Report to the Church 2015 | Page 156

156 • Mission Enterprise Zone grant: Indigenous Ministry Development through the Bishops’ Native Collaborative, Dioceses of Alaska/Montana/ Navajoland/North Dakota/ South Dakota, $60,000 • United Thank Offering Grant: Tri-county/Tri-parish Woodbank Equipment Upgrade, St. James Episcopal Church, Dillon, $8,500 NAVAJOLAND AREA MISSION • “Advocacy to Challenge Domestic Poverty” conference for bishops and young adults, in partnership with Bishops Working for a Just World and with the resources of a Constable Fund grant; included participants from the Dioceses of Connecticut, Dallas, Eastern Michigan, Michigan, Minnesota, Navajoland Area Mission, North Carolina, Olympia, Rochester, San Diego, South Dakota, Upper South Carolina, Washington, and Western Massachusetts. • Block grants, $666,666 • Constable Fund: General Convention 2015 Children’s Program - Standing Commission on Lifelong Formation and Education with Province VIII and the Lifelong Christian Formation Office of The Episcopal Church’s Formation and Vocation Ministries Team: Alaska, Arizona, California, Eastern Oregon, El Camino Real, Hawaii, Idaho, Los Angeles, Navajoland Area Mission, Nevada, Northern California, Olympia, Oregon, San Diego, San Joaquin, Spokane, Taiwan, Utah, $6,000 • Indigenous Theological Training Grants: Bishops’ Native Collaborative, for use in Alaska, Montana, Navajoland, North Dakota, South Dakota, $160,100 • Indigenous Theological Training Grant: Essential Practices in the Hooghan Learning Circle, $3,940 • Development Department engagement in fundraising