Largest Offering Is Basis of 1980 United Thank Offering Grants
Episcopal News Service. October 2, 1980 [80341]
GREENWICH, Conn. -- The United Thank Offering committee of the Episcopal Church, meeting here in late August, approved 91 grants totaling $1,948,036.42 for 1980, based on the largest yearly offering to date. There were 52 domestic grants and 39 grants to overseas dioceses and provinces awarded from a total of 192 requests that totaled over $6,000,000.
The thirteen-member United Thank Offering Committee has one elected representative from each of the Church's provinces plus three at-large members and one Executive Council liaison person.
This group of lay people decides how the Offering will support Church programs and projects from Provinces and Councils of Churches throughout the Anglican communion. This response represents a major portion of the Episcopal Church's support of new mission work throughout the world, and totalled 60 percent of this year's dollar amounts.
Domestic requests reflect the concerns of the Episcopal Church at parish and diocesan levels where new local programs are being developed and requests generated. Support for the Offering comes from thousands of individuals in Episcopal dioceses at home and abroad. As men, women and young people take time daily to say "Thank You" to their creator for many blessings, the small coins mount to a significant total. The 1980 Offering was the largest yearly offering to date -- $1,786,132.21. When interest and re-allocated funds were added, it reached the 1.9 million total.
Individual grants and beneficiaries are (Diocese in capital letters):
- ALABAMA, Florence -- $15,000 for Safeplace Emergency Shelter to provide first year operational support of this shelter for abused women and children.
- CENTRAL GULF COAST, Atmore -- $8,000 for St. Anna's Training Center toward the building, on church property, of a job training center for Creek Indians to learn skills needed for jobs in local industry.
- SOUTH CENTRAL BRASIL, Sao Paulo -- $19,000 for Itarari Multi-purpose Building to help build a hall for parish and community education activities.
- ZAIRE (Kisangani) -- $34,500 for New Diocesan Center church building in the See city of the new Kisangani diocese in Northern Zaire.
- CALIFORNIA, San Francisco -- $11,500 for Wm. Garrick Child Care Project to provide support for volunteer training of senior citizens who will augment the staff of a new child care center.
- LOS ANGELES, Hollywood -- $9,600 for Korean Community Services for program support for a child and wife abuse preventative education program among Asian Americans.
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Cloverdale -- $12,500 for Good Shepherd Youth Hostel construction materials for the community to build a crisis center to serve young people of northern Sonoma county.
- SAN JOAQUIN, Fresno -- $30,000 for Holy Family Multi-purpose Building to assist congregation in the expansion of its buildings to better serve the rapidly developing community.
- MALAWI (Lake & Southern) -- $30,000 for Clergy Housing Program to assist the local church in building houses to replace the weather damaged mud & pole huts in which priests are living.
- ZAMBIA (Zambia Anglican Council) -- $35,000 for Training Center, Lusaka, to help complete the class and meeting rooms in this local theological training center to train church leaders more economically.
- COLOMBIA, Bogota -- $35,000 for Diocesan Vehicle Loan Fund to establish a low interest loan fund for clergy to purchase cars to implement the pastoral ministry in large cities with no rapid transit system.
- WASHINGTON -- $15,000 for Washington Free Clinic to allow the clinic to extend its services to include extensive birth control counseling and education for teenage men and women.
- WASHINGTON -- $10,000 for M.U.S.C. L.E. Loan Fund to increase the loan fund of this ecumenical organization to help low and moderate income families to purchase apartments in inner-city buildings that are abandoned or converted to cooperatives.
- BURMA (Rangoon) -- $31,000 for Holy Trinity Parish Hall to help this growing city parish build a hall for many church activities which have had to be held out of doors and only in good weather.
- CENTRAL GULF COAST, Pensacola -- $10,000 for St. Cyprian's Parish House to assist this inner-city parish build a parish house to extend their ministry into the rapidly changing community.
- SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, Ft. Lauderdale -- $19,000 for The Chord, Inc., to include, as a preventative measure, younger girls in this residential treatment program for dependent and dysfunctioning teens.
- ATLANTA, Comer -- $25,000 for Jubilee Partners, Inc., to assist in the construction of a central multi-purpose building at this ecumenical welcome center for arriving refugees.
- GEORGIA, Savannah -- $15,000 for S.A.F.E. Shelter to provide first year program budget support for the new Savannah Area Family Emergency Shelter.
- GUATEMALA, Guatemala City -- $20,000 for St. Peter & St. Paul Church to help this aided parish complete post earthquake repairs and add an extension to accommodate the growing urban congregation.
- HAITI, Port-au-Prince -- $81,000 for Clergy Housing to build three apartments in Port-au-Prince for the clergy who are forced by inflation and over-crowding into subhuman living conditions.
- IDAHO, Boise -- $10,000 for Diocesan Van, to match local funds for the purchase of a van to provide transport on the Fort Hall reservation and to the diocesan camp.
- CHICAGO -- $16,000 for Episcopal Urban Center to provide program budget support to develop a Solar Greenhouse and Training Program for young people of the inner-city.
- CHICAGO -- $5,000 for Institute of Women Today, to assist in the development of a church sponsored job training program for women in Illinois state prisons.
- SPRINGFIELD, Alton -- $10,000 for Oasis Women's Center, to initiate a skill development training program at this residential crisis center.
- CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA (Jafna) -- $22 000 for Evangelistic Outreach Project to help establish a program of primary evangelism with emphasis on community development and pastoral ministry.
- CHURCH OF NORTH INDIA (Jambalpur) -- $12,500 for Job Training Center, to build a hall where the poor and unskilled can receive training to become self-supporting members of the community.
- MAR THOMA SYRIAN CHURCH, Tiruvalla -- $20,000 for a partnership response to a Nursery school project of the Mar Thoma Women's Auxiliary jointly supported by U.S. emigrants and the local church.
- MOUNT KENYA EAST -- $30,000 for St. Andrew's Training Center, Kerugoya, to build a dormitory to train teams of lay development workers and clergy for shared ministry among the poor.
- MAINE, Lincoln & Winn -- $10,000 for Northern Penobscot Arts Program to develop a cultural education program to help alleviate the sense of isolation and alienation in this economically depressed region.
- MASSACHUSETTS, Jamaica Plain -- $10,000 for Boston Indian Council as partial funding for a drop-out prevention program among Indian youth in the Boston area.
- MASSACHUSETTS, Roxbury -- $14,890 for St. Monica's Home, to reroof this long-term care nursing home run by the Sisters of St. Margaret in an economically deprived community.
- MASSACHUSETTS, Waban -- $15,000 for Good Shepherd Hospice as first year budget support for a pilot program in non-residential hospice care.
- CENTRAL & SOUTH MEXICO -- $30,000 for Jalapa Church Center toward the purchase of land to establish an urban church center (chapel, rectory, and parish hall) in this University city in Veracruz State.
- NORTHERN MEXICO, Monterrey -- $35,000 for Clergy Housing Loan Fund to establish a diocesan loan fund from which priests may borrow funds to purchase land so that they will not be homeless at retirement.
- WESTERN MEXICO, Colima -- $43,000 for San Jorge Church to assist the congregation in their chapel building program in this rapidly growing urban center.
- MINNESOTA, Prairie Island -- $20,000 for Messiah Church Parish Hall to help build an "all purpose building" for the Sioux Indian community and Episcopal congregation, the only church on this isolated island.
- MISSOURI, St. Louis -- $17,500 for Grace Hill Neighborhood Center to provide one year program support for a nutrition education project to extend the preventative health care service of this community based clinic.
- MISSOURI, Columbia -- $4,500 to institute a follow-up bereavement program with the families of patients who have used the hospice facilities.
- MONTANA, Roundup -- $15,000 for Calvary Church Building Program to assist this small mission and the diocese to rebuild a church destroyed by fire in a community marked for development as a coal supply resource.
- NEBRASKA, Scottsbluff -- $1,000 for Flying Eagle Council as a film rental fund for an AA program for Native Americans.
- NEVADA, Sparks -- $5,000 for Committee to Aid Abused Women to develop a child advocacy program for the children who accompany their mothers to the crisis shelter.
- NEWARK -- $12,000 for House of Prayer, to assist this inner-city parish in establishing a ministry among the growing Spanish speaking community through the addition of a Hispanic parish worker.
- CENTRAL NEW YORK, Binghamton -- $6,000 (Matching) for Interfaith Action Committee to assist this grass roots program for abused women and children to continue the counseling aspect of their service as long-term local funding is developed.
- NEW YORK -- $15,000 for Convent of St. Helena, to help the Order of St. Helena establish a residence in the inner-city to extend their ministry among the disadvantaged in a diverse ethnic community.
- NEW YORK -- $13,200 for Manhattan North Inter-Parish Council, to provide for college student supervision to Neighborhood Youth Core workers in 11 parish summer programs in central Harlem.
- WESTERN NEW YORK, Niagara Falls -- $5,000 for The Place to Be, as program budget support for this ministry of an inner-city parish responding to the needs of those who live and work in the changing community.
- NICARAGUA, Blue Fields -- $4,000 for St. Mark's Church to augment the funds raised by the congregation's youth group to reroof their church building.
- ABA -- $22,000 for Training Center Chapel, Nbawsi, to complete the chapel in this diocesan training center where courses for men, women and youth will help them develop lay leadership skills.
- ALL THREE DIOCESES (Eastern, North & Western North Carolina) -- $20,000 for Hospice of North Carolina as budget support to establish three pilot non-residential hospice programs in widely diverse rural areas of the state.
- OHIO, Akron -- $12,000 for Dramatic Arts Ministry as first year budget support for a dramatic arts ministry to assist in bringing the Gospel message to the disabled and handicapped.
- OHIO, Painesville -- $10,000 for Forbes House as first year budget support for a ministry among women victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in the semi-rural community.
- OKLAHOMA, Oklahoma City -- $6,500 for The Friendly Visitor Program, to assist in developing a training program for volunteers who will visit regularly in nursing homes and among the homebound elderly.
- OREGON, Portland -- $5,000 for Project Linkage as budget support for an ecumenical volunteer program to provide services for the homebound elderly.
- PANAMA, Bocas del Toro -- $34,400 for St. Mary's Parish Hall to build a parish hall/community center and overnight facilities for a priest who travels from the mainland to provide pastoral care for this West Indian congregation.
- PANAMA, Guabito -- $8,500 to provide a vehicle for the priest of two remote missions in western Panama so he can more effectively carry out his pastoral ministry.
- BETHLEHEM, Scranton -- $10,000 for Senior Craftsman's Center to build a new floor thereby increasing the Craft Center space to allow the addition of training programs for unskilled Seniors.
- PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County -- $1,500 for Chester County Migrant Ministry as budget support for an ecumenical ministry among hispanic migrant workers in this rural community.
- PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia -- $15,000 for Boarding Home Advocacy Team as budget support for an Episcopal Community Services program to assist the mentally retarded to live in dignity in local communities.
- PHILIPPINES (Southern) -- $50,000 for Brent Hospital Renovation to assist this important regional health facility to modernize and become more financially viable to better serve the Western Mindanao community.
- PORTUGAL (Lusitanian Church) -- $30,000 for Good Shepherd Vicarage to build an apartment above the present parish hall and so provide housing for a "worker priest" to serve this growing urban congregation.
- SOUTH DAKOTA, Oglala -- $20,000 to purchase building materials for building a new church to replace the original early 1900 vintage wooden building.
- SOUTH DAKOTA, Herrick -- $12,000 to assist with a new building for use as a parish hall, community center and winter chapel.
- SOUTH DAKOTA, Sisseton -- $20,000 to assist the congregation in building a new community/worship center to accommodate the growing congregation.
- TRANSKEI (St. Johns) -- $30,000 for Butterworth Community Center, toward the building of a church/community center in a rapidly growing urban area of this black homeland.
- PRETORIA -- $20,000 for Boithuntong Center, Soshanguve, to augment local funds to build dormitory space at one of the few centers in South Africa where multi-racial training and meetings may take place.
- LESOTHO -- $12,000 for Clergy Training Program to provide continuing education for priests and lay ministers of this small mountainous diocese.
- ARGENTINA (& Eastern So. America) -- $50,000 for Cordoba Hostel & House Church, toward the purchase of a house for a women's hostel house, church and residence for a new evangelism worker in the second largest city in the country.
- ARGENTINA (Northern), Salta -- $22,000 for Bishop's Transport to purchase a sturdy vehicle for the first Ameridian Indian Bishop who is providing pastoral oversight for 60 congregation in 120,000 sq. miles of Chacho country.
- EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE SUDAN, Juba -- $35,000 for Ministry Training Support to implement the Partners in Mission planning of the province working toward self-support and improved training for ministry.
- TAIWAN, Kangshan -- $14,000 for All Saints Kindergarten, to help this local congregation build kindergarten rooms so that their rectory, presently used for this program, can be made ready to house their new priest.
- TAIWAN, Kangshan -- $4,000 for All Saints Old Folks Center, to assist in providing space for programs for Senior Citizens of this low income community.
- RUVUMA -- $20,000 for Land Rover for Evangelism, to provide transportation for teams of evangelists who will carry out part of a major primary evangelism plan in the diocese.
- SOUTH WEST TANGANYIKA -- $40,000 for Agricultural Transport, to purchase a truck for transportation of farm products to market and modern farm materials to the villages.
- CENTRAL TANGANYIKA -- $10,000 for Day Care Center, Dodoma, to purchase building materials for church operated day care center in this rapidly growing new capital city.
- PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM -- $50,000 for Bishop Tucker College, Milkomo, to provide one additional staff house at this growing theological education center where the student body has almost doubled since 1971.
- VIRGINIA, Indian Neck -- $12,000 to help the tribe purchase land for the development of a local lumber and related manufacturing business.
- VIRGIN ISLANDS, Virgin Gorda -- $50,000 for St. Mary's Vicarage to build a vicarage in this remote island to insure that there can be continued pastoral care for all the island's inhabitants.
- GHANA (Kumasi) -- $35,000 toward the purchase of a bus and small truck for the transport of students, farm equipment, and produce to develop local food production with modern techniques.
- VENZUELA, Puerto La Cruz -- $35,000 to assist this local indigenous congregation purchase a building for a parish hall/community center to extend their program to more people in the community.
- WEST VIRGINIA, Martinsburg -- $10,000 for the Association for Community Development as planning monies for an ecumenically sponsored program to convert a major downtown site into congregate housing for the elderly, mentally and physically handicapped.
- APPALACHIAN PEOPLES' SERVICE ORGANIZATION -- A $50,000 block grant to assist in funding community service programs throughout 14 Episcopal dioceses which participate in the ecumenical Commission on Religion in Appalachia.
- LAY MISSIONARY PENSION SUPPLEMENT -- $65,000 for pension supplements to retired women missionaries who served the church in the U.S. and overseas. Many were U.T.O. workers.
- PROVINCE IX -- $24,000 for Social Betterment Committee, to help support the provincial technical assistance program which provides for evaluation, design and supervision of a variety of construction projects, many of which are funded with U.T.O. grants.
- UNITED THANK OFFERING, Loan Fund -- A $50,000 increase in the loan fund begun in the 1958-1961 Triennium, to encourage more local participation in Church building projects in the U.S. and overseas.
- SCHOLARSHIPS -- $55,000 in scholarships assistance for women from overseas dioceses to receive specialized training that will strengthen the ministry and mission of the local church.
- MISSIONARY PRE-FIELD TRAINING -- $30,000 in scholarship funds for the training of American men and women who are appointed to serve the church overseas.
- CONTINGENCY FUND -- $10,000 for small emergency grants to U.T.O. projects that cannot be completed due to unanticipated inflationary cost increase.
- INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS -- $58,500 for the production and distribution of printed and audio/visual tools produced nationally to interpret the work of the Offering. (About 3 percent of the Offering).
- 100th ANNIVERSARY FUND -- $9,500 to begin establishing a fund for the development of a special interpretive tool for the U.T.O. 100th anniversary in 1989. (About ½ percent of the Offering).
- INCIDENTAL EXPENSES WOMEN MISSIONARIES -- $2,400 to provide each appointed woman missionary with a payment of $200 for discretionary spending each year.
- DISCRETIONARY FUND -- $46.42 to provide a modest fund for responding to small needs that come to the attention of the United Thank Offering Coordinator.