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Subject: Ministerial Education Program (MEP) Grants
Purpose: To assist ministerial students from our region to continue their studies.
Policy: Funds permitting, grants in the amount of $500 each (up to $3000 per year) will be awarded to selected MEP students from The Southeast Region, in the Spring, prior to entering their final year of Ministerial School.
Applications are due by March 31st and the decision made by April 30th of the year the student is about the enter their final year of the Ministerial Program.
Criteria:
Procedures:
1. In the Spring of each year, the Regional Office will call Unity school and remind them to post the notice regarding the grants
2. The Applications for the grant, along with a copy of the student’s transcript from Unity Institute and a biographical letter listing extracurricular activities and future plans, are to be e-mailed to the Regional Office (Southeast Unity Ministries, Inc., 1211 Dudley Road, Charleston, WV 25314).
3. The Regional Office will forward the applications and attachments, to the Regional Representative and the Secretary of the Executive Committee.
4. Based on the funds available, after consultation with the Treasurer and President of the Executive Committee, the Regional Office will inform the Regional Representative, and the Executive Committee Secretary, how many $500 Grants can be awarded in any given year.
5. The Regional Representative will inform the Regional Office of the names and addresses of students selected to receive the grants.
6. The Regional Office will prepare the checks and stamped addressed envelopes and send to the President of the Executive Committee to mail.
7. The President will mail the checks with an individualized letter and a copy of the Southeast Region’s most recent brochure. A copy of the letter will also be sent to the recipient’s home church,
8. The Regional Office will record the checks in the accounting program and scholarship data base.
9. The names of students receiving the grants will be announced in the next newsletter.
Last amendment date:
April 2009 ______________________________ Executive Committee Secretary
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SOUTHEAST UNITY MINISTRIES, INC
APPLICATION FOR M.E.P. GRANT
Funds permitting, the Southeast Region of the Association of Unity Churches may offer grants to students, from the Southeast Region, in the Ministerial Education Program at Unity Institute. These grants will be awarded prior to the beginning of the student’s final year of the Ministerial Program at Unity Institute.
CRITERIA:
Must be prepared to enter their final year of the Ministerial Program at Unity Institute. The Students must be on the Ministerial Track.
The Student’s home church must be a member of the Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North & South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Eastern Portion of Louisiana or the Bahamas)
The application is due on March 31st and the decision will be made by April 30th of the year the student is about to enter their final year of the Ministerial Program.
The following items must be attached to this application:
1. Copy of your transcript from Unity Institute
2. A biographical letter listing extracurricular activities and future plans
Students Name:________________________________________________________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ Phone:__________________________
Name and Address of Home Church:________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please complete and E-mail this application to: seunity@suddenlink.net
Southeast Unity Ministries, Inc
1211 Dudley Road
Charleston, WV 25314
304-345-9347
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