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Evangelism for the 21st Century Grants Awarded, 2008-2009

Summary
The Board of Directors awarded 33 grants to 37 individuals, including 26 students, 9 faculty/staff and 2 family members.  Twenty-two of the grants involved international travel.  Grants represent the following seminaries:
          

Berkeley Divinity School at Yale	6
Bexley Hall	1
Church Divinity School of the Pacific	6
Duke Divinity School	1
Episcopal Divinity School	4
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest	2
General Theological Seminary	1
Nashotah House	2
Princeton Theological Seminary	1
School of Theology (Sewanee)	2
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary	1
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry	2
Virginia Theological Seminary	4

 

Grants

Michael Barham, D. Min. ‘10, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, to establish a pilgrimage center in Santiago for “Holy Lingering.”

Debra Bennett and Vincent Black, MDiv. ‘09, Bexley Hall, to plan and convene a healing retreat for female and gay male victims of violence and abuse.

Wren Blessing, MDiv. ’09, Duke Divinity School, to convene meetings of Spanish and English speakers for prayer, study, and reflection on the Psalms and rural life, and to create a curriculum for rural churches.

Emily Bloemker, MDiv. ‘09, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, for reconciliation work with poor women in Sudan, and to help Americans understand the lives of Sudanese Christians.

Theresa Brion, MDiv. ‘09, Episcopal Divinity School, to develop and implement a curriculum using the MDG’s as the linkage to Appalachian issues of hunger, health care and illiteracy.

Peter Crumlish and Stephanie Johnson, MDiv. ’10, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to build relationships between Berkley Divinity School and St. Nicholas Seminary in Ghana, with the goal of creating a future exchange program

Shelley Denney, MDiv. ’08, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, to establish a women’s sewing co-op in El Salvador, which will provide income and bring people to church.

The Rev. Ann Franklin, Staff, Episcopal Divinity School,  to lead Bible study and religious education programs in villages in Israel and Palestine and to offer small group leadership training for village lay leaders.

The Rev. Jim Friedrich, Spouse,  Church Divinity School of the Pacific,  to hold events at Ridley Hall and at Guilford Cathedral (UK) on the use of film/video in mission and worship.

Debbie Hawkins, MDiv. ’09, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, for language immersion and delivery of Christian education materials and teacher training in El Salvador.

Joanna Hollis, MDiv. ’09, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, to intern with the chaplains at Rikkyo University in Japan and to assist the chaplains in identifying and negotiating their role at the university.

Jane Jeuland, MDiv. ’09, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to do the planning, the grant writing, and the community organizing to start-up an after-school program pilot and to increase two youth outreach programs at inner-city St. Andrew’s, New Haven.

The Rev. Arnold Klukas, Ph.D., Faculty, Nashotah House, to research and write a book and multi-media kit for historical and contemporary liturgy.

Justin Lanier, MDiv. ’10, Church Divinity School of the Pacific,  to study Zen Buddhism and contemplative Christian practice in Japan to create a program to engage the post-modern interest in personal spirituality.

Everett Lees, MDiv ’09, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, to attend small group leader training and to implement small group ministry in a parish setting.

Dorothy Linthicum, Staff, Virginia Theological Seminary, to return to the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa to create curricula for teaching youth ministry, adult education and the catechumenal process.

The Rev. Canon John Macdonald, Faculty, Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, to study youth culture in Madrid in order to provide the foundation for an evangelism strategy for that population.

The Rev. Elizabeth Magill, Staff, Episcopal Divinity School , to affirm and empower the faith of homeless adults by adding a musician to the outdoor worship of Worcester Fellowship, beginning weekly bible-study, and holding a monthly community meeting.

Lisa Mason and Gayle McCarty, MDiv. ’09, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest , for immersion and evangelism in Belarus, with those previously oppressed by Soviet power.

The Rev. Judith McDaniel, Ph.D., Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary, to investigate contextual formation and homiletic education in the larger Anglican Communion by spending one month in Israel.

The Rev. Daudi Ndahana, Student, Nashotah House,  to travel to Tanzania to teach, preach, and hold seminars on his experience of the American Church, especially the theology and worship of the catholic tradition.

Julia Perez-Kennedy, Staff, Episcopal Divinity School, to develop a pilot support group for homeless women and women from EDS.

Eric and Therese Ryniker, MDiv. ’09 and Spouse, Sewanee, for immersion and evangelism in South Africa.  Eric will do field education at the Cathedral in Grahamstown and participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration; Therese will work with medical relief to explore diseases and public medical issues in South Africa.

Sandra Seaborn, MDiv. ’09,  Virginia Theological Seminary, to participate in a month-long cross-cultural immersion in order to gain greater awareness of the role of women in the Ugandan Anglican church.

Sara Shisler, MDiv. ’08, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

The Rev. Steve Smith, Th.D. ’12, General Theological Seminary, to teach, study and network at Leonard Kamungu Theological College in Malawi.

Dr. Kathleen Henderson Staudt, Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary, to work with several Episcopal college chaplains and young adult groups to develop a workshop and web resources on vocation in the world for young adults.

Sarah Turnblom, MAR ’10, Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, to produce a series of guidebooks to major metropolitan art museums which examine the presentation of the Gospel among selected works in the permanent collections.

Andrew Van Kirk, MDiv. ’08, Princeton Theological Seminary, to develop and test a curriculum exploring God’s work among God’s people through the lens of Biblical typology.    

Joy Willard-Williford, MDiv. ’09, Sewanee, to develop, lead and serve as chaplain for a “You Must Be Born Again”-themed trip for middle-school aged children from an impoverished neighborhood in Melbourne, Florida.

Suzanne Wille, MDiv. ’09, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Connie Wilson, Staff, Seabury, to travel to Renk Diocese in Sudan, filming the work of the Episcopal Church and documenting the impact of the church on the lives of the Southern displaced and persecuted peoples.

Kim Woodbury, MDiv. ’10, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, for training in total common ministry and to implement this model for evangelism in parishes in the Dioceses of Connecticut and the Virgin Islands.

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