Shenandoah Presbytery

Shenandoah Presbytery offers a number of grants and scholarships through it's various committees and funds. Please review the guidelines and applications to determine the opportunities for which you may apply.

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Camp and Conference Scholarship Grants
The Funds Administration Committee will be accepting applications for camp and conference scholarships during the spring of 2010. Application deadline: May 15, 2010. Questions? Contact Hannah Bush, committee chair - mhbush@ntelos.net , or call (540)885-0093.

2010 Camp and Conference Application

Worldwide Ministries - Mission Grants
The Worldwide Ministries Committee makes funds available in the form of grants to churches and groups within the presbytery needing funding assistance for mission projects. An updated Guidelines and application will be posted when it is available. For more information, contact Homer Cornish, chair, via email - homertcornish1@juno.com .

2010 Professional Development Grants
The Professional Development Committee also has resources available for Continuing Education Grants for Ministers, Christian Educators, Commissioned Lay Pastors, Church Musicians and other church professionals and will be receiving applications postmarked by April 16, 2010. Information and applications are available below. For more information contact Maren Sonstegard-Spray at maren@firstchurch-winchester.org.

Professional Development Grant 2010
West Virginia Fund Guidelines
West Virginia Fund Grant Application 2010

2010 Moffett Grant Fund
The Moffett Grant Fund Committee receives applications annually from churches and mission communities for funding grants to “empower congregations to be centers for mission through the task of diakonia: sending servant leaders to minister to the pain of a hurting world.”

The Guidelines and Grant Application for the 2011 Grant year are now available below. Deadline for application is October 1, 2010.

2011 Moffett Grant Application and Guidelines - Adobe format

College Scholarship Grants

The Funds Administration Committee may have funds available to offer College Scholarship Grants for the 2010-2011 school year. Watch here for more information when it is available.

Synod of Mid-Atlantic Grants

Visionary Fund - available for use for ministries to define a specific need and plan that clearly focuses on new, existing, racially inclusive and creative programs which address ways to implement the priorities of the Synod in the areas of education, evangelism, and social justice. Presbyteries are welcome to propose projects in these areas. Letter and application form.

Older Adults Ministries Endowment Fund - available for the Synod "to repsond to the initiatives of the presbyteries in the development of inter-presbytery shared mission ministries to the end that congregations and constituency groups within the region can better perform their ministries." Letter and application.