Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina

The committee, made up of , who serve on it as part of their diaconal ministry, and on behalf of their bishop, along with the lay wardens of each diocesan convocation, has several functions:

• to evaluate the effectiveness of outreach ministries that receive diocesan funds and recommend funding levels;
• to evaluate funding requests and make recommendations for the funding of all new requests for diocesan mission funds;
• to maintain a database of outreach "best practices" from around the diocese and from the larger Church which can be used by congregations to launch or expand their community outreach;
• to develop and recommend policy statements that "interpret to the Church the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world" and "to make Christ and his redemptive love known" to the world.

Matthew 25 awards:

2011

$10,410      St. Michael & All Angels, Columbia for a food pantry

$  9,590      St. Christopher’s, Spartanburg for Piedmont Convocation project

2010

$10,000      York Place Episcopal Home for Children for educational supplies and equipment.

$ 1,500       St. Philip’s, Greenville for a community garden

$ 9,740       St. John’s, Columbia for a school outreach project

$ 4,500       Piedmont Convocation for a back-to-school outreach project

$ 3,500       All Saints’, Cayce for a community playground

2009

$13,000      St. Mary’s, Irmo for Hispanic Ministries

$  1,300      St. Christopher’s, Spartanburg for a Vacation Bible School program

$  5,942      St. Matthew’s, Spartanburg  for a food pantry

$25,000      St. Francis, Greenville for a lay director for their Hispanic ministries

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