Commission for Global and Domestic Mission
Commission Roster
Co-Chairs: The Rev. Daniel Orr, Gene Stacy
Members:| Lovi Aldinger The Rev. Jeffrey Baker Chip Billow Joe Bridges Jeff Downey Beth Frank Paul Frank The Rev. Gretchen Green |
Karen Hahn Pat Hanan Hilary Nerby The Rev. Amjad Samuel Cindy Shaffer Dick Shaffer Roger Smith Nancy Sherwin |
Interim Canon for Mission:
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Report of Team from Ohio to Tanga
A seven member team from the Diocese of Ohio visited the Diocese of Tanga, Tanzania, Africa, in summer 2011 to explore a companion diocese partnership. This is a report of that visit.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—What are they?
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
- Achieve universal primary education.
- Promote gender equality and empower women.
- Reduce child mortality.
- Improve maternal health.
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Create a global partnership for development with targets for aid, trade and debt relief.
Our Episcopal Church actively supports the movement to achieve these Goals. One great resource for learning more about them and the Episcopal Church connection is: Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation http://www.e4gr.org/mdgs/fast_facts.html
Learn More about the MDGs and ways you and your parish can support these goals:
CGDM Sub-Committees and active commission members
- Strategic Planning: Executive Committee with Facilitator
- By-laws:
- Cindy Shaffer, Lonny Gatlin, Gretchen Green, Joe Bridges.
- Companion Partnership/s exploration and process:
- Lovi Aldinger, to serve as Convener.
- Gretchen Green, Cindy Shaffer, Deborah Williamson, Lonny Gatlin, Ruth Skladan, Joe Bridges.
- In country liaisons from our Diocese:
- Brendan Knoblauch—Diocese of Tanga,Tanzania This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Dick Shaffer—Diocese of Belize in Belize Central America This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Grants sub-committee: Responsible for initiating the RFP process.
- Carol Donley, Convener
- Gene Stacy, David Duane, Ruth Skladan, Ann McConnell
Global and Domestic Mission Project Funding
Commission for Global & Domestic Mission - 2012 Grant Request for Mission Projects
From: Office for Mission, Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, The Rev. Marie Phillips, Interim Canon
The following are the procedures by which your parish may request support for global and/or domestic mission projects to be funded through the Diocesan Budget in support of the Millennium Development Goals and the Presiding Bishop's eleven domestic poverty challenges.
The Commission on Global & Domestic Mission (CGDM), which recommends to the Diocesan Council & Bishop Hollingsworth the projects to be funded, must receive requests no later than July 15, 2012.
The following information makes clear the initial information CGDM needs in order to make decisions about funding. If more information is needed, a CGDM member will contact the parish contact person given in the request for support. Any applications having to do with the Mission Partnerships of Tanga and Belize should be coordinated with the chairs of the Tanga and Belize sub-committees.
CGDM anticipates that requests will be made by parishes on behalf of agencies or projects with which they have some active connection, either because of work they support with hands-on service by parish members or because of their own donations, whether in dollars or in-kind.
In October 2011, allocations were made to ten (10) agencies or groups with connections to parishes in the Diocese of Ohio:
- Agricultural Project for School Funding in Liberia
- Rupel Marshall Nursery & Primary School in Liberia
- St. Francis Outreach Trust: Homes to Grow, Cape Town, South Africa
- Tanga/Ohio Health Partnership
- Environmental Sustainability for Haitian Immigrants, Dominican Republic
- Holy Cross Anglican Primary School in San Pedro, Ambergris Cay Belize
- El Maizal Agricultural Safety and Security, el Salvador
- St. Agnes School of Mahogany Heights, Belize
- Little Dresses for Haiti
- ServLife International, Hope Fund for Village of Thingan, Nepal
Global & Domestic Mission Projects - 2012 Request for Support
The Commission for Global & Domestic Mission of the Diocese of Ohio (CGDM) requests proposals contributing to work in support of the Presiding Bishop's eleven domestic (national) poverty challenges. "Domestic" is designated as within the United States. The challenges include:
- End hunger
- Strengthen public education
- Promote women's rights
- Advocate for children
- Expand health care; fight drug dependency
- Eradicate racism
- Administer justice fairly
- Protect God's creation
- Seek economic justice
- Expand housing
- Enact comprehensive immigration reform
The Commission for Global & Domestic Mission (CGDM) of the Diocese of Ohio requests proposals for contributing to work in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The MDGs are:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower mission
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
CGDM is asking parishes in the diocese to submit both global & domestic projects for consideration. Requests for funding must be received NO LATER THAN JULY 15, 2012, by Betty Kondrich at the Diocese of Ohio, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115 or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Requests may be sent by e-mail or snail mail, but must be received by July 15 in order to be considered by CGDM.
Requests must be in written form addressed to the Commission on Global & Domestic Mission, and must include the following information:
- The name of the project
- The nature and scope of its work
- The length of time the project has been inexistence so far
- The proper mailing address for the project to receive donations
- The address and /or website where information about the project can be obtained
- A brief statement of the connection between this diocese and the project for which funds are requested—for example, Parish X's involvement with the project, from mission trips taken by its members, or longstanding relationships between the parish and a particular domestic agency
- A parish contact person's name, address, phone and e-mail (if any)
Please respond to questions 8, 9 and 10 in no more than two pages: - Which of the eleven poverty challenges are addressed by the project?
- What specific activities or aspects of the project will diocesan grant funds support? (Grants will range from $1,000 to $4,000)
- How will the fruitfulness or effectiveness of the project be measured?
Notice of effectiveness or results must be sent to Betty Kondrich at the above address no later than July 31, 2013.
