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29-February-2000 
00094 
 
    "Year of the Child" Reaches the Seminaries 
 
    $20,000 grant will fund special projects 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Planning Team for the upcoming "Year of the Child" 
mission focus for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has received a $20,000 
grant to encourage seminary participation in the "Year of the Child." 
 
    The grant - from the Griffith Theological Research Foundation of 
Columbia Theological Seminary - will be used to provide $2,000 incentives 
to each of the 10 PC(USA) theological institutions to host a special event 
(continuing education event, conference, seminar) or begin a new program 
(involvement of Master of Divinity students in community outreach, etc.) 
related to the needs of children during the "Year of the Child." 
 
    "The Year of the Child Planning Team is challenging every Presbyterian 
congregation or entity to start at least one ongoing program on behalf of 
children during the `Year of the Child,'" said planning team moderator the 
Rev. Kirby Hill of Lithonia, Ga.  "The planning team believes the seminary 
involvement will be an important resource in meeting that challenge." 
 
    The "Year of the Child" officially begins at the upcoming General 
Assembly in Long Beach, Calif. 
 
    For further information about this grant, contact the Rev. Douglas 
Oldenburg, president of Columbia Theological Seminary and a member of the 
Planning Team for the "Year of the Child" at (404) 687-4515, or the Rev. 
Kirby Lawrence Hill, moderator of the Planning Team for "Year of the Child" 
at( 770) 482-2129. 

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