Church Periodical Club Makes Book Fund Grants
Episcopal News Service. October 9, 1986 [86222]
MENOMONIE, Wis. (DPS, Oct. 9) -- Thirty-three recipients from around the world shared over $17,000 awarded by the National Books Fund Committee of the Church Periodical Club in September.
Meeting at Bundy Hall, the diocesan retreat center here, committee members considered 36 requests. Grants include gifts to libraries in Korea and South Africa, in the Philippines and Brazil, as well as money to buy Bibles for a prison ministry in Texas and a deacons' training program in Navajoland.
The Church Periodical Club, which will celebrate its 100th birthday in 1988, provides books and related materials, free of charge, to anyone engaged in the mission of the Church. It is totally dependent on volunteers and donations to carry out this work.
Annual letters are sent to the Episcopal seminaries, asking for the names of students who qualify for book awards. Requests for money to establish or improve libraries are received constantly at the national office at the Episcopal Church Center in New York. Gifts provide the money for granting sessions, which are held at six month intervals.
The September meeting was chaired by Barbara Braun, Diocese of Eau Claire, who heads the National Books Fund committee.
Other business of the Club was considered by its Executive Board following the granting session, with Sally H. Park of Wheeling, W.Va., national president, serving as chair. Board members were present from eight provinces of the Episcopal Church. Louis H. Gill, treasurer, presented a financial report, and a budget of $56,000 was approved. Annual reports were accepted and tentative plans discussed for a gala birthday celebration at the Church Periodical Club Triennial national meeting in Detroit, just preceding the General Convention in 1988.