wfn.org | Grants available for young people's ministries programs

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Oct. 21, 2002 News media contact: Kathy Gilbert7(615)742-54707Nashville,
Tenn.	10-71B{481}

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Funds are available for creative ministries
throughout the United Methodist Church that are designed to enhance the
lives of young people. 

But applicants should act quickly. The denomination's initiative on youth
and young adults has set a Nov. 15 deadline for grant applications.

Funded projects will address the causes of critical issues related to young
people in their local settings, emphasizing how their work can have an
impact on the priorities of the United Methodist Church. Local
congregations, annual conferences, central conferences and other United
Methodist entities can apply.

The Shared Mission Focus on Young People currently provides funding for 46
ministries around the world selected by the four program agencies of the
United Methodist Church: Board of Church and Society, Board of Discipleship,
Board of Global Ministries and Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Grant applications are sent to the general agencies, and a team of the
agency's staff and Shared Mission Focus on Young People representatives
selects recipients. Grants will be awarded up to $15,000 a year.

Grant applications are available online at the Shared Mission Focus on Young
People's Web site, www.idreamachurch.com. Contact Ciona Rouse,
communications and projects coordinator, at (877) 899-2780 or
crouse@gbod.org, for more details.
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