HEALTH MINISTRY GRANT APPLICATION
FLORIDA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Thanks to a partnership with the FloridaBlue Foundation, local United Methodist churches may apply for financial support for health ministries that their church has developed.
Name of the Church or group applying: ______
Address______
______E-Mail address______
Date ______Telephone #______
Amount Requested ______
Person Responsible for this Ministry______
1. How was the need for this proposed health ministry determined?
2. What will the proposed ministry accomplish and whom will it serve? How will the accomplishment of goals and/or objectives be determined?
3. At the bottom of this application is the Conference’s vision and mission statement. Describe how the proposed ministry fits with the Florida Conference Mission? What is the mission statement for your program?
4. Provide a detailed timeline for the set-up for the ministry. Include objective measures within the timeline for assessing progress as well as completion of goals and objectives.
5. How many lay members do you envision will be involved in this health ministry and what role will they have in the ministry?
6. How will this ministry engage the broader community around the congregation?
7. Provide a detailed budget, including income from planned activities and/or events and outside sources as well as expenses related to the ministry.
Include the following information:
a) Total budget
- How much is requested from the FloridaBlue grant?
- How much is requested from other sources – including other grants, church donations, ministries and/or General Church boards and agencies?
b) How much has been procured in cash and in-kind support? (Please submit any letters of support from other sources.)
8. If this is a start-up grant, how will the ministry be sustained once grant funds are spent?
9. Has this grant been approved by your Administrative Council or other governing authority? Please have that chairperson sign below.
______Date: ______
(Signature of person responsible for grant application)
______Date: ______
(Signature of authorized representative of the church)
Contact information for the church (if different from above)
Address: ______
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Telephone #______Fax # ______
Email Address ______
Florida Conference, United Methodist Church
Our Vision…
Being changed in Christ, making a change in the world.
Our Mission…
The mission of the Florida Conference is to connect and equip congregations in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.Therefore, we:
•Start and nurture missional communities of faith
•Develop effective servant leaders for the church and the world
•Provide services that support congregations and extension ministries
•Connect congregations and resources for ministries that we do better together