Women Grants
Liturgical Guide at a Correctional Facility (2005)
Jessica Van Denend, MDiv
Union Theological Seminary
To work with women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility to produce a
liturgical guide encapsulating personal stories and theological reflections, for
distribution to parishes.
Journal for women in leadership in the church (2004)
Holly A. R. Zaher
Staff Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
To produce a one-time print journal that would help women in leadership in the
church to encourage and give tools to women who are following Jesus in the
context of the church.
Arts and spirituality for prisoners (1998)
Pamela L. Werntz, MDiv '99
Episcopal Divinity School
A program offered by volunteers from Christ Church, Cambridge, to 225
incarcerated women at the Suffolk House of Correction in Massachusetts focusing
on art as a non-verbal expression of spiritual experiences.
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.
Shalom of the table (1999)
Harriet Moulder, Family
Virginia Theological Seminary
A ministry to low income women in a senior citizens' apartment complex to
prepare a meal together and to remember, reclaim, and recognize the sacramental
aspect of their home tables, using passages from Scripture that speak clearly of
God's gift of fruitfulness.
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.
Study of Christian discernment in leadership positions (2002)
Dr. Elisabeth Koenig, Faculty
General Theological Seminary
Research and a training manual on Christian discernment for those in leadership
positions, particularly women, focused not only on contemporary models, but also
on women in the ancient and medieval periods who were regarded as particularly
gifted in these areas.
A Creative approach to Bible Study (2004)
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia B. Kittredge and Delda Skinner, Faculty Episcopal
Theological Seminary of the Southwest
To produce an adult education course organized around the most significant and
least understood events in the biblical knowledge, integrating theology,
history, art and hands-on creative and imaginative exercises.
Faith in the formative years of successful women
Anne E. Gardner, MDiv '05
Harvard Divinity School
An investigation of the role of faith in identity formation, focusing
specifically on the formative years of successful women.
Voice lessons for incarcerated women
Suzanne R. Ehly, Faculty
Episcopal Divinity School
A series of workshops to provide witness to incarcerated women through the
exploration of voice to help them prepare for re-entry into their home
communities and to provide a model for ministry and training for seminarians who
will be working within the community.
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