2007 Special Ministry Grant Recommendations
| Requesting Org/Contact |
Amount Request |
Amount Rcmded |
Project Description | Type | Other Funding |
Considerations Recommendations |
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| 1 | BMC Paula Carter |
$730 | $365 | 2 table movers for roound tables |
CI | none | Facilitate event set-up, safety one cart should help with current needs, second could come out of budget. |
| 2 | Central Asia Institute Carol Haggerty |
$500 | $600 | Schools for Afghanistan and Pakistan | B | various | Successful program in areas of extreme need and poverty. director is son of Lutheran missionaries. cost of one teacher's salary |
| 3 | Ed/Outreach Cindy Thrasher |
$2,500 | $2,500 | Quarterly Marketing mailer for Outreach | O | none | Special mailing to connect with community 4 commission partnership. last year for Grant funding, needs to go in budget. |
| 4 | Worship, Music and Arts Molly Breen |
$600 | $600 | Provide money for children's choir staff and drums. | SP/O | none | Thriving choir, which has brought many new families. wonderful program for kids |
| 5 | Outreach Paula Carter |
$1,000 | $1,000s | Outdoor tables for front plaza | CI | none | Outreach tool to community help to replace lost Gingko space |
| 6 | Pastoral Support Bob Jamieson |
$3,000 | $3,000 | Pastor Berg-Moberg sabbatical replacements | SP | $45,000 | Support for Glenn's video project during sabbatical encouraging youth to consider career in ministry |
| 7 | St Paul Area Synod Astrid Anderson |
$500 | $500 | Bridges to Iringa Institue of Agriculture |
B | Various synod | Support for farmers and families in Tanzania. part of synod-wide focus |
| 8 | South East Asia Ministry Mary Mergenthal |
$1,500 | $1,000 | Cambodia Elder Meals Program | B | various | Pay for one month's worth of meals local program for underserved immigrants |
| 9 | Stewardship
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$7,000 | $1,320 | Sanctuary chairs | CI | congregation | Confidence in congregation's support and other funding. |
| 10 | Stewardship Paul Ofstedal |
$3,500 | $3,500 | China Service Ventures monthly utility payment | B | various | Help to support purchase of new center on St paul campus CSV can use money however they wish |
| 11 | Stewardship Paul Ofstedal |
$3,500 |
$0 |
China Service Ventures missionary housing in China |
B |
various |
Missionary support in an important region of China |
| 12 | MN Faith Chinese Doris Ng |
$3,600 | $0 | Nursery program | SP/O | none | Needs more thought |
| 13 | MN Faith Chinese Ming Mei Tu |
$3,600 | $0 | Children's Programs | SP/O | $4,800 | Needs more thought |
| 14 | W/ELCA Polly Cartford |
$1,000 | $965 | Plymouth Children's Youth Program | B | various | Successful program helps children in poverty in MPLS near north side connection with Ruth Circle of W/ELCA |
| 15 | WMA/BMC Paula Cartford |
$1,200 | $1,200 | Transmitter and personal hearing devices for church | CI | none | Growing need old transmitter and lost devices |
| 16 | WMA Mari Espeland and Molly Breen |
$3,535 | $2,500 | Handbell upkeep and percussive instruments for wide range of choirs | CI | none | Improve existing instruments add to /replace percussive instruments enrich musical worship experience |
| 17 | Youth Mary Briggs |
$1,000 | $1,000 | Youth Lay ministry Team | SP | Successful new program encourages lay team to engage youth |
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| 18 | Youth Mary Briggs |
$2,000 | $0 | Start Scholarship Fund for Lutheran Colleges | SP | $500 matching | Cabinet needs to consider |
| 19 | Independent Bob and Marge Jamieson |
$1,500 | $0 | Travel expenses to teach in Slovakia | SP | self | Existing relationship is important, but this is follow-up hard to separate out which individual mission trips to support |
| TOTALS | $41,765 | $20,050 | Total Available '07 | $20,050 |