One Body & One Spirit
Annual Appeal
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When are applications due for the next round of grants?
May 1, 2025 is the deadline for the next grant cycle, to be awarded in June of 2025.
November 15, 2024
In Winnetka, St. Martin in-the-Fields Church repairs roof, restroom with appeal grants
St. Martin in-the-Fields Church in Winnetka has used a $2,500 diocesan appeal grant to reconfigure a water-damaged restroom after an earlier grant helped fund roofing repairs last year.
Parish administrator Paige Deary says the congregation will have extra cause for gratitude this Thanksgiving weekend when floors are refurbished to complete two all-gender, wheelchair-accessible restrooms. The new single-occupancy facilities were created after heavy rains badly damaged the ceiling of the parish hall’s ladies’ restroom. New features include an infant changing table and updated signage.
“It’s a great time to give thanks for the wonderful donors who made this important project a priority and blessing,” Deary adds. “I will remember them in prayer on this holiday and beyond.”
Launched as an emergency appeal during COVID, the Annual Appeal isn’t just for emergencies anymore. It’s for anything a church or institution needs that isn’t covered by the budget. Every dollar received goes back out the door in grants from the Corporation of the Diocese, which since 2020 has made 80 grants to 66 congregations, institutions, and ministries.
May 1, 2025 is the application deadline for the next grant cycle, to be awarded in June by the Corporation of the Diocese. Information and an application packet may be downloaded here. The Corporation of the Diocese will soon review its next round of applications, for which awards are scheduled in December.
Please join the 271 donors who, to date, have raised $369,956 in 502 gifts to the 2022-24 One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal.
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