The Grants and Scholarship Review Committee of the Synod of the Trinity is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 Mission Travel Grant Awards. Grants aided 21 individuals, 21 groups and 1 presbytery-sponsored individual totalling $25,000. Our recipients have experienced hands-on work on Presbyterian Church (USA) and/or Christian service-related mission areas. The Synod is excited about the initiative taken on these trips and applaud the recipients and their deicison to make a difference within the US
and around the world.
To read about the mission experiences, click on the links below. If you are interested in having a live presentation for a meeting or church activity, please connect with the contact listed at the end of their story to make arrangements.
Funding for 2007 has been distributed. Our 2008 application is available below. It is to the applicant’s advantage to apply as early in the year as possible since applications are reviewed only as long as grant money is available.
2007 Mission Travel Grant Recipients
(listed in alphabetical order) |
Recipient or Group |
Mission Area |
Trip Dates |
Presbytery represented |
| Bell Memorial PC |
Mexico |
July 1 - July 7 |
Shenango |
| Blairsville Youth |
D'Iberville, MS |
Feb 16 - Feb 25 |
Kiskiminetas |
| Central PC |
Malawi |
June 14 - June 29 |
Pittsburgh |
| Chestnut Level PC Youth |
Brazil |
June 18 - July 1 |
Donegal |
| Christ PC |
Copperhill, TN |
June 30 - July 7 |
Carlisle |
| Church of the Cross |
Haiti |
Feb 10 - Feb 18 |
Lake Erie |
| Catherine Day |
Africa |
Dec 13 - Dec 2007
|
Pittsburgh |
| College Hill PC Youth |
Dominican Republic |
July 18 - July 27 |
Lehigh |
| Paula V. Cooper |
Africa |
July 28 - Aug 12 |
Philadelphia |
| Crafton UP |
Washington, DC |
July 7 - July 14 |
Pittsburgh |
| Cranberry Community UPC |
Mississippi |
July 7 - July 14 |
Beaver-Butler |
| Derry PC |
Nicaraqua |
June 10 - June 17 |
Carlisle |
| Peter deVries |
Ghana |
June 12 - July 13 |
Beaver-Butler |
| East Main Zambia Team |
Zambia |
March 17 - March 27 |
Shenango |
| First PC of Bethlehem |
Ethiopia |
March 6 - March 13 |
Lehigh |
| First PC of Bloomsburg |
MS |
Jan 5-Jan 17 |
Northumberland |
| First PC of Lancaster |
Honduras |
July 15 - July 22 |
Donegal |
| First PC of North East Youth |
New Mexico |
June 17 - June 23 |
Lake Erie |
| First PC of Warren |
Florida |
July 14 - July 21 |
Lake Erie |
| First PC, 1793, Youth |
Arizona |
June 17 - June 23 |
Washington |
| Friends of Renacer |
Honduras |
July 9 - July 29 |
Northumberland |
| Friendship/Haiti Mission Team |
Haiti |
Dec 27-Jan 8, 2007 |
Pittsburgh |
| James Deal |
Mexico |
July 1 - July 7 |
Shenango |
| Jane Martin |
Ghana |
July 7 - Aug 5 |
Lackawanna |
| Jessie Marquis |
Zambia |
May 3 - Feb 2008 |
Beaver-Butler |
| Little Britain Mission Team |
West Virginia |
July 22 - July 28 |
Donegal |
| Mechanicsburg PC |
Mexico |
June 23-July 1 |
Carlisle |
| John Porter Family |
Ghana |
June 15 - Jan 2008 |
Beaver-Butler |
| Stewartstown PC Youth |
NJ |
July 1 - July 7 |
Donegal |
| Trinity PC |
Italy |
June 25 - July 6 |
Shenango |
| Valencia PC |
Dominican Republic |
Jan 31 - Feb 7 |
Beaver-Butler |
Nadine Wade
|
Ghana |
Aug 19 - Aug 2008 |
Beaver-Butler/
Pittsburgh
|
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