Special Ministry Grant Recommendations 2005
| Requesting Org/Contact |
Amount Requstd |
Amount Rcmdd |
Project Description | Type | Other Funding |
Considerations | |
| 1 | Communications Dave Hansen |
$1500 | $1500 | Website upgrade | Cap.I. | none | Help attract younger members. Appearance hasn't changed since inception. |
| 2 | LILAP (Lutheran International Library Assistance Project Mariana Forde |
$1000 | $1000 | Build core theological libraries. |
Outreach/ Benevolence |
various | Helps Christian Institutions of higher education in developing countries. |
| 3 | Office Paula Carter |
$260 | $260 | Locking Cabinet for equipment. |
Cap.I. | none | Added level of security. No budget this year for equipment and fixtures. |
| 4 | Office Paula Carter |
$1000 | $1000 | Notebook computer for Sr. Pastor |
Cap.I. | none | Replace old donated one with storage issues. Need for portable device to have info at hand, PP use. |
| 5 | Education Comm. Pam Klenz |
$700 | $700 | Cradle Roll program | Special programs | none | Connect with families of pre-school kids. Provide families with faith-based activities. |
| 6 | Education Comm. Molly Breen |
$1000 | $1000 | Nursery Remodeling | Cap.I. | Project members | Improve outreach ministry. Service project component. |
| 7 | Individual Marge Jamieson |
$2450 | $2450 | Cover cost of Rally Sunday Festivities | Special programs | Memorial funds, Thrivent | Re-energize Congregation. Engage Community. Hope to make it and annual event. |
| 8 | Indiviual Marge Jamieson |
$2500 | $0 | Send Pastor Amy to Slovakia to investigate summer youth programs options. | Special programs | none | Youth have service in foreign country as long-term goal. Jamiesons viewed group from Fargo in Slovakia last year. It was a fantastic experience for American and Slovak youth. Youth comm. isn't ready to commit to trip yet. |
| 9 | Indiviual Carl Albing |
$2500 | $2500 | Study role of lay members in Slovak church and society | Outreach/ Benevolence |
Various other churches | Encourage mission. Create community. Prepare leaders. Make sure they have all money in hand before paying. |
| 10 | Office Amy Thoren |
$170 | $0 | To house theological books now in her home. | Cap. I. | none | Central location for importatnt resource. Aid in summer prep. Memorial money available. |
| 11 | Archives John Rutford |
$1000 | $1000 | To make the archive room usable and archive ready. | Cap. I. | none | Preserve the congregation's historical documents. $1500 previous grant never used. The longer we wait the worse the pile-up gets. |
| 12 | Music Sara Birkeland |
$500 | $536 | Worship resources | Special programs | none | Enhance worship in new and creative ways. Worship is core ministry. |
| 13 | Individual Dana Sabiya |
$13000 | $0 | General operating support for NP | Special programs | various | Address hunger, disease and violence in Nigeria. Questions about organizational structure and plan. |
| 14 | Youth Barb Burk |
$1000 | $1000 | Service project support. | Outreach/ Benevolence | Fund raising. Thrivent | Help kick off new direction for youth summer program. Donate half to nyc project site(s). |
| 15 | Education Comm. | $1500 | $1500 | Staff Nursery | Outreach/ Benevolence | none | Cut to make budget. Important outreach tool for families with young children. |
| 16 | Education Comm. | $500 | $500 | Info. brochure to non-members | Outreach/ Benevolence | none | Important outreach tool. Might there be a more personal and effective way |
| 17 | Education Comm. | $250 | $0 | Costumes and props for Xmas program | Special programs | none | Important SS celebrations. Memorial money is available |
| TOTAL. | $30830 | $14946 | |||||
| Total $ available '05 | $14,946 |
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