Evangelism for the 21st Century grants awarded for 2006-2007
Summary
We issued 38 Grants to: 27 Students; 9 Faculty and Staff; and 2 Family Members. Foreign travel involved in 24 of the grants. Successful applicants were associated with:
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Grant Recipients
The Rev. Paul Akomea-Marfo, MTS '06, Virginia Theological Seminary, to offer one month training to fifty (50) care-givers who will care and nurture orphans of HIV/AIDS victims in the Anglican Diocese of Koforidua, Ghana.
Johanna M. Baker, MDiv '08, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to work alongside missionaries in Sri Lanka in teaching, labor, and worship and to provide support to children and staff at All Nations School.
Catherine T. Boyd, MDiv '06, Episcopal Theogical Seminary of the Southwest, to offer resources for spiritual growth for the spouses of students at ETSS and other clergy spouses.
Ellen Charry, Faculty, Princeton Theological Seminary, to write a book entitled God and the Art of Happiness.
Vanessa E. Clark, Jeff Baker, and Ernestein Flemister, MDiv '07, Bexley Hall, to visit the Rafiki Children's Center in Nairobi, Kenya and to return and share their experiences in their seminary and church communities.
Emma Jane Conley, MAR '08, Episcopal Theogical Seminary of the Southwest, to address the need for nurturing the spiritual life of at-risk youth in the foster care system.
Jason L. Cox, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to attend the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa, and to develop forums to be offered afterwards.
Kevin M. Cross, MDiv '08, Episcopal Divinity School, for a conference on Youth Substance Abuse for clergy and church youth leaders.
The Rev/ Susan Dolan Henderson and Dr. Anthony Baker, Faculty, Episcopal Theogical Seminary of the Southwest, to educate seminarians, clergy, and lay parishioners on the importance of doctrine for spiritual formation.
The Rev. Stefani S. Schatz Duggan, family, Episcopal Divinity School, to create a Manual for St. Francis Day.
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Duraisingh, Faculty, Episcopal Divinity School, to prepare a study guide for discernment of and participation in the mission of God, locally and globally.
Dr. Amelia J. Dyer, Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary, for a sabbatical immersed in the Celtic culture and spirituality with its direct implications on the Christian formation of children.
Jon and Lisa Graves, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, for an immersion trip to San Miguel, Mexico, to become better equipped to evangelize to the Hispanic population in the United States.
The Rev. A. Katherine Grieb, Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary, to attend the Inter Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission meeting in Kenya.
Susan A. Grimm, MDiv '06, School of Theology at Sewanee, to create liturgically appropriate and inexpensive altar hangings and vestments for small congregations and write a manual for their use.
Lynn Hade, MDiv '07, General Theological Seminary, to visit Malawi and Tanzania to focus on the faith development of Christian children who are experiencing significant life stressors.
Elizabeth A. Harlan-Ferlo, Family, Virginia Theological Seminary, to attend a Contextual Theology course in South Africa and to subsequently share the experience with students from Oregon Episcopal School.
The Rev. Dr. James Barney Hawkins IV, Faculty, Virginia Theological Seminary, for an assessment of the "Myanmar Case Study Project" at Holy Cross Seminary in Myanmar.
Joseph Hensley, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to explore sacred "clowning" as an evangelical witness through street performances for unchurched and marginalized persons.
Theodore Howard, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to create a complete lesson plan on Christian Love, Intimacy and Sexuality for young adults.
Eric Jeuland and Jane Eppley, MDiv ’07 and MDiv ’08, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, for preaching, hospital chaplaincy, HIV/AIDS and orphan care in Kenya.
The Very Rev. John Kevern, Dean, Bexley Hall, to write a scholarly monograph on Lord Bexley, the original benefactor of Bexley Hall.
Christy E. Laborda, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to assist a priest in Guatemala and learn about the work of the Episcopal Church's work there.
Eric J. Liles, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to participate in the Contextual Theology Program in Grahamstown, South Africa, and to use that experience to discuss race relations within the Episcopal Church.
Dorothy Linthicum, Staff, Virginia Theological Seminary, to teach Christian education at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Gary and Linda Loyd, MDiv '07, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to visit the Church in Tanzania and help the Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro maintain existing companion relationships and establish new ones.
Helen H. MacCallum, MDiv '07, Episcopal Divinity School, to expand the use of Godly Play across culture and language in Honduras.
David J. Marshall, MDiv '07, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, for evangelical witness on the streets and parks of Alameda, CA.
Stephen Mazingo, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to attend a Contextual Theology Program at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa, and to assist with the AIDS and TB epidemics there.
Karen Meridith, BK Hipster, and The Rev. Lillian Porter, Episcopal Divinity School, to develop a pedagogical model for theological education of parish lay leaders in online environments.
Belle Mickelson, MDiv '07, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, for fifty students to attend an Alaskan Bluegrass Gospel Camp in Athabaskan Indian villages.
Heather L. Payton, MDiv '08, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, for a study of the NipponSei Ko Kai liturgy of corporate confession and reconciliation.
Leigh C. Preston and Andrew R. H. Thompson, MDiv '07, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, to work with local and international ministries of the Church in El Salvador.
Stephen Shaver, MDiv '07, General Theological Seminary, for an internship at the Church of the Ascension, Dallas, Texas working with its local Dinka and Igbo communities.
Cara E. Spaccarelli and Carissa Baldwin, MDiv '06, Episcopal Theogical Seminary of the Southwest, to develop liturgies that convey the depth of our Anglican liturgical identity in a culturally relevant way.
Kyle D. Stillings, MDiv '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to make a pilgrimage and tour South Africa with the Tutu Institute and attend the Contextual Theology Progam at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown.
The Rev. Samuel Otieno Sudhe, MTS '07, Virginia Theological Seminary, to train fifty-three people from the seven deaneries in the Bondo ACK Diocese in Kenya to build evanagelists of the children in that diocese.
Karen Ward, Faculty, Fuller Seminary, to pilot new "peer to peer" exchanges, seminary courses and intern training for young Episcopal seminarians and church planters.