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2005 Grants: United States
ALABAMA
Renascence, Inc.
Renascence Re-Entry Program
Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To pay the start-up salary for a program
coordinator to launch re-entry services for men
released from prison with no place to go; the
project has already acquired housing and program
space, and plans to serve up to sixteen exoffenders
starting July 2005

ALASKA
Meier Lake Conference Center
Disabled Person’s RV Park Site
Wasilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,400
To install water, septic, and electrical systems for a
recreational vehicle park at a diocesan conference
center in order to expand outreach to more disabled
and disadvantaged guests who wish to use their
own vehicles for sleeping and bathing instead of
remote cabins without inside plumbing.
     

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Undercroft
Seward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To help reconstruct a deteriorated undercroft
entry to a historic church building, making it
accessible to persons with disabilities.

ARIZONA
Trinity Community Health Services
dba Cathedral Health Services
Cathedral Health Services
Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000
To help purchase bone density screening
equipment to expand the preventative health
program offered by the Cathedral Health Services.

ARKANSAS
Arkansas Rice Depot
Compassion in Action
Diocesan wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
To help provide start-up salary for a coordinator
who will recruit and train youth volunteers for
this outreach ministry which provides food to the
poor.

ATLANTA
Family Life Ministries
Homeless Kitchen Renovation
East Point, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000
To purchase new cabinets and appliances for a
kitchen serving food to the homeless, so that they
can provide healthier and more seasonal food
choices instead of relying entirely on packaged
foods
.

St. James Episcopal Church
Wonderful Days Preschool, Inc.
Marietta, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To help purchase a bus for a church operated
pre-school serving at risk children from low
income families.

BETHLEHEM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
End of Day After School Program
Montrose, PA . . . . . . . . $16,000
To hire a Program Supervisor who
will develop and expand the
funding for the End-of-Day After
School Program, with the goal of
opening new sites
.

CALIFORNIA
Ohlhoff Recovery Programs
Women’s Residential Programs
San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To provide start-up funding for a new part-time
position of Case Manager for the Women’s
Residential Program, which will provide social
services support to women graduating from a
recovery program.

St. Dorothy's Rest Episcopal Camp & Conference Center
St. Dorothy's Health Camps
Camp Meeker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To increase the number of critically ill youth
served at the camp, and to expand into year round
outreach programs.

CENTRAL FLORIDA
St. Mary of the Angels Episcopal Church
Ministry to Haitian Community
Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To provide salaries for professionals to teach
parenting skills, anger management, and
acculturation to the Haitian community, as well as
counseling and language skills.

St. Peter the Fisherman Episcopal Church
Lydia’s Mission
New Smyrna Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
To help pay the start-up salary of a professional
elder affairs advocate in a congregation where
most of the members are retirees
.

CENTRAL GULF COAST
St. Luke’s Episcopal School
St. Luke’s Library Roof
Mobile, AL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
To help replace the leaking roof of the library of
this Christian school.

CENTRAL NEW YORK
Inter Religious Council of Central New York
The New American Center
Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000
To upgrade space and equipment being used for
services to refugees resettled in the Syracuse area by
Church World Service and Episcopal Migration
Ministries.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Mending Hearts Ministry, Inc.
Bellefonte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To help fund start-up costs to launch a Christian
program serving women who have experienced
the trauma of sexual abuse.

CONNECTICUT
Eglise de L’Epiphanie
Haitian Children’s Club
Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000
To fund salaries for teachers to provide Haitian
children opportunities to learn about their culture
and to enhance their skills
.

St. James Episcopal Church
St. James Handicapped Access
New London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,281
To install a unisex bathroom which will be
accessible to persons with disabilities in a historic
church with many elderly people in the
congregation.

EAST CAROLINA
Interfaith Refugee Ministry
Literacy for Success
New Bern, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
To help develop a program that will teach
financial and legal literacy to refugees and those
granted asylum, so they can handle their affairs
and lower their risk of deportation.

Good Shepherd Ministries
Night Shelter Laundry
Wilmington, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,114
To furnish heavy duty laundry facilities for a new
overnight shelter with a 118 person capacity,
serving the homeless population.

EASTON
Shrewsbury Parish Church
The Brown House Outreach Project
Kennedyville, MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200
To help upgrade a building used for parish activities
so that it can be used for youth programs, Hispanic
ministry, and other expanded outreach programs.

EAU CLAIRE
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
St. Alban’s Roofing Project
Spooner, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000
To provide a new roof so the congregation can
stay in this church building.

EL CAMINO REAL
Santa Maria Virgen Episcopal Mission
Santa Maria Virgen Transportation
Milpitas, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000
To purchase a 26 passenger bus to help this growing
Hispanic congregation with activities.

FOND DU LAC
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Kitchen Renovation
Wisconsin Rapids, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500
To upgrade a parish hall kitchen which serves
3 meals per month to 350 people in The Neighborhood Table project.

GEORGIA
Goodwin Community Health Center, Inc.
CMAP Network
Brunswick, Darien, St. Mary’s . . . . . . . $20,000
To help purchase equipment to allow a medical
access program to comply with federal Health
Insurance Portability and Privacy Act
requirements and to expand the number of low income
patients served by two free medical clinics.

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal Georgia
Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000
To help construct a day center which will double
the capacity for outreach to homeless families.

HAWAII
All Saints Episcopal Church
All Saints Bookstore
Kapaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,100
To provide renovation and equipment to start up
a Christian bookstore and which will support
community outreach programs.

INDIANAPOLIS
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
St. Timothy’s Food Pantry
Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,200
To renovate a space and purchase refrigeration
and freezer equipment so that a church can
expand food distribution through a partnership
with an established food bank.

IOWA
Shelter House
Shelter House Community Kitchen
Iowa City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,250
To purchase basic kitchen equipment and
appliances for a commercial grade kitchen to
provide meals for the 70 residents of an expanded
homeless shelter, where some will also receive job
training in food preparation.

KENTUCKY
George’s Community Center
Healthy Building Blocks
Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To provide start-up staff and equipment for a
physical fitness program at an established church run
community center serving an impoverished
neighborhood.

LEXINGTON
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
A Safe Place for Little Saints
Middlesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000
To help install a fenced playground for children in
a poor neighborhood that has no safe place for
children to play, in an effort to contribute to the
welfare of the community.

Moveable Feast Lexington, Inc.
New Kitchen Equipment
Lexington, KY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,972
For professional kitchen equipment upgrade to
allow expansion of a program providing free
meals to hospice and HIV/AIDS patients.

LONG ISLAND
Grace Church
Grace Church Soup Kitchen
Jamaica, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
To renovate a church kitchen which has been
serving weekly dinners to the needy and homeless
for fifteen years.

LOUISIANA
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
Service Project
Baton Rouge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
To equip and furnish a playground and
classrooms for a newly constructed outreach
center, using the skills of university students as
volunteers for design and fabrication.

MAINE
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James Handicapped Access
Old Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,700
To install a lift as part of a project to increase
access to persons with disabilities.

St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
St. Columba’s Handicapped Access
Boothbay Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
To help install automatic door openers in a new
worship facility so that persons with disabilities
will have complete access.

MARYLAND
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Church Renovation
Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,278
To replace a “perilous” boiler as part of a project
to restore and update a church in a community
whose formerly dwindling population is now
growing, and where the church needs to be able to
attract new members.

MASSACHUSETTS
Neighborhood Action, Inc.
Neighborhood Action Day Shelter
Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000
To expand the services of a Day Shelter for the
poor and homeless by hiring a part time
coordinator who will provide caseworker services.

MICHIGAN
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
Free at Last Playground
Ann Arbor . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000
To build a children’s playground accessible
to those who with disabilities for use of the church’s
children as well as the entire neighborhood.

MILWAUKEE
Our Next Generation, Inc.
Cultural Reading Circles
Milwaukee, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,660
To add a cultural reading program for 40 youth
grades 7-12 in an inner city area, to increase
reading comprehension, discussion skills, and
critical thinking.

MINNESOTA
La Mision el Santo Nino Jesus
Replacing Chapel Doors
St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000
To replace two sets of chapel doors which will
improve safety and accessibility and make the
church more able to serve its congregation and an
Hispanic congregation which meets there.

MISSISSIPPI
Diocese of Mississippi
Camp Caritas of Mississippi
Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
To purchase a utility trailer as well as a computer
for record keeping and presentations for a camp
serving children of incarcerated women.

Church of the Redeemer
Operation Handicap Ramp
Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,400
To construct a ramp to make this church
accessible to persons with disabilities.

MISSOURI
All Saints Episcopal Church
Elevator Installation
St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000
To frame and install an ADA door for installation
of an elevator to enhance accessibility at this
urban parish.

MONTANA
Holy Spirit Parish
Community Liaisons for Health
Missoula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,230
To pay start up salary costs and provide office
space and computers for community resource
liaison staff for a health center serving those
with no insurance and no resources to pay for
medical care.

NEBRASKA
Christ Church Episcopal
ADA Renovation, Christ Church
Beatrice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,469
To construct a wheelchair ramp, install wheel
chair lifts, and widen the restroom doors to make
the parish hall accessible to persons with
disabilities, so that this church can continue to
host a weekly meal for the hungry.

NEVADA
St. Martin’s in the Desert
Erect Worship Building
Pahrump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
To help erect a steel building for worship activities
for a growing congregation; their present small
space will be used for nursery and classrooms.

Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Handicapped Access
Virginia City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,350
To provide heat in the worship space so that this
historic church can better serve the community.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Handicapped Accessibility
Walpole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To help renovate the parish to make it accessible
to persons with disabilities.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s Handicapped Access
Ashland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500
To purchase a mechanical lift to make the parish
hall accessible to persons with disabilities.

NEW JERSEY
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Next Century
Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000
To fund a part time position for one year to
accomplish the specific goals of design,
development, and strategic planning to take a
young congregation with limited English speaking
abilities from mission to parish status.

ECW of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Kitchen Hood System
Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,693.92
To install a kitchen hood system with fire
suppression as part of a kitchen update which
allows this historic congregation to provide a
“Ladles of Love” soup kitchen.

NEW YORK
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Handicapped Access
Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,725
To help make this historic church accessible to
persons with disabilities.

The Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy
St. Matthew/Timothy Renovation
Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To renovate and improve safety of the parish
hall for a church which runs a children’s
neighborhood center program.

NEWARK
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Multicultural Congregation
Dover, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,985
To provide equipment for a computer center
which allows this bilingual community to serve an
ever growing immigrant population.

NORTH CAROLINA
Student Action with Farmworkers
Farmworker Institute
Eastern/Western NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,150
To fund a speaker’s bureau and to develop
curricula to advance the coordinated efforts of
Student Action with Farmworkers and the
Episcopal Farmworker Ministry.

Chapel of Christ the King
Youth Programs
Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
To help expand a summer camp program to
include 13-14 year old disadvantaged children.

NORTH DAKOTA
The North Dakota Council on Indian Ministries
Canon Missioner Residence
Bismarck/Mandan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000
To help purchase a residence for the Canon
Missioner, where the house would also serve as a
meeting place for a new congregation in the diocese.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Diane Cathey Center Green House
Fortuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500
To purchase a greenhouse for a center serving
developmentally disabled adults; the flowers and
vegetables produced will be part of the clients’
activities for self-sufficiency.

Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
Our Backyard
Santa Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
To purchase and install outdoor playground
equipment on the grounds of the church for use
by the homeless and at-risk children who utilize
the services of The Living Room, a daytime droop-in
center for women and children.

NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
Restroom Renovation
Greenville, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,180
To renovate an existing restroom so that it will be
accessible to persons with disabilities.

OKLAHOMA
Crossroads Academy
Life and Educational Enrichment Crossroads Academy
Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,125
To expand an after school program by adding an
additional day of operation each week and to add
literacy software, computer equipment, and
student assessments, to serve disadvantaged
students.

OLYMPIA
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church
Jubilee Center Golden Age Club
Bellevue, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To add a program for the elderly Chinese
immigrants and American born Chinese, so that
they can have a place to socialize and a human
services network.

OREGON
Sts. Peter & Paul Episcopal Church
Rahab’s Sisters
Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
To help expand this unique program of outreach
ministry to women on the streets.

PITTSBURGH
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s
Butler, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,933.06
To help renovate and improve areas of the
building which directly support outreach services
such as Meals on Wheels.

RIO GRANDE
South Brewster County Community
Development, Inc.
New Van
Terlingua, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,125
To purchase a van for a youth club, serving a
mainly Hispanic population in a remote and
isolated area, to enable them to make field trips to
expand their life experience.

ROCHESTER
Diocese of Rochester
A Bridge to Effective Community
Diocesan wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000
To help fund start up salary for a coordinator who
will help develop a model to bridge the gap
between the the Diocese, parishes, Bexley
seminary, a new diaconate program and ministry
with community volunteers, poverty
organizations and low income residents.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Child Care Mission
Henrietta, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000
To help replace a leaking roof on a parish hall that is
used for a number of parish outreach activities, most
importantly by a not-for-profit child care center.

SAN DIEGO
The Hispanic Ministries Task Force
Hispanic Ministry with Youth
Desert Shores, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
To support youth activities, by building a
basketball court and a volleyball court and
purchasing audio video equipment, where the
church has established a new congregation and is
trying to serve young people in a small, isolated,
agricultural migrant community.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
New Structure
Lower Brule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000
To construct a meeting hall for a church serving a
Native American population; they have grown and
need more space for their activities.

St. James Episcopal Church
Handicapped Accessibility
Belle Fourche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
To renovate the entrance and the restroom to
make the church accessible to persons with
disabilities.

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
St. John the Apostle Episcopal Church
Vision of Hope
Belle Glade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
To help renovate the original Sunday School
building so that this congregation may expand its
service to the community, including an emerging
Haitian congregation.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
St. Catherine’s of Alexandria Episcopal Church
Mentoring Children
Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
To start a volunteer program serving children of
incarcerated parents with mentoring sessions,
recreation events, and special training for the
volunteers.

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
Valley Interfaith Child Care Center, Inc.
Low Income Child Care
Blacksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
To help pay start up salaries for staff of an
interfaith child care center serving very young
children of low income working families.

SPOKANE
St. James Episcopal Church
Heating and Air Conditioning
Pullman, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
To replace the heating system and add air
conditioning in the section of the the parish hall
which is used for the Child Care Center.

SPRINGFIELD
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
St. John the Baptist Renovation
Mount Carmel, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,000
To make renovations to a church building that
will make it accessible to persons with disabilities
.

TENNESSEE
The Church of the Messiah
Church Van
Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500
To help purchase a van for a church in a very
rural and economically distressed area, so that
more people can attend church and related events,
especially youth activities.

TEXAS
Health Opportunities for the People of East Texas
The HOPE Clinic
Tenaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000
To purchase durable medical equipment for a
clinic where volunteer professionals provide
bilingual, comprehensive, low cost health care to
people living in poverty.

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA
York Place:Episcopal Church Home for Children
York Place ABC Drive
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
To purchase a refrigerator to be used in the new
dining and assembly hall for a residential
treatment center serving severely emotionally disturbed children.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Provision of Equipment
Clemson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500
To equip a pharmacy in Clemson Free Clinic, part
of a community care center serving the poor.

VERMONT
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
St. Luke’s Bathroom
Alburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,372.57
To install plumbing so that bathroom and kitchen
facilities can be added to the church building.

VIRGINIA
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.
Support for Success
Arlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
To provide volunteer training and logistical
support for a mentoring program which helps
homeless adolescents experience academic and
social success.

WASHINGTON
St. Margaret of Scotland Episcopal Church
Charlie’s Place at St. Margaret’s
Washington, DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
To help upgrade a kitchen and renovate the
existing facilities to enable the expansion of a
breakfast program serving the homeless from two
days to five days per week.

WEST VIRGINIA
Good Shepherd Church
Good Shepherd Roof
Parkersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000
To help fund the first phase of a re-roofing project
for a church complex which provides multiple
outreach programs in an inner city setting.

WESTERN LOUISIANA
The Shepherd Center
Shepherd Center Renovation Project
St. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000
To help renovate a building used as a center for
multiple community service programs, reaching
out and ministering to people living in a very
depressed socio-economic area.

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
Church of the Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Handicapped Access
South Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
To install a ramp to the church to create access for
persons with disabilities.

WESTERN MICHIGAN
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Accessibility
Plainwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000
To install restrooms accessible to persons with
disabilities in a new addition to this growing church
.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Kitchen for St. Philip’s
Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000
To install a new kitchen in a church whose old
kitchen has been declared unsafe to use for public
functions; the church has a focus on wellness
programs for the community.

WESTERN NEW YORK
St. Simon’s Episcopal Church
St. Simon’s Handicapped Access
Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000
To remodel an existing church bathroom to make
it accessible to persons with disabilities.

Vive, Inc.
Reorganization of Physical Plant
Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000
To install equipment for laundry and commercial
grade refrigeration equipment in a shelter for
refugees, which is supported by multiple faiths,
including Episcopal Community Services.

WYOMING
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Public Address System
Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000
To help provide a new public address system
specially equipped with individual listening
devices for those who are hearing impaired.