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12-January-2000 
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    Theology and Worship Office Receives Lilly Grant 
 
    New program will help students with transition 
    from seminary to first pastorate 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The Office of Theology and Worship here has received a 
$750,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis for a new program 
designed to help students make the transition from seminary to their first 
pastorates. 
 
    Entitled "Excellence From the Start," the new program is among the 
first to be selected for a new Lilly-funded initiative that encourages the 
development of programs to support and strengthen new pastors as they enter 
parish ministry. 
 
    The program will be evaluated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 
Research Services Office to gauge its success. 
 
    The grant is the second recent award to Theology and Worship from 
Lilly.  Earlier, Lilly funded the Congregational Ministries 
Division-related office's "Pastor-Theologian Program," which brought 
together pastors from across the denomination to reflect theologically on 
many of the issues that face contemporary society and the church. 
 
    Many alumni of the Pastor-Theologian Program will serve as mentors in 
"Excellence from the Start," said associate for theology the Rev. Robert A. 
Johnson. 
 
    Inquiries about the new program may be directed to Johnson, the program 
director, at (502) 569-5310 or by e-mail at <raj@ctr.pcusa.org>. 

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