Present: Betty Angelini, Chair;, Amy Duiker, Jackie Humphries, Fran Lane Lawrence, Chip Harwick Excused; Lisa Allgood, Brady Radford, Skip Jackson, Georgia McCall

Skip opened the meeting with prayer.

Minutes from the September 2021 were approved. Educational Scholarships:

• Amount awarded was near to $40,000
• Team working on this portion of charge is:
  • Lisa, faciliatator
  • Skip
  • Georgia
• Lisa made attempts to contact receiptents who had not sent videos in. Her attempts were
• This group was scheduled to report on suggestions for next This discussion was tabled until a later meeting

Church Grants 2020

• Nothing to report

Church Grants-$50,000 to award

• Team
  • Betty, facilitator
  • Amy
  • Fran
  • Jackie
• The Committee unanimously approved the recommendations submitted by the team for funding totaling $50,000

Chip reported that the grants committee will have $90,000 to award in 2022. Chip closed the meeting in prayer.

Our next meeting is November 30, 2021, at 1PM. Joyfully submitted,

Betty

Synod Mission Statement

We, the Synod of the Covenant, in partnership with our presbyteries, congregations, the General Assembly and other faith communions, are called and sent by God to be a living, active and inclusive witness to the love of Christ.

Matthew 25 embrace these areas of focus:

• Building congregational vitality by challenging people and congregations to deepen their faith and get actively and joyfully engaged with their community and the
• Dismantling structural racism by advocating and acting to break down the systems, practices and thinking that underlie discrimination, bias, prejudice and oppression of people of
• Eradicating systemic poverty by working to change laws, policies, plans and structures in our society that perpetuate economic exploitation of people who are poor.