Make a Difference Grants
for Mission and Ministry

In 2002, the Make a Difference Grant Committee received grant requests from 22 different ministries totaling more than $167,000.   $15,775  - all that was available - was awarded to 11 churches and organizations.  Your contribution can allow us to 'make a difference' to more people.  

Article from United Church News, November 2002

The Ohio Conference Make a Difference Committee recently recommended that the Board of Directors award grants totaling $15,775 to eleven churches and Association task forces. The Board approved funding of the grants as recommended.

Grants were given to:

• St. Paul, Columbus, to support lay leadership for a children’s Sunday breakfast and program ($1500)
• St. Paul, Sidney, to help pay tuition for a Christian Educator Training Program ($900)
• Faith UCC, Dayton, to help fund a youth ministry program ($1832)
• The Northwest Association Small Church Task Force, to help with an event for leaders in small membership churches ($500)
• Berlin Heights UCC, to help build a ramp for handicap accessibility ($1555)
• Washington UCC, Cincinnati , to help enclose a patio to be used for food and clothing distribution ($1600)
• First Congregational, Wellington, for a community outreach program ($3000)
• Paradise UCC, Louisville, for their community-wide Bible School ($350)
• St. Stephens, Sandusky, for their after-school children’s outreach program ($1000)
• David’s UCC, Canal Winchester, for a new community outreach after-school program ($1500)
• The Eastern Ohio Association Task Force on Domestic Violence to support a billboard campaign against violence ($2038)

Elaine Mikesell, committee chair, said to the Board, "Please remind folks that we are trying to divide these funds among many programs that are worthy of receiving funds, but we just don’t have it to give."

Contributions to the Make a Difference Endowment Fund can be sent to the Ohio Conference office, 6161 Busch Blvd., Suite 95, Columbus OH 43229. Checks should be made payable to the Ohio Conference with the notation, "Make a Difference."