Applications now available for:
- Presbyterian Study Grant
- Student Opportunity Scholarship
- Transformational Leadership Debt Assistance
- Agnes and Dorothy Marschner Grant
- Seasons of Service Loan Assistance
- Student and Parent Loan Program
Following Where God Leads
Presbyterian Study Grant allows seminary student to focus on the true meaning of call
by Toni Montgomery
Daniel Yang. Photo by Kim Schmidt, Princeton Theological Seminary
Daniel Yang presents the perfect example of how the Presbyterian Study Grant is helping to shape the future of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
When he started at Princeton Theological Seminary, Yang thought he had his future ministry goals all figured out: he was going to serve a multicultural congregation or work with persons with disabilities. But thanks to the opportunity to focus on his studies afforded by the Presbyterian Study Grant, Yang has come to understand that ministry and calling is about much more than just picking an area of interest.
Trusting God to provide
Debt assistance program helps new seminary grad who said yes to the big call of a small Seattle church
by Toni Montgomery
The Rev. Tasha Hicks was ordained and installed on October 9, 2011. Photo by Aaron Willett.
Tasha Hicks assumed when she finished seminary in 2011 that she’d go on to be part of a large, multistaff church, which many graduates aspire to do. She found herself instead as the part-time solo pastor of Mount View Presbyterian Church, a 50-member church in White Center, an unincorporated area of Seattle.
When she first saw the job, Hicks admits there were many things that attracted her to it but also one big thing that made her hesitate.
“My passion has always been to be in a diverse setting and group, working with folks that are on the margins of society,” Hicks says. “Actually, when I saw this position, everything about it was exciting to me, but I saw ‘solo, part-time’ and I said no way. I just didn’t think that was my strength, to be a solo pastor preaching pretty much every week.”
Easing a political refugee’s hard road
Student Opportunity Scholarship provides resilient Rwandan American a chance to explore her vocation
by Toni Montgomery
Josiane Micomyiza. Photo by Armelle Dushime.
Abilene, Texas – Sometimes where God leads us is a very long way from where we started, and often when that is the case, we need a little help along the way. Josiane Micomyiza is now a freshman at Abilene Christian University, but she came to the United States when she was twelve, along with her parents and four siblings, as a political refugee from Rwanda.
Josie and her family do not like to talk much about their lives in Africa.
“I asked Joseph [Josie’s father] about it once, and all he said was, ‘Hotel Rwanda,’” says Cliff Stewart, senior pastor at First Central Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas, where Josie’s family settled after coming to America.
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