NM Conference Endowment Distribution Committee Awards Grants

 

Bishop's and Vitality Award -  $62,187

Funds from the Bishop's and Vitality Award come from the Conference Endowment to be awarded to local churches within the NM Annual Conference and institutions and organizations receiving Shared Ministry support from the NM Annual Conference.

$4,800 To Bond Memorial UMC in Fabens/Clint, Texas for the Dando Una Mano/Giving A Hand Mission Site

$5,000 to Bond Memorial UMC in Fabens/Clint, Texas for the Dando Una Mano/Giving A Hand Food Pantry

$1,800 to Grace UMC Albuquerque for Jeans and Jammin' Community Building Ministry

$35,000 to Kingswood UMC Clovis, NM for Kingswood Kitchen Ministry

$15,58 7 to Sacramento Camp and Conference Center

Pippin Award - $2,000

The Pippin Endowment Fund was created from the estate of Sara Pippin of FUMC Clovis, NM for Mission Work in the NM Conference including the training of Navajo Pastors.

$2,000 to University Heights UMC Albuquerque for Gilfred Chavez Ministry

Thaxton Award - $19,700

The Thaxton Endowment Fund was created from a gift to the NM Conference from the estate of William and Florence Thaxton. The target audience is focused on Impoverished children and/or the elderly poor in the state of New Mexico.

$5,000 to ENMU Wesley Foundation in Portales NM for the "I was Hungry" ministry

$1,200 to FUMC in Belen, NM for the Meadow Lake Kids Club

$5,000 to FUMC Albuquerque, NM for the Grace Meal

$6,000 to FUMC Farmington, NM for the Overflow Freestore

$2,500 to FUMC Melrose, NM for the Good Samaritan Food Pantry

Peace with Justice - $10,400

Peace with Justice is a special offering taken on Peace with Justice Sunday, which "witnesses to God's demands for a faithful, just, disarmed, and secure world."  Fifty percent of the offering is retained in the Annual Conference and the remainder is forwarded to the General Church.

$10,400 to Saranam for programming.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  The Committee will be doing a fall grant cycle.  New applications for the Thaxton Grant only will be accepted. The deadline for requests is Sept 15. 

 

The General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR), The United Methodist Church's racial justice agency, announced that the CORR Action Fund (CAF) will be releasing the United States Program Grants for 2017-2020 with $750,000 in available funding. Applications will be accepted starting May of 2017 with a deadline of August 2017.

GCORR is seeking to fund innovative and bold initiatives that will support vital conversations about race, cultural diversity, xenophobia, and systemic equity.

UMC churches and other UMC entities in the United States are invited to apply for funding to disrupt racism and xenophobia by working with a community partner or alliance to:

Native American Sunday is April 30th.

 

Supporting the Ministry of Christ Among Native People

     Most Americans today recognize that the history following the arrival of the large canoes bore little resemblance to the one all Christians identify as Creator. That's why the people of The United Methodist Church, Native and non-Native, are creating a new history. Through Native American Ministries Sunday, we're able to equip and empower Native American pastors, congregations and seminary students to do what only they can do: authentically worship and serve Jesus.

     As a member of The United Methodist Church, your gift, on this day, equips Native congregations like the NMAC Four Corners Native American Ministry, New York's Onondaga Nation UMC and Nebraska's Native American Sacred Winds congregation to worship and serve as only they can.