Programs from Mission Office
2012 Youth Grant Applications Now Available
There are two grants available for youth this summer, one through Episcopal Community Services and the other at the discretion of the Bishop.
ECS 2012 Summer Youth Grant - The Summer Youth Grant is limited to a maximum of $500. Applications must be returned by May 27, 2012. Please be sure to include 2012 Actual Budget Form. This grant is intended for youth working in specific parish ministries and their surrounding communities.
2012 Youth Mission Trip Grant - Funds will be made available per the Bishop's Appeal. Applications must be returned by May 27, 2012. Please be sure to include 2012 Actual Budget Form. This grant is intended for youth mission trips that involved two or more parishes.
Grant forms may be accessed via the links above, or by emailing Betty Kondrich at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . If you have questions, either email Betty or call her at 216-774-0466.
United Thank Offering
United Thank Offering
United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of the Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through United Thank Offering, men, women and children nurture the habit of giving daily thanks to God. These prayers of thanksgiving start when we recognize and name our many daily blessings. Those who participate in UTO discover that thankfulness leads to generosity. United Thank Offering is entrusted to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies to support mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church and in invited Provinces of the Anglican Communion in the developing world.
Grant Applications
Separate UTO grant application forms are below for projects within dioceses of the Episcopal Church, Companion Diocese requests, and requests from invited provinces of the Anglican Communion.
All applications, with the exception of those from Province IX of the Episcopal Church, must be completed in English. All financial information must be submitted in U.S. Dollars.
Province IX of the Episcopal Church (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador Central and Ecuador Litoral, Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela) must submit applications in both English and Spanish. All questions on the application form for the Episcopal Church are written in both English and Spanish, and applicants from Province IX can use that application to apply in both English and Spanish.
To download a Grant Application for 2012, click on http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/documents/2012_Grant_Guidelines.pdf.
Grant Criteria
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/uto/110043_8744_ENG_HTM.htm
Online Grant Application
https://www.grantrequest.com/SID_1268/?SA=SNA&FID=35010Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/documents/UTO_Frequently_Asked_Questions_2012.pdf
A Prayer of Gratitude
Gracious and abundant God, we thank you for this magicalfragile world in which you have made us to dwell. All that we are and allthat we have is gift, extravagnt and holy gift. Open our eyes in wonderbefore the beauty of the world. Enlarge our reverence for all livingcreatures and our stewardship of life.
Make us generous as you are generous, and alive as you arealive.
Turn our heart from the service of self alone that we may begrateful stewards of your gifts and servants of the common good.
Give us the mind of our Lord Jesus, whose saving embrace onthe cross makes us whole, that in humility we may love you in all things andlove one another in all grace and peace; through the same Jesus Christ ourLord. Amen
~The Rt. Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley Jr., Bishop of Alabama
Ohio Faith Communities Launch DREAM Sabbath, Call it Campaign for Compassion and Justice
Representatives from Ohio communities of faith kicked-off DREAM Sabbath as a part of a nationwide effort to urge leaders in Congress and Ohio to pass the DREAM Act. Last year, the DREAM Act was 5 votes short of passage in the U.S. Senate, and now faith communities are uniting with DREAM eligible youth to call for compassion and justice and push for immigration policies that do not unfairly punish youth for the acts of their parents.
Speakers highlighted the 10 upcoming events in Ohio, including ones in Kent, Oberlin, Columbus, North Omsted and Dayton, as part of the national DREAM Sabbath campaign that features 210 + events in 41 states across the nation. Over the course of the next three weeks in Ohio and throughout the nation, a diverse array of religious communities across the theological and ideological spectrum will offer prayers in support of the DREAM Act and lift up the personal stories of young people in their own communities who would benefit from the DREAM Act.
Read more: Ohio Faith Communities Launch DREAM Sabbath, Call it Campaign for Compassion and Justice
ECS & Church Home Deadlines & Process
ECS - Grant Deadlines
- Submission of Grant Inquiry Proposal & Proposed Budget form by June 30, 2012: 2013 Grant Inquiry form.
- Grant Inquiry form will be reviewed and a letter sent to inform applicants if the grant has been accepted for funding.
- Once accepted, fill out a 2013 Grant Application and Actual Budget form.
- Submission of Invited Grant Application form is due August 26, 2012.
- Grants will be reviewed and Funding will be awarded in February 2013.
- These forms may either be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or mailed to the address below.
Episcopal Community Services
2230 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2405
If you have questions, you may call Betty Kondrich at 216-774-0466
Church Home - Grant Application Deadlines
- January 15 - Cycle 1
- April 15 - Cycle 2
- July 15 - Cycle 3
- October 15 - Cycle 4
Download the 2012 Church Home Grant ApplicationPlease email completed documents to Betty Kondrich, the Administrative Assistant, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,
Or mail completed forms to:
Diocese of Ohio
Episcopal Community Services
Attn: Betty Kondrich
2230 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2405
Commission for Global and Domestic Mission
This commission was formed by 2006 Diocesan Convention to lead the diocese in addressing the MDG and local poverty through education, organization, and empowerment of parishes. The Commission will also make recommendations to the Diocesan Council and Bishop regarding how the 0.7% allocation of Diocesan Operating Budget for MDG is used.
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Commission for Racial Understanding
This commission seeks to facilitate dialogue on the issue of racism and by promoting greater awareness of racism and diversity through programming and education. In 2009 monies were used to provide honoraria for the screening/set-up/production of Traces of the Trade, a film about the slave trading industry.
More information about the Commission for Racial Understanding...
Diocesan Advocacy Committee
This committee assists in identifying a focus for advocacy in the diocese and is a resource to parishes participating in diocesan advocacy. The Bishop and Diocesan Council, acting on a recommendation from the Advocacy Committee, name a fundamental societal need that parishes are invited and encouraged to address individually and collectively to effect transformation and healing.
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Jubilee Ministries
This program was founded in 1982 for the purpose of affirming churches doing the work Christ commissions us to do among poor and oppressed people such as, providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless and welcome to the stranger…(Matt. 25).The program issues grants as a concrete expression of the church’s commitment to this ministry. The Jubilee Ministry Mandate: To be a “ministry of joint discipleship in Christ with poor and oppressed people, wherever they are found, to meet basic human needs and to build a just society.”
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The Advocacy Commission
The Advocacy Commission assists in promoting justice, peace, and education to all the people of the Diocese of Ohio. This commission is in formation and will work in the coming year of education, justice, and voters rights issues.
Deacons
This office works with The Rev. Percy Grant, Canon for Ministry, who develops and oversees our Deacon Training Program in the Diocese of Ohio. The Office for Mission works with the ordained deacons in the Diocese of Ohio to assist in fulfilling their ministry through their service to the world. Each Mission area can use Deacons to fulfill ministries of service to the homebound, homeless, orphans, and widowers and widows. Each Deacon can collaborate with other parishes to form mission projects, Mission Area Council projects and can share sacramental ministries with churches in the assigned Mission Area Council Parish.
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