The Diocesan Council Loans and Grants Committee received 11 Advocacy Grant requests and 20 Social Service Grant requests. These proposals demonstrate the amazing job the churches in our Diocese feed the hungry and work for social justice in a variety of ways.
The Diocesan Council Loans & Grants Committee were able to allocate $22,000 for Advocacy Grants, and $53,500 for Social Services Grant to support every proposal submitted this year.
Respectfully submitted,
The Loans & Grants Committee:
The Rev. Chip Dischinger, The Rev. Dr. Tim Flynn (chair),
Diane Jacobs, David Laurence, The Rev. Halim Shukair,
Diana Walworth, and Michelle Wogaman
St. Michael’s, Lansing Annual Gun Buyback
Gun Buyback
$2,000
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit – PRIDE Committee
PRIDE Weekend – keynote speaker & activities
$3,000
Women Confronting Racism
CONFERENCE: The Cost of Silence/The Power of Voice”
$1,000
St. David’s, Southfield
Disarmory Ministries
$8,250
Holding the Center: A Faithful Response to Polarization and Radicalization
St. Andrew’s Ann Arbor
Training clergy & lay
$1,000
St. Aidan’s, Ann Arbor
Gun Buyback
$1,500
St. Aidan’s, Ann Arbor Silence the Violence
Annual Remembrance & Advocacy Event
$500
St. Peter’s, Detroit
Mobile Peace Team (formerly Meta Peace Team)
$1,750
Bound Together, Pontiac
Nurturing, educating and equipping young people
$1,000
Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn
Justice, Peace & Advocacy Project
$1,000
Church of The Messiah, Detroit
Silence the Violence
$1,000
Christ Church, Adrian
Migrant program
$1,500
St. Michael’s, Lansing
Diaper Ministry
$1,250
St. Stephen’s, Wyandotte
St. Stephen’s Blessings Box
$2,250
Church of the Messiah, Detroit
food, gardening, computer lab
$2,000
St. Anne’s Mead
Angel Fund for economically disadvantaged seniors
$5,000
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Shelby Township
Outreach for paper & Hygiene products
$3,000
St. Michael’s, Lincoln Park
Blessing Box
$3,500
St. Paul’s, Lansing
Blessing Box
$1,000
Grace, Mt. Clemens
Wednesday Community Supper at Grace
$6,500
St. John’s, Royal Oak
Open Hands Food Pantry and Garden
$5,000
All Saints’, Pontiac
Weekly Community Breakfast
$3,000
Christ Episcopal, Dearborn
Blessings in a Backpack – Dearborn
$3,000
The Church at Crossroads – Episcopal, Detroit
Asset Based Community Development
$2,050
Nativity Episcopal Church/Nature Ministries, Bloomfield Township
Earth Day Event
$1,300
All Saints’, Pontiac
Bound Together
$3,500
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Detroit
Manna Community Meals
$2,500
St. John’s, Westland
St. John’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry
$2,000
Mother of the Savior Church, Dearborn
Emotional & Spiritual Care Support Group
$4,000
All Saints Episcopal Church, Detroit
Crossroads Summer Lunch Program
$1,150