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Resolves of the Executive Council

Title: Approval of New Episcopal Community Grants
ID: EXC102023.24
Committee: Mission Within The Episcopal Church (report 014)
Citation: Executive Council Minutes, October 24-27, 2023, Virtual meeting, pp. 8-10.
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Resolved, That the Executive Council, meeting online October 24-27, 2023, approve and authorize the following New Episcopal Communities Grants, as recommended by the Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment reviewed and recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Mission Within The Episcopal Church. The 38 grants listed below total $734,150.

The distribution of the grants is subject to the full payment of the 2022 diocesan assessment or granted diocesan waiver.

Discernment Grants 30k

  • Brookline Abbey, Diocese of Pittsburgh, $5,000
  • Chapel of the Incarnation at St. Mary’s, Diocese of Long Island, $5,000
  • Church Planting in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Diocese of Taiwan, $5,000
  • New Church Plant in California, Diocese of California, $5,000
  • St. Martin’s, Mason, Diocese of West Texas, $5,000
  • The Happening, Diocese of Missouri, $5,000

Seed Grants 255k

  • All Saints, Sunnyside, Diocese of Long Island, $15,000
  • Ausable Inclusion Center, Diocese of Eastern Michigan, $25,000
  • Bowie Church Plant, Diocese of Washington, $25,000
  • Casa Maria, Diocese of Minnesota, $30,000
  • Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Pea Ridge, Diocese of Arkansas, $25,000
  • Church of Saint Mary the Prophet, Diocese of Oregon, $25,000
  • Imagine Cincinnati, Diocese of Southern Ohio, $10,000
  • Living Grace, Diocese of Maryland, $15,000
  • Mission Farm, Diocese of Vermont, $25,000
  • Mission Plant in Amsterdam, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $20,000
  • Plantación, Diocese of Texas, $25,000
  • Spirit Bound Digital Mission, Diocese of New Hampshire, $15,000

Growth Grants 75k

  • Good Courage Farm, Diocese of Minnesota, $25,000
  • Growing the Convocation’s Francophone Ministry, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $20,000
  • Halau Wa’a, Diocese of Hawaii, $25,000
  • Latino Hispanic Ministry, Purepecha Community, Diocese of Western North Carolina, $5,000

Harvest Grants 285k

  • All Souls at Wellspring on Main, Diocese of Texas, $20,000
  • Church at the Crossroads, Diocese of Michigan, $20,000
  • Faith Christian Church of India, Diocese of Missouri, $30,000
  • Grovetown Episcopal Lutheran Mission, Diocese of Georgia, $20,000
  • Harvesting the Work of St. Nino’s, Tbilisi, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $30,000
  • Mother of the Savior, Diocese of Michigan, $30,000
  • New Hope Church, Diocese of Southern Ohio, $30,000
  • Northside Episcopal Church, Diocese of Texas, $20,000
  • Plainsong Farm, Diocese of Western Michigan, $30,000
  • South Wedge Mission, Diocese of Rochester, $25,000
  • The Benedictine Way, Diocese of Nebraska, $30,000

Redevelopment Grant 89,150

  • Center for Mission and Ministry at St. Paul’s, Diocese of Kansas, $20,000
  • Karen Church at Messiah, Diocese of Minnesota, $19,150
  • Latino Community at Trinity, Diocese of Massachusetts, $15,000
  • Saint Marks Spanish Language Community, Diocese of Minnesota, $15,000
  • St. Augustine Hispanic Ministry, Diocese of Atlanta, $20,000
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