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Three UNY churches awarded grant money
April 19, 2024 / By Dr. Blenda Smith, CONAM Treasurer / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) wants to thank the Upper New York churches that support Native American Ministries Sunday (NAMS) each year. This year, the Special Sunday was held on April 14.
Upper New York has three Native American Methodist Churches within our Conference boundaries, including
- Four Corners UMC (south of Buffalo)
- Onondaga Nation UMC (south of Syracuse)
- Hogansburg UMC (northeast of Watertown & near the Canada/U.S. border)
Due to the generosity of others from past NAMS Special Sunday collections, CONAM paid part of that giving forward and awarded all three of these churches $3,000 in grant money. Each grant is intended to supplement heat, utility, and other bills incurred by the churches.
Other grant opportunities are available because of this Special Sunday, but are earmarked only for Native American missions, ministries, and communities to support native churches, community outreach, leadership training, education, and cultural survival projects. Click here to read the full grant proposal, including the background, purpose, application procedure, review, and approval. Click here for a grant application along with instructions for submission. There is no deadline for submission.
Each year, there are six scheduled Special Sunday churchwide offerings:
- Human Relations Day (Sunday before the observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday)
- UMCOR Sunday (fourth Sunday in Lent)
- Native American Ministries Sunday (third Sunday of Easter)
- Peace with Justice Sunday (first Sunday after Pentecost)
- World Communion Sunday (first Sunday in October)
- United Methodist Student Day (last Sunday in November)
Click here to donate to NAMS or any other Special Sunday.