Tag: Grants
Celebrating the impact of rural churches
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STEP TWO: Rural Life Sunday is set for September 10, and churches can honor our rural heritage by receiving an offering to support rural ministry in the Michigan Conference. Continue Reading Celebrating the impact of rural churches
Young People’s Ministries offers grants
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Applications for mini-grants of $500 to $1,500 are due November 15 for churches that offer youth or young adult ministries in marginalized contexts.
Celebrating the impact of rural churches
![Rural church building](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/rural_life_TOP.jpg)
Rural Life Sunday is set for September 10, and churches can honor our rural heritage by receiving an offering to support rural ministry in the Michigan Conference.
Christian Education Sunday offering grows faith
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Learn how recent funding through the annual Christian Education Sunday offering has grown faith and then plan for this year’s date, set for August 20.
Grants for justice and peace ministries
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The General Board of Church and Society is accepting applications through July 24 for grants from their Ethnic Local Church, Human Relations Day, and Peace with Justice programs.
Conference offers disability grants
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The Michigan Conference is offering grants up to $1,000 to assist churches seeking to invest in accommodations for those with disabilities or neurodiversity of all kinds.
Grants strengthen ethnic local churches
![Youth from French UMC in Detroit during Youth for Christ Day.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/french_umc_youth.png)
Grants up to $10,000 are available from Discipleship Ministries to support the ethnic local church, and the deadline for applying is September 10, 2022.
Church and Society accepting grant applications
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Michigan United Methodist congregations and affiliated nonprofits are invited to apply for one of the 2022 peace and justice grants awarded by the General Board of Church and Society.
MI churches invited to dream big
![Members of Dearborn First UMC help refugees move to a safe place.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mustard_seed_first_dearborn.png)
UMCOR invites Michigan congregations that have an idea for a creative project that would reach refugees and migrants in their community to apply for a $2,000 Mustard Seed Migration Grant.… Continue Reading MI churches invited to dream big
Grants strengthen relief in Gaylord, Detroit
![Grants and financial assistance strengthen relief efforts in Gaylord, Michigan, following a May 20 tornado.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gaylord_tornado1.png)
Two new grants will provide much-needed help in the form of disaster case management in Gaylord, following the recent tornado, and direct aid to individuals still recovering from last year’s… Continue Reading Grants strengthen relief in Gaylord, Detroit