New Wineskins Grants

Pastoral Excellence Project  Awarding Up to $5,000 to Clergy Peer Groups

Mississippi’s ministers can strengthen their relationships with each other while developing their gifts for leadership with New Wineskins grants.   Groups of 5 to 12 clergy who come together regularly for spiritual formation, fellowship, support, or study may receive up to $5,000 in funding.
 
A clergy peer group may receive a New Wineskins grant one time only for an experience that would be out of their reach without it —for example

  • travel to a locale with spiritual significance or that models an innovative approach to ministry
  • participation in conferences or workshops, seminars or webinars that focus on spiritual formation,  or leadership development, or that enrich a particular area of ministry
  • consultation with a scholar or practitioner who offers in-depth insight about some facet of ministry
  • retreats devoted to nurturing communal and individual relationships with God
  • study  involving group reflection upon books, audiovisual, or electronic media designed to expand knowledge of spiritual formation or ministry.

Applicants for New Wineskins funding must be peer groups that  include from 5 to 12  Mississippi clergy or local pastors and

  • formed at least 12 months prior to submitting a proposal.
  • met no fewer than five times in the 12 months preceding the application.
  • do not include in their membership current participants in other PEP programs or Center for Ministry board members, staff, or adjunct staff.

 Click Here to Download the New Wineskins Info Sheet

Click Here to Download  a New Wineskins Grant Application