Health and Healing Grants
Evangelism in Mexico City (2005)
Dina van Klaveren, MDiv
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
To establish relationships with Anglican clergy and outreach organizations in
Mexico City for the promotion of ministry and pilgrimage opportunities for
American youth groups that will enhance spiritual, historical and cultural
competencies.
Evangelism to the distressed and traumatized (2005)
Dr. Emily Lyon, MDiv/MA
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
To formulate the theology, and describe implementation steps, for a manual that
would teach parishes how to assimilate distressed and traumatized community
members into their church.
Medical missionary outreach in Uganda (2006)
James and Mary Giles, MDiv '05
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
To travel to Uganda to help strengthen the ministry partnership with the
Kellerman medical missionary team by providing agricultural, organizational, and
medical skills, and spiritual support.
Christian sacred spaces (2005)
The Rev. Pamela C. Cooper-White, Faculty
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
To research Christian sacred spaces as catalysts for psycho-spiritual growth,
healing, evangelical vigor, and social transformation.
Work in the Diocese of Maseno North, Kenya (2005)
Amity Carrubba, MDiv
Episcopal Divinity School
To work with orphan feeding programs, teach at St. Philipâs Theological
College, and offer pastoral care at Maseno hospital in the Diocese of Maseno
North, Kenya.
Evangelism to the homeless and addicted (1999)
Donald White, MDiv '00
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
A curriculum and program of discipleship to equip lay leaders to evangelize the
homeless and addicted community of Pittsburgh to implement spiritual
disciplines, develop a Rule of Life and receive the healing ministrations of
Christ, with the goal of turning others in the community of the marginalized
into disciples.
Ministry of presence to rape victims in South Africa (2001)
Mpho Andrea Tutu, MDiv '02
Episcopal Divinity School
A ministry of presence to rape victims and their families by lay people drawn
from the Anglican seminary and area churches in the Diocese of Grahamstown,
South Africa, to provide pastoral support as victims negotiate the legal
process.
Internships at Artists Crossing (2003)
Dr. David A. Stayner, Faculty
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To provide internships for seminarians in residence at Artists Crossing, a
parish-community-seminary partnership in mission that welcomes all persons in
Christian hospitality, especially those with psychiatric and developmental
disabilities.
Specialized chaplaincy (2003)
Preston D. Parsons, MDiv '04
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
A summer project of pastoral care to people who have experienced recent and
significant physical injuries, providing resources for the integration of faith
and disability.
Ministry to Prostitutes (2003)
Carol A. Meredith, MDiv '04
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
An assessment of the need for and type of ministry that the people of St. John's
Episcopal Church could offer to women and girls who engage in acts of
prostitution in Wichita, Kansas, and to train, prepare and equip the
parishioners and clergy for that ministry.
Urban Summer Chaplaincy (2002)
Nicole S. Janelle, MDiv '04
Union Theological Seminary
An internship bringing pastoral care to the racially and economically diverse
patients at an inner-city hospital, and subsequent reflections and articles
about the experience.
Pastoral care in the Grahamstown Hospice
William T. Hocker, MDiv '06
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Serve as a supervised provider of pastoral care services to patients and their
families in the Grahamstown Hospice in South Africa.
Healing Ministry at Yale Divinity School
Kate Heichler, MDiv '00
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A ministry at Yale Divinity School for students from a broad range of
denominations and traditions offering healing prayer, and training interested
students in how to pray for healing.
Chaplaincy at Napa State Hospital
Howard Roden Giles, MDiv '03
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
A summer internship to bring the Gospel to the criminally insane inmates and
patients with mental illness at Napa State Hospital through Bible studies,
worship services and pastoral counseling.
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Work with orphans and AIDs-afflicted children
Lisa C. Flores, MDiv '05
General Theological Seminary
Work with infants and children at the Fikelela Children's Center in Khayelitsha,
South Africa, who are orphaned and/or have HIV/AIDS
Worship services for elderly
Taylor W. Dinsmore, MDiv '05
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
Plan and film worship services to be used for people who are elderly, have
Alzheimer's Disease or dementia who reside in an institutional, home or hospice
setting.
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