Capital Grants available for 2010!
The total funds available to the presbytery from the synod is $4,500 for 2010 only. Grant applications must meet the following requirements:
- annual budget below $250,000
- communities less than 50,000
- weekly worship attendance under 150 persons
- project request limited to $4,500
- church must match grant request by at least 50%
Applications must be submitted to Presbytery of Lake Michigan 1511 Helen Ave. Portage, MI 49002 attention Administration Team or
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no later than Feb. 1, 2010. Applications can be downloaded (PDF or Word).
Administration Ministry Team
To work with and through churches and people of the Presbytery to provide leadership, resources and oversight in the areas of stewardship, finances, personnel, facilities, property, and polity
Ways the Administration Ministry Team can help:
- your congregation is thinking about facilities and property projects (building, remodeling, selling or buying property, capital fund raising, etc.) - contact
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- Clerks of Session find guidance and training through a peer-group review process to maintain Session and congregational minutes and church registers - contact
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- training opportunities for elders, deacons and clerks - contact
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- assist Sessions and congregations with personnel procedures and issues - contact
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In addition, the Team manages the financial resources that are given by congregations and individuals to support the Presbytery's mission and ministry and partners in pledged Shared Mission dollars and human resources for the work and witness of the General Assembly and the Synod of the Covenant.
Top 10 Shared Mission Giving To Presbytery Per Member
- Benton Harbor, First - 94 members, $106.38/member
- Grand Rapids, North Park - 164 members $85.37/member
- Muskegon, First - 296 members $71.62/member
- Three Rivers/Centreville, 1st - 281 members $71.17/member
- Holland, First - 548 members $68.43/member
- Grand Rapids, Westminster - 1,244 members $68.33/member
- Edwardsburg - 82 members $58.54/member
- Lansing, Delta - 171 members $58.48/member
- Mattawan, Pine Island - 60 members $58.33/member
- McBain, First - 57 members, $52.63/member
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