Poverty Grants
Biblical Arts for the homeless (2005)
The Rev. Dr. Margaret McNaughton-Ayers, Faculty
Virginia Theological Seminary
To create space and time for the homeless who attend worship at Epiphany Church
in Washington, DC, on Sunday to integrate artistic expression with Biblical
reflection.
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 in Sudan (2002)
Kristina Robb-Dover, MDiv '04
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
A visit by a team of School of Theology students to nurture ties with the
Christians of Adjumani, assess the needs of their orphanage and seminary,
conduct Christian education classes, and provide the children at the orphanage
with food and clothing.
Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India (2002)
Mark J. McInroy, MDiv '02
Harvard Divinity School
Ministry to the "poorest of the poor" at Nirmal Hriday to explore the
implications of radical service on Christian theology and use that experience in
future teaching and understanding of the theological significance of human
suffering.
Congregational study guide for reducing global poverty (2004)
Lallie B. Lloyd, MATS '05
Episcopal Divinity School
To develop a congregational study guide that supports Episcopalians in taking
symbolic action and building coalitions for the reduction of extreme global
poverty.
Hispanic ministry at a small parish (2000)
Stewart Marshall Huey, Jr., MDiv '01
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
A summer internship of worship and outreach projects at St. John's Episcopal
Church, in Johns Island, South Carolina, for its Hispanic ministry to the
migrant workers who come to coastal South Carolina in the summer.
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
Reactivating an historic church
A. Jeanne Finan, MDiv '03
Virginia Theological Seminary
To reach out to the unserved and the underserved in the rural Appalachian
mountains of Western North Carolina by offering a summer program of worship,
study and evangelism combining Episcopal tradition and Appalachian culture at
St. John the Baptist of the Lower Watauga Church.
Job opportunities in the South Bronx (2000)
Theodore S. Babcock, MDiv '01
General Theological Seminary
A church based community program located at St. David's Episcopal Church, under
the auspices of the South Bronx Churches, to help provide jobs for the
unemployed in the South Bronx, many of whom are unchurched.
Summer ministry to inner-city children (2001)
Deborah Lynn Carr, MDiv '02
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
A project to invite and subsidize children from a nearby impoverished
neighborhood to participate in Kidz Kamp at St. Philip's Church in Pittsburgh,
with the ultimate goal of incorporating them and their parents into the parish
community.
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