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Young Adult and Campus Ministry Grants

Applications are open for 2025-26 Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants. These grants provide funding for dioceses, congregations, community and tribal colleges, and university campuses that engage with young adults on and off campus.

The deadline to apply is by 10 p.m. ET November 18, 2024. Decisions will be announced in February 2025. Applicants are encouraged to use a discernment and planning guide prior to submission. Find application forms, selection criteria, sample applications, a timeline, budget guidelines, and more at this link: iam.ec/yacmgrants.

A total of $135,000 is available for awarding in four grant categories to eligible dioceses, congregations, and/or college and university ministries that engage in or are seeking new relationships with young adults.

Applicants are asked to include a 1- to 2-minute video explaining how this grant would help their ministry grow, change, or do something new.

Grant categories include the following:

• Development grants: Provide funds to establish a new ministry, restore a dormant one, or reenergize an existing ministry. Grants range from $8,000-$30,000. The grants can be used over two years. A grant can only be awarded to a specific ministry once every five years.
• Campus ministry program grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative campus ministries or to enhance an existing ministry. Grants range from $1,000-$8,000.
• Young adult ministry program grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative young adult ministries or enhance existing ministries. Grants range from $1,000-$8,000.
• Project grants: Provide money for a one-time project that will enhance and impact a campus or young adult ministry. Grants range from $100-$2,000.

During last year’s grant cycle, 19 grants were awarded to ministries from dioceses across the church.

“The Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants are vitally important to our ministry with young adults throughout the church,” said the Rev. Shannon Kelly, officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministry. “In the past year alone, we funded creating and expanding spiritual communities on campuses and in dioceses, training peer ministers, creating community gardens for an intergenerational prayer space, beginning a finals care package ministry, and starting new young adult ministries from the Sioux Reservation to Florida to the Convocation of Churches in Europe.” For more information, contact the Rev. Shannon Kelly at skelly@episcopalchurch.org.

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Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.

This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

Young Adult and Campus Ministry Grants

Episcopalians are invited to consider how their community might serve young adults—on and off college campuses. Then they should apply for an Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry grant for the 2024-25 academic year.

How to apply

The deadline to apply is November 13, 2023. Decisions are announced in early 2024. Applicants are encouraged to use a discernment and planning guide prior to submission. Find the following and more at iam.ec/yacmgrants:

• Application forms
• Selection criteria
• Sample applications
• A timeline
• Budget guidelines

A total of $140,000 is available for awarding in four grant categories. These grants are for those eligible that engage in or are seeking new relationships with young adults by the following:

• Dioceses
• Congregations
• College and university ministries

Applicants are asked to include a 1- to 2-minute video explaining how this grant would help their ministry grow, change, or do something new.

Grant categories

Grant categories include the following:

• Development grants: Establish new, restore a dormant, or reenergize an existing ministry.
  • Grants range from $8,000-$30,000.
  • They can be used over two years.
  • Grants can only be awarded to a specific ministry once every five years.
• Campus ministry grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative campus ministries or to enhance an existing ministry.
  • Grants range from $1,000-$8,000.
• Young adult ministry grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative young adult ministries or enhance existing ministries.
  • Grants range from $1,000-$8,000.
• Project grants: Provide money for a one-time project to enhance and positively impact a campus or young adult ministry.
  • Grants range from $100-$2,000.

Impact of these grants

During last year’s grant cycle, 20 grants were awarded to ministries from dioceses across the U.S. and Cuba.

“The Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants enable communities throughout the church to dream about what is possible, what is next, and where God is calling their ministry to do a new thing,” said the Rev. Shannon Kelly, director for the Department of Faith Formation and officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries. “As we continue to think creatively about what church looks like, these grants enable our young adults, ministers, congregations, and dioceses to dream big and learn more about themselves and their communities.”

For more information, contact the Rev. Shannon Kelly: skelly@episcopalchurch.org.

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This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.

This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

Welcoming Young Adults into Your Congregation

If we lose a generation of young people in the church, it won’t be because we didn’t entertain them. It will be because we didn’t dare to do something meaningful with the Gospel in light of the world we live in.

Shane Claiborne

Young adults (18-30 years old) enrich our communities with a variety of gifts, experiences, and perspectives. You may have heard a lament that young adults aren’t coming to church. We want them to be part of the life of the church, but where and how do we engage in ministry with them? The inclusion of young adults in the life of the church requires a sincere and intentional invitation, welcome, and inclusion.

Welcome and Relationship

Young adults want to be treated and welcomed just as anyone else. Introduce yourself, be attentive, and respect their boundaries. Strike up a conversation without assuming things because of their age.

“Hi. My name is ____. I don’t think we’ve met.”

“Tell me about yourself and what brought you here today.”

“Can I introduce you to my friend?”

Community and Empowerment

Young adults experience a variety of transitions and a community of faith creates an atmosphere of support and belonging. From this sense of community, young adults will seek ways to live out their Christian calling. We have an obligation to empower young adults in their lives in Christ and how they might be feeling called to engage.

Mentoring Environments

The presence of young adults in our parishes provides them an opportunity to engage with God through the Episcopal tradition and experience. A mentoring parish recognizes, challenges, supports, inspires, and engages young adults in order to foster their faith. The prophetic voice of young adulthood can challenge the church to more fully live into its calling as the body of Christ.

Our Responsibility to Young Adults

We are called to share the wealth and worth of the Christian story with young adults and hear what the Christian story means to them. We must engage young adults in honest and sophisticated conversation about God and the calling and value of every human being. We must equip young adults with the tools of our tradition for facing the tough ethical, moral, ecological, relational, and religious challenges of the broader world.

For more information about ministry with Young Adults, visit episcopalchurch.org/yacm.

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Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

© 2023 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

Weekly bulletin inserts

This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.

This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

Get Connected: Young Adult and Campus Ministry

Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. – Matthew 18:5

Are you a young adult looking for community and relationship? The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries wants to help you. Connect to any of the following:

• Ministry
• Chaplaincy
• Local clergy
• Congregation
• Group
• Leader
• Organizer

The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries, along with the Young Adult and Campus Ministries Council of Advice, help young adults find new communities. They connect individuals wherever they are in with The Episcopal Church. Finding your community can be a daunting and overwhelming task. We want to help in any way that we can.

Here are a couple of ways to get you connected to a new ministry.

1. Check out the Episcopal Asset Map. Visit this link to search your area and see what is going on: https://iam.ec/yacmmap. The Young Adult and Campus Ministries Network map has some but not all of our ministries represented. If your ministry is not on here, please submit information!
2. Fill out a Young Adult Referral Form. You or a mentor, parent, or clergy person can fill this out. Once you submit this form, the Officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries and the Council of Advice reach out to local ministries to find the best possible connection. Find the form here: https://iam.ec/yareferrals.

If you have questions, please contact the Rev. Shannon Kelly, Director of the Department of Faith Formation and Officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries, at skelly@episcopalchurch.org.

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Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

© 2023 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

Weekly bulletin inserts

This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.

This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

Getting Connected: Young Adult and Campus Ministry

If you are a young adult who is looking for community and relationship as you explore your faith and way in life, the Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries wants to help you find a connection to a ministry, chaplaincy, local clergy person, congregation, group, leader, or organizer.

The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries, along with the Young Adult and Campus Ministries Council of Advice, works together to help young adults find new communities and connect with individuals wherever they are in The Episcopal Church. We know that finding a community can be a daunting and overwhelming task, so we want to help in any way that we can.

How to connect with Young Adult and Campus Ministry

We have a couple of ways to get you connected to a new ministry when you move or progress from being a youth to a young adult.

Connect using the Episcopal Asset Map

The first option is to check out the Episcopal Asset Map that is being updated and maintained by ministries themselves. Visit this link to search your area and see what is going on: https://iam.ec/yacmmap. The Young Adult and Campus Ministries Network map has some but not all of our ministries represented; if your ministry is not on here, please submit information!

Connect using the Young Adult referral form

Secondly, you can fill out a Young Adult Referral Form. This can be filled out by the young adult or a mentor, parent, or clergy person who is seeking to help them find a ministry. Once you submit this form, we will do our best to connect you to a congregation, young adult ministry, campus ministry, or other kinds of ministry near you. When we receive your request, the Officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries and the Council of Advice reach out to local ministries and find the best possible connection for the young adult. Find the form here: https://iam.ec/yareferrals.

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact the Rev. Shannon Kelly, Director of the Department of Faith Formation and Officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries, at skelly@episcopalchurch.org.

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This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.