Scholarships & Grants

Camp and Conference Scholarship Grants – 2023

The Presbytery has limited funds to provide scholarships to young people to attend a church-related camp, conference, or work camp in the summer. Requests must be received by 4:30 pm, May 1st in any year. Approval of scholarships will be made by the Committee on Educational Resources by May 15th in any year. The Committee on Educational Resources is now accepting applications for camp and conference scholarships for the 2023 year. Application deadline is 4:30 pm, May 1, 2023. Questions? Contact Rev. Tommy Carrico committee chair.

Date
Info

02/16/23
Camp and Conference Scholarship Application
PDF
02/16/23

02/16/23
Camp and Conference Scholarship Application
DOCX
02/16/23

College Scholarship Grants – 2023-2024 School Year

Shenandoah Presbytery has limited funds to support members of Presbyterian churches in the Presbytery pursue post-high school education. Applications must include an endorsement from the applicant’s session and completed applications are due by June 1st, 2023. We will accept mailed applications, but digital is preferred. The Committee on Educational Resources will evaluate applications at our July meeting and will notify all scholarship recipients by August 1st, 2023.

If you have any questions about the application, disbursement procedures, or the scholarship process in general, please contact Tommy Carrico, chair of the Committee on Educational Resources, at FinleyPastorTJC@gmail.com.

Date
Info

04/06/23
College Scholarship Application
PDF
04/06/23

04/06/23
College Scholarship Application
DOCX
04/06/23

Committee on Church Vitality and Transformation Grants

CCVT receives applications for Ministry Program Grants. Completed applications are to be directed to the Presbytery Office.

Date
Info

03/01/22
Ministry Program Grant Application
03/01/22

03/01/22
Innovations in Worship Grant
03/01/22

11/02/21
Financial Disclosure
11/02/21

Committee on Presbytery Administration

CPA receives applications for Emergency Repairs/Maintenance Work. Completed applications are to be directed to the Presbytery Office.

Date
Info

11/03/21
Emergency Grant – Barnabas Fund
11/03/21

11/02/21
Financial Disclosure
11/02/21

Dawn C. Bulle Fund for Education and Vocational Training

The fund is a loan fund for the purpose of providing further education or vocational training for members and children of members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Preference is given to members and children of members of Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church, Grottoes, Virginia. For more information, contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Committee on Educational Resources, Rev. Tommy Carrico.

Date
Info

03/01/22
Dawn Bulle Fund Application
03/01/22

Global Mission Grant Fund

The Committee on Mission and Outreach has established the Bernice Hiett Global Mission Grant Fund to support mission activities in the global or “foreign” mission field. Those wishing to apply for funds should demonstrate interest in international mission through their congregation or related organization. The Grant criteria provide the terms and conditions for applying. Of special note is that advance planning is required since the funds are only available on a quarterly basis through the corporation.

Review the Grant criteria and send only completed applications to Chair, Committee on Mission and Outreach, Shenandoah Presbytery, P. O. Box 1146, Harrisonburg, VA 22803. The deadlines for applications are March 15 and October 15.
Contact Gwen Carr, Mission & Outreach Chair, if you have questions regarding this program.

Date
Info

03/02/22
Hiett Global Mission Fund Grant Application
03/02/22

03/01/22
Hiett Global Mission Fund Grant Criteria
03/01/22

The Innovations in Worship Grant

Shenandoah Presbytery is “a Community of Christ for worship, nurture and mission.” In order to facilitate congregations’ innovations in worship, the Presbytery has made available funds for churches to use.

Date
Info

03/01/22
Innovations in Worship Grant
03/01/22

Moffett Grant Fund

The Moffett Grant Fund Committee receives applications annually from churches and mission communities for funding grants to “empower congregations to be centers for mission through the task of diakonia: sending servant leaders to minister to the pain of a hurting world.”

The deadline for submitting applications to the Presbytery Office is no later than 4:00pm —  Thursday, October 5, 2023

Date
Info

04/06/23
Moffett Grant Application 2024
DOCX
04/06/23

04/06/23
Moffett Grant Application 2024
PDF
04/06/23

11/17/20
Moffett Grant 2021 Recipients
11/17/20

Older Adults Ministries Endowment Fund –

available for the Synod “to respond to the initiatives of the presbyteries in the development of inter-presbytery shared mission ministries to the end that congregations and constituency groups within the region can better perform their ministries.”

Date
Info

02/26/06
OAM
02/26/06

Peacemaking Grant Program

The Committee on Educational Resources is taking applications for Peacemaking Funds available through the presbytery. Grant Guidelines and an Application may be downloaded and forwarded to the Committee in care of the presbytery office.

Date
Info

03/01/22
Peacemaking Grant Guidelines
03/01/22

Ramsey Mission Grants

The Ramsey Grant program supports the international mission efforts of congregations/related organizations within Shenandoah Presbytery. Preference is given to new mission initiatives to encourage congregations to seek fresh ways of serving Jesus Christ in the world.

Review the Grant criteria and send only completed applications to Chair, Committee on Mission and Outreach, Shenandoah Presbytery, P. O. Box 1146, Harrisonburg, VA 22803. The deadlines for applications are March 15 and October 15. Contact Gwen Carr, Mission & Outreach Chair, if you have questions regarding this program.

Date
Info

03/01/22
CMO Mission Grant Application
DOCX
03/01/22

03/01/22
CMO Mission Grant Application
PDF
03/01/22

07/05/19
CMO Ramsey Grant Criteria
07/05/19

Synod of Mid-Atlantic Grants

Visionary Fund – available for use for ministries to define a specific need and plan that clearly focuses on new, existing, racially inclusive and creative programs which address ways to implement the priorities of the Synod in the areas of education, evangelism, and social justice. Presbyteries are welcome to propose projects in these areas.

Date
Info

11/11/19
Visionary Fund
11/11/19