Lilly Endowment announces Indiana Clergy Renewal Program

e-HUM Announcement

September 20, 2006

Lilly Endowment announces Indiana Clergy Renewal Program

Registration materials due Sept. 21

Time to be alone, yet time to be with family. Time to “get grounded,” yet time to explore the unknown. Enter the Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations, which Lilly Endowment Inc. is funding again for 2007, the ninth year of the program. Through the program the Endowment offers congregations up to 40 grants of up to $45,000 each to support a renewal program for their pastors. Up to $15,000 of that amount may be used to help the congregation fulfill pastoral duties during the pastor’s absence and/or to support renewal activities for the congregation itself. So far more than 250 Indiana congregations have received clergy renewal grants.

The program is open to all Indiana congregations that have an ordained pastor. Also, if a pastor has benefited from a previous clergy renewal program grant received in or before 2001, that pastor’s current congregation is eligible to apply for a grant to support a second renewal program for that pastor. Applications must be postmarked by Jan. 30, 2007, and recipients will be notified by late May 2007.

An information meeting about the program for Indiana pastors, their spouses and congregational representatives will be held Sept. 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Those who would like to attend should complete the invitation card that accompanies the application (or that is available on the Endowment’s Web site) and return it to the Endowment by Sept. 21.

For details about the information meeting or to gain access to the application brochure, interested persons should view the Endowment’s Web site, www.indianaclergy.org or call 317-916-7350; e-mail indianaclergyrenewal@yahoo.com; or write Jean M. Smith, Program Director, Lilly Endowment, 2801 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208.

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