  • Permanent Community Whiteboard, The Belfry, Episcopal Diocese of Northern California: $2,000
  • Coffee Project, United Campus Ministry La Crosse, Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire: $1,000

Young adult ministry grants, which provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative young adult ministries or enhance existing ministries:

  • Ensemble: re-Energize the 20s & 30s Ministry at the American Cathedral in Paris Post-COVID, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: $8,000
  • Israel/Palestine Immersion Program and Holy Lands Pilgrimage, All.together Campus Ministry, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan: $2,000
  • Beloved Community in the Hudson Valley, Episcopal Diocese of New York: $8,000
  • Kaospe (Lakota for “horse in training”) program, Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission, Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota: $8,000
  • Adult Camp weekend at Paradise Point Camp, Episcopal Diocese of Idaho: $2,660
  • The Marian Garden: an intergenerational, inter-communal ministry cultivated by the Peregrinos of All Saints’, Episcopal Diocese of Arizona: $8,000
  • Patchwork: A Young Adult Ministry of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota: $8,000
  • St. Titus’ Episcopal Church Younger Adults Group, Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina: $3,500

View a full list and description of grant recipients online.

For more information, contact the Rev. Shannon Kelly. Learn more about Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants and other Episcopal Church grant and scholarship opportunities.