The Presbytery of Ohio Valley News and Announcements

Category: Grants

  • The Smock Foundation has a new website, and new online applications for grants!

    The Smock Foundation is pleased to announce that it now has its own website! This will make it much easier for churches and individuals to apply. You can learn more about the Foundation, requirements for different kinds of grants and apply directly without needing to establish an account or log in.

  • New Solar Grant Awarded to Four Indiana Churches

    Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light has been awarded another Community Conservation Challenge Grant from the Indiana Office of Energy Development to help four Indiana congregations obtain solar panels. This competitive $100,000 grant will benefit St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Carmel, and All Souls Unitarian Church, Eastgate Christian Church, and Neighborhood Fellowship Church in…

  • Youth Ministry Grant Initiative

    The Youth Ministry Grant Initiative (YMGI) is a program of the Center for Congregations. YMGI is for congregations wanting to develop new and sustainable youth programming opportunities for 6th through 12th graders in their own congregations that: reflect the congregation’s highest claims and commitments; and provide significant formational experiences for youth. This program includes financial…

  • Presbyterian Hunger Program Grants

    New Small Grants Program for PC(USA) Congregations Doing Faith-Based Initiatives to Transform the Food System The Presbyterian Hunger Program is encouraged by the emergence of the many faith-based initiatives sprouting up around the country to bring resilience to our food system, and health to people and God’s Creation. These efforts often engage people of all…

  • Is Your Congregation Doing Innovative Ministry?

    From 1980 until 1990, under the leadership of the Rev. Aubrey Brown, the second editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, four annual awards were presented to Richmond?area Presbyterian congregations for excellence in Christian education and outreach. In 1991 the Presbyterian School of Christian Education began to administer these awards, which became open to all congregations in…

  • Union Presbyterian Seminary Congregation Awards

    Is your congregation or a congregation in your presbytery doing innovative ministry?  Each year UPSem awards congregations for innovative ministry.  Since 1991, 94 churches in 28 states have received these awards. Each of the eight awards carries a $1,000 prize to support the congregation in its ministry. For more information and to apply for one…

  • 2012 Clergy Renewal Program

    2012 Clergy Renewal Program

    Lilly Endowment 2012 Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations Information Meeting Tuesday, September 27, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm North United Methodist Church 3808 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, Indiana In 2012, Lilly Endowment’s Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations will again provide as many as 40 grants of up to $50,000 to congregations…