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1-October-1996 
 
 
 
96392       Rural Ministry Grant Recipients Announced 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Thirteen rural ministry projects throughout the United 
States have been selected to share $34,000 in grants to strengthen their 
ministries. 
 
     The "Rebuilding Rural Communities" grants were approved Sept. 20 by 
the Rural Ministry Advisory Committee of the National Ministries Division 
in Louisville.  The grant program was established in 1991 when the 203rd 
General Assembly approved the report "The Church: Responding to Rural 
America." 
 
     The grant recipients (and their presbyteries) are 
 
     Rebuilding Rural Caregiving Communities, Stevens Point, Wis. 
(Winnebago): $3,000 to train volunteers who will provide respite care, 
transportation, basic home repairs, light housekeeping, errand running and 
child care in the area. 
 
     Camden Community Youth Development, Camden, Ala. (Sheppards & 
Lapsley): $3,000 to support the purchase of educational supplies, computer, 
printer, sports equipment, field trips, Bibles and hymnbooks for an 
after-school tutoring/mentoring project. 
 
     Area Christians Together in Service Men's Shelter, Henderson, N.C. 
(New Hope): $3,000 to support the creation of a men's shelter in the 
county. 
 
     Appomattox Court House Presbyterian Day Care Ministry, Appomattox, Va. 
(Peaks): $3,000 to support the day-care ministry and purchase equipment. 
 
     Ecumenical Center for Youth, Greenwich, N.Y. (Albany): $2,500 to 
support the start-up of the center, which will be housed in a restored 
village hall. 
 
     Caring Fund for Counseling Services, Johnstown, N.Y. (Albany): $1,500 
to subsidize counseling fees for low-income persons living in the area. 
 
     Four Ps in a Pod and Community Preschool Partnership, Parish, N.Y. 
(Cayuga-Syracuse): $3,000 to support the purchase of office and fire safety 
equipment for the community preschool center. 
 
     Dundee Area Youth Center, Dundee, N.Y. (Geneva): $2,000 to support the 
start-up of a youth center in the community. 
 
     Parish Nurse Council of Western Maine, Farmington, Maine (Northern New 
England): $3,000 to provide start-up funding for the Council, which will 
serve persons not otherwise served by the health-care system in the area. 
 
     Scotch Presbyterian Church Mental Health Project, Madrid, N.Y. 
(Northern New York): $3,000 to support the program that will enhance the 
project through family visitations. 
 
     Ministry in the North Country Rural Rehab Outreach Worker Ministry, 
Potsdam, N.Y.  (Northern New York): $3,000 to support the expenses of an 
outreach worker and the emergency fund of the ministry. 
 
     Tohono O'odham Community Garden Network, Sells, Ariz. (de Cristo): 
$3,000 to support a new outreach program directed primarily to young people 
that will focus on preserving Tohono O'odham traditions. 
 
     Terrell County Recycling Program and Community Restoration, Sanderson, 
Texas (Tres Rios): $1,000 to enhance the recycling program in the 
community. 
 
     Members of the Rural Ministry Advisory Committee are the Rev. Carl 
Geores, Monmouth, Maine; Lucille Gump, Spokane, Wash.; the Rev. Richard 
Poppen, DeSmet, N.D.; Carol Stanley, Gilbert, W.V.; Frank Williams, 
Keysville, Ga.; the Rev. Peter Funch, Casper, Wyo.; Carlos Gutierrez, 
Phoenix, Ariz. 

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