Greetings! Congratulations to twelve of our parishes and collaborative ministries on being awarded Ministry Development grants this year. All twelve applied for grants in March and all received either full or partial award for their various proposals.

With a budget of $70K for 2022, and applications totaling $86,970, the MD grants team each year has difficult decisions to make. However, the team truly is blessed in having this opportunity to encourage all ministries and parishes to dream of new opportunities for outreach to underserved populations.

Grants were awarded this year to: St. Paul's, Gardner; Trinity, Lenox; St. Andrew's, Longmeadow; Good Shepherd, Oxford; Cathedral of the Beloved, Pittsfield; Christ Trinity, Sheffield; Southwick Community, Southwick; Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield; St. Stephen's/Westborough & St. Paul's/Hopkinton (a DIO MA and DIO WMA collaboration); Williams College Chaplaincy & St. John's, Williamstown; St. Matthew's, Worcester; and the Young Adult Ministry Network.

For a listing of projects that have been awarded over the past several years, please see our website. Members of the committee are listed there, and are happy to answer any questions you might have for future applications.

We hope this will encourage your congregation or ministry to think of new opportunities, make plans, and apply in 2023.