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Evangelism for the 21st Century Grants Awarded, 2011 - 2012

Summary
The EES Board of Directors awarded sixteen E-21 grants for the 2011 - 2012 award year. The awards represent fourteen students and three faculty members from six seminaries.

Grants

Dr. Anthony Baker, Faculty, Seminary of the Southwest. He will create a website and podcast, “The Theology Page,” to familiarize students, scholars, pastors and lay leaders with current issues in theology.

Hilary Camblos, MDiv. '12, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. A two-month internship at Good Earth Farm, an intentional Episcopal farming community in Ohio, where she will develop and lead workshops on evangelism for the friars and design a campus ministry program.

Hilary Greer, MDiv. '11, Episcopal Divinity School. The continuation of prior grant work with REACH Rwanda; she will make a thirty-day trip to Rwanda to establish partnership opportunities for US parishes and host a US visit by the director of REACH Rwanda to promote parish partnerships.

The Rev. Linea Haufiku, MAR '11, Seminary of the Southwest. Development and leadership of an ecumenical workshop and retreat on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Namibia.

The Rev. Stephanie Johnson and the Rev. Rainey Dankel, STM '12 and MDiv. '11, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. A ten-day trip to teach classes in parish administration at St. Nicholas Seminary in Cape Coast, Ghana.

Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Faculty, Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He will explore establishing an Episcopal congregation in Krakow, by convening a workshop for interested persons and discerning next steps and leadership.

Beryl Kenney, MDiv. '12, Seminary of the Southwest. An eleven-week internship in the Diocese of Alaska, to re-introduce indigenous language to the liturgy and to develop a portable model for this process; she will also attend a two-week consortium on Native Ministries at Vancouver School of Theology.

Colin Mathewson, M.Div. '13, Sewanee. He will equip emerging Hispanic congregational leaders for evangelism by holding a training series based on the principles of community organizing. He will also apply the experience to the translation and adaptation of an existing Anglo resource for use in Latino/Hispanic ministries.

The Rev. Laurie McKim, MDiv. '12, Seminary of the Southwest. A twelve-week immersion in Costa Rica to teach ESL and to engage clergy and lay leaders as a female deacon; she will also contribute to the Hispanic Church Studies program at the Seminary of the Southwest.

Kyle Oliver, MDiv. '12, Virginia Theological Seminary. He will design, create, publish and promote a web-based curriculum module on the conversation between science and technology, for parish use.

Jonathan Potter, M.A. '12, Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He will produce a series of short films exploring faith and science in eco-justice, for the purpose of engaging faith leaders, policymakers and individuals in the issues and conversation.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Prichard, Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary. He will facilitate the construction of a sustainable building adjoining an Episcopal mission on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The project will address a housing need, promote ecologically responsible design, and make the church more visible.

Matthew Seddon, MDiv. '12, Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He will visit Latino worship spaces in Mexico and the US to study Mexican religious symbols; he will then produce a website explaining these symbols to non-Latinos, to assist in the creation of welcoming worship space for Mexican immigrants.

Twila Smith, M.Div. '14, Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She will compile resources for the Episcopal Disability Network and re-work their website, in order to empower the church's ministry by and with persons with disabilities. She will survey each diocese and seminary for resources.

Bernard Yung, M.Div. '12, Virginia Theological Seminary. He will lead a series of workshops on lay preaching in the Episcopal Diocese of North Central Philippines, in order to bring clergy and laity together for cooperation and to enhance their teaching and preaching skills.

Jesse Zink, MDiv. '12, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He will build on the relationships he established in prior grant work by visiting three dioceses in the Episcopal Church in Sudan. He will share the stories of those visits through articles, presentations and a book.