THE YOUNG CLERGY INITIATIVE
// Recipients //
PROJECT |
LOCATION |
DIRECTOR |
AWARD |
YEAR |
| Elijah Collective | CA-Pacific | RaeLynn Fuson | $ 38,000.00 | 2019 |
| CCW Leadership Programs | FL | Derrick L. Scott, III | $ 33,500.00 | 2019 |
| More Young Candidates of Color | FL | Heidi Aspinwall | $ 37,500.00 | 2019 |
| CALLED Curriculum Development | Multiple | Trip Lowery | $ 5,200.00 | 2019 |
| Proyecto Futuro: Making a Way for New Latinx Generations | New England | Cristian De La Rosa | $ 100,000.00 | 2019 |
| Serving and Learning | North GA | Tonya Lawrence | $ 20,000.00 | 2019 |
| North Texas Conference Youth Leadership Program | North TX | Joseph Bradley | $ 15,000.00 | 2019 |
| Pathways of Spiritual Transformational Leadership | Susquehanna | Kevin Witt | $ 105,000.00 | 2019 |
| Strengthening the Black Church for the Twenty-First Century-National Network of Young Adults | TN | Nathalie Nelson Parker | $ 100,000.00 | 2019 |
| NextGen Discernment Internship | TN | Brad Fiscus | $ 30,000.00 | 2019 |
| PURPOSE Summit | TN | Michele Morton | $ 35,000.00 | 2019 |
| Valuing the Voices in our Church | VA | Kendra Grimes | $ 30,000.00 | 2019 |
| Nexus Seminarians Summit | VA | Tarah Lee | $ 30,000.00 | 2019 |
| GPS – God Powered Search | Western NC | Dawn Livingston | $ 53,020.00 | 2019 |
| DEVELOP Phase, 21st Century Collegiate Ministry Resources Initiative | Western NC | Rimes McElveen | $ 127,780.00 | 2019 |
| Leadership Academy | Multiple | Veronica Russell | $ 40,000.00 | 2019 |
| United Methodist Skunkworks (QuadW Missional Outreach) | AL-West FL | Don Woolley | $ 100,000.00 | 2018 |
| Elijah Collective | CA-Pacific | Brian T. Parcel | $ 22,000.00 | 2018 |
| Open Space- Inland Empire Young Adult Leadership Development | CA-Pacific | Blair Trygstad Stowe | $ 28,860.00 | 2018 |
| Called Out – Set Apart | CA-Pacific | Darin Arnston | $ 79,300.00 | 2018 |
| EncounterMICall 2.0 | Detroit | Paul Perez | $ 60,395.00 | 2018 |
| Trailblazing | Great Plains | Wendy Mohler-Seib | $ 47,400.00 | 2018 |
| Engage: Emory & Henry College | Holston | Mary K. Briggs | $ 160,000.00 | 2018 |
| Ministry Internships at Simpson College | IA | Mara Bailey | $ 13,500.00 | 2018 |
| The Tobias Gibson Internship Project | MS | Chris McAlilly | $ 35,350.00 | 2018 |
| Holy Land Discernment Pilgrimmage | Multiple | Mike Ratliff | $ 47,400.00 | 2018 |
| Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century-National Network of Young Adults | Multiple | Nathalie Nelson Parker | $ 75,000.00 | 2018 |
| Ministry as a Career | Multiple | Chris Wilterdink | $ 25,100.00 | 2018 |
| Leadership Academy | Multiple | Rick Eaton | $ 39,500.00 | 2018 |
| Covenant Group | North AL | Quinten Lochmann | $ 50,000.00 | 2018 |
| College Connection Retreat | NC | Nick Jeffries | $ 17,200.00 | 2018 |
| Texas State UCM Peer Discernment ministry internship | Rio-TX | Todd Salmi | $ 3,770.00 | 2018 |
| Multiplication Project | TN | Jason McAnally | $ 47,000.00 | 2018 |
| Ministry on the Mountain | TN | Edward Simmons | $ 10,400.00 | 2018 |
| Nexus Seminarians Summit | VA | Tarah Lee | $ 25,000.00 | 2018 |
| GPS – God Powered Search | Western NC | Dawn Livingston | $ 31,395.00 | 2018 |
| 21st Century Collegiate Ministry Values and Practices: Discern, Design, Develop, and Deploy | Western NC | Rimes McElveen | $ 90,880.00 | 2018 |
| Faith and Leadership Experience | Western NC | Stephen Cheyney | $ 33,333.00 | 2018 |
| Summer Internship Expansion | AL-West FL | Don Woolley | $ 60,000.00 | 2017 |
| Change Makers Project | Bal-Wash | Christine Latona | $ 302,350.00 | 2017 |
| Tarleton Wesley Internship Program | Central TX | David McMinn | $ 60,000.00 | 2017 |
| Christian Leadership Center | Central TX | Meredith Bell | $ 44,000.00 | 2017 |
| EncounterMICall 2.0 | Detroit | Paul Perez | $ 60,000.00 | 2017 |
| Undergraduate Internships and small group leadership | East OH | Cara Stultz Costello | $ 88,800.00 | 2017 |
| Young Adult Missional Movement | FL | Heidi Aspinwall | $ 100,000.00 | 2017 |
| College Connection Retreat (CCR) | FL | Tanner Smith | $ 21,300.00 | 2017 |
| Missional Entrepreneurship Cohort Program | Greater NJ | Jessica Winderweedle | $ 121,650.00 | 2017 |
| The Cultivate Initiative | Greater NJ | Drew Dyson | $ 197,620.00 | 2017 |
| ISU Wesley Leadership Academy and Vocational Ministry Track | IL-Great Rivers | Mallory Moore | $ 79,834.00 | 2017 |
| The Tobias Gibson Internship Program | MS | Paige Swaim-Presley | $ 57,700.00 | 2017 |
| Leadership Academy | Multiple | Rick Eaton | $ 39,500.00 | 2017 |
| Project Transformation National Expansion to Cultivate Future Clergy | Multiple | Eric Lindh | $ 830,000.00 | 2017 |
| Timothy Circle | Multiple | Steve Wilke | $ 40,000.00 | 2017 |
| Strengthening the Black Church for the Twenty-First Century-National Network of Young Adults | Multiple | Nathalie Nelson Parker | $ 60,000.00 | 2017 |
| Projecto Futuro: Cultivating New Latinx generations | New England | Cristian De La Rosa | $ 150,000.00 | 2017 |
| Black Church Leadership Development | NC | Rhonda Parker | $ 80,000.00 | 2017 |
| Called to Something Greater | North GA | Ashley Jenkins | $ 175,241.00 | 2017 |
| CAU Young Clergy Development Internship | North GA | Anna Elaine Crawford | $ 59,600.00 | 2017 |
| Project Transformation North Texas Summer of Service Young Adult Program | North TX | Alyson Gregory Richter | $ 200,000.00 | 2017 |
| Pastoral Residency Program | Rocky Mountain | Zack Esgar | $ 36,000.00 | 2017 |
| Exploration of Call | SC | Steve Simoneaux | $ 45,000.00 | 2017 |
| Nashville Episcopal Area (Memphis and Tennessee Conference) Calling Retreat for High School Students | TN | Russell Casteel | $ 24,210.00 | 2017 |
| Church and Community Fellowship Program | TN | Courtney Aldrich | $ 100,000.00 | 2017 |
| Cradle of the Call at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center | TX | Jonathan Estrada | $ 64,700.00 | 2017 |
| DiscoverU | WV | Shea James | $ 56,750.00 | 2017 |
| The College and Church Internship Program | Western NC | Robert Brewer | $ 21,000.00 | 2017 |
| Discerning, Designing, and Deploying 21st Century Collegiate Ministry Values and Practices | Western NC | Rimes McElveen | $ 84,500.00 | 2017 |
| Experience United Methodist Seminaries | Western NC | Brad Farrington | $ 24,000.00 | 2017 |
| Discernment Circles | Western NC | Kathryn A. McElveen | $ 97,500.00 | 2017 |
| Explore Summer Ministry Internship | Western NC | Annalee Allen | $ 41,400.00 | 2017 |
| InnovateUMC – Spiritual Leadership and Inclusive Innovation | Western NC | Cindy Thompson | $ 40,000.00 | 2017 |
| Ministry Discernment Internships | Western PA | Susan Moudry | $ 30,000.00 | 2017 |
| Board of Higher Education, North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church | AL-West FL | Brian Erickson | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| QuadW Missional Internship / Mobile District / Open Doors | AL-West FL | Don Woolley | $ 86,000.00 | 2016 |
| Baltimore-Washington Conference UMC | Bal-Wash | Sandra Ferguson | $ 15,000.00 | 2016 |
| Sierra Service Project | CA-Pacific | Rick Eaton | $ 23,820.00 | 2016 |
| Claremont School of Theology | CA-Pacific | Wendy Lee | $ 70,000.00 | 2016 |
| EncounterMICall | Detroit | Paul Perez | $ 64,000.00 | 2016 |
| Summit UMC | East OH | April Blaine | $ 20,000.00 | 2016 |
| East Ohio United Methodist Foundation | East OH | Brian Sheetz | $ 97,640.00 | 2016 |
| Sulphur Grove United Methodist Church | East OH | Thomas Hanover | $ 22,000.00 | 2016 |
| Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church | FL | Tanner Smith | $ 14,100.00 | 2016 |
| Capital/Raritan Valley/Northern Shore District Region of GNJAC | Greater NJ | Varlyna Wright | $ 98,935.00 | 2016 |
| Hope United Methodist Church | IL-Great Rivers | Jennie Edwards Bertrand | $ 45,000.00 | 2016 |
| Maceo D. Pembroke Sr. Memorial Institute, Chicago Black Methodists for Church Renewal | IL-Great Rivers | Michele Watkins-Branch | $ 40,000.00 | 2016 |
| YCI Task Force of the Board of Ordained Ministry of The Memphis Conference UMC | KY | Nancy Johnston Varden | $ 84,160.00 | 2016 |
| WKU Wesley Foundaiton | KY | Shea James | $ 18,000.00 | 2016 |
| Minnesota Annual Conference | MN | Andrew Keck | $ 60,000.00 | 2016 |
| Missouri United Methodist Church | MO | Amy Gearhart | $ 63,400.00 | 2016 |
| Centenary United Methodist Church | MO | Katrina Drew | $ 27,235.00 | 2016 |
| BridgeWorks | Mountain-Sky | Rebekah Simon-Peter | $ 50,000.00 | 2016 |
| Rocky Mountain Conference of the UMC | Mountain-Sky | Youngsook Kang | $ 50,000.00 | 2016 |
| First United Methodist Church Durango | Mountain-Sky | Zack Esgar | $ 43,600.00 | 2016 |
| Institute for Discipleship | Multiple | Steve Wilke | $ 40,000.00 | 2016 |
| Food Truck | New England | Kenda Dean | $ 99,975.00 | 2016 |
| Duke Divinity School | NC | Rhonda Parker | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Gammon Theological Seminary | North GA | Albert Mosley | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Youth Theological Initiative | North GA | Elizabeth Corrie | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church – Ministerial Services | North GA | Tonya Lawrence | $ 82,500.00 | 2016 |
| Project Transformation | North TX | Eric Lindh | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| The Wesley Foundation at Southwestern Oklahoma State University | OK | Elizabeth Horton-Ware | $ 12,000.00 | 2016 |
| Untitled Project | Pacific NW | Lisa Hoefner | $ 5,000.00 | 2016 |
| Claflin University | SC | Johnny Hill | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Center for Courage and Renewal | SC | Kathryn McElveen | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Tennessee Conference Young People’s Ministry | TN | Brad Fiscus | $ 40,000.00 | 2016 |
| Wesley at UTD | TX | Brittany Burrows | $ 10,870.00 | 2016 |
| The University of Houston Wesley Foundation, Inc. | TX | Jackie Collins | $ 7,700.00 | 2016 |
| Texas Annual Conference | TX | Janice Huie | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church Center for Leadership Development | TX | Marti Soper | $ 92,300.00 | 2016 |
| TCU Wesley Foundation | TX | Megan Davidson | $ 55,000.00 | 2016 |
| Christ United Methodist Church | TX | Renee Blanchard | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Calling 21 | VA | Alison Rosner | $ 18,000.00 | 2016 |
| Wesley Theological Seminary | VA | David McAllister-Wilson | $ 50,000.00 | 2016 |
| Emory & Henry College | VA | Mary Briggs | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| West Ohio Conference | West OH | Rocky Riddle | $ 65,000.00 | 2016 |
| Boundless Impact | Western NC | Cindy Thompson | $ 30,000.00 | 2016 |
| Pfeiffer University | Western NC | Doug Hume | $ 77,885.00 | 2016 |
| Raleigh Wesley Foundation | Western NC | Kirk Oldham | $ 100,000.00 | 2016 |
| Western NC Conference, UMC | Western NC | Preston Davis | $ 67,000.00 | 2016 |
| Wesley-Luther Campus Ministries | Western NC | Tom Herin | $ 21,900.00 | 2016 |
| Untitled Project | WI | Amanda Stein | $ 35,000.00 | 2016 |
| Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church | FL | Wayne Wiatt | $ 50,000.00 | 2015 |
| Simpson College | IA | John Wilson | $ 37,020.00 | 2015 |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | IL-Great Rivers | James Noseworthy | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Community United Methodist Church | IL-Great Rivers | Lynn Pries | $ 8,000.00 | 2015 |
| Church of the Resurrection | Great Plains | Debi Nixon | $ 75,000.00 | 2015 |
| Loucon Training and Retreat Center | KY | Jamie Hatcher | $ 7,685.00 | 2015 |
| Kentucky Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | KY | Kevin Burney | $ 33,000.00 | 2015 |
| Lindsey Wilson College | KY | Terry Swan | $ 44,000.00 | 2015 |
| Boston University School of Theology, Office of Contextual Education | MA | Mary Moore | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Alcorn Wesley Foundation | MS | Vera Hall | $ 5,000.00 | 2015 |
| Appalachian Wesley Foundation | Western NC | Brad Farrington | $ 15,000.00 | 2015 |
| Western NC Conference | Western NC | Jessica Dayson | $ 54,160.00 | 2015 |
| Untitled Project | Western NC | Jim Parsons | $ 34,000.00 | 2015 |
| The North Carolina Conference of the UMC | NC | Laura Fine-Ledford | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Western North Carolina Annual Conference | Western NC | Sally Queen | $ 16,500.00 | 2015 |
| Cooperative Christian Ministry | Western NC | Stephen Cheyney | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Upper NY – Camp & Retreat Ministries | Upper NY | Michael Huber | $ 26,690.00 | 2015 |
| East Ohio Ministerial Recruitment Institute | East OH | Brian Smart | $ 15,000.00 | 2015 |
| Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference | OK Ind. MC | David Wilson | $ 12,220.00 | 2015 |
| Enlistment and Interpretation Committee, Board of Ordained Ministry | PA | Mira Hewlett | $ 5,800.00 | 2015 |
| Board of Ordained Ministry of the South Carolina Conference of the UMC | SC | Mandy Young | $ 20,000.00 | 2015 |
| Project Transformation Tennessee | TN | Courtney Aldrich | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Tarleton State Wesley Foudnation | TX | David McMinn | $ 12,000.00 | 2015 |
| Missional Wisdom Foundation | TX | Denise Crane | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Wesley Foundation at Baylor University | TX | Katie Long | $ 12,000.00 | 2015 |
| Greater Northwest Episcopal Area | Greater NW | David Reinholz | $ 100,000.00 | 2015 |
| Radical Discipleship Academy-West Virginia Annual Conference | WV | Krysta Rexrode Wolfe | $ 78,900.00 | 2015 |
