Pastor Dee and the Sabbatical team submitted a grant proposal in June, 2010 to the Lilly Foundation under the “Clergy Renewal Program.” If awarded, the grant will fund Dee’s Sabbatical scheduled for the summer of 2011.

Sabbatical and Personnel team member, Rick Bailey, joyfully announced a full award of $49,353 from the Lilly Endowment during Worship Service on November 21, 2010.

The Lilly Grant Application, and the resulting award documents, are available here in their entirety for your review. The same documents are also available in hard copy in the Narthex.

Lilly Application   (.pdf file, 24 pages, 9.98 MB)

Lilly Award   (.pdf file, 11 pages, 4.22 MB)

Congratulations to Dee on receiving this prestigious and well deserved grant!