financial aid for service Archives

‘Surprised by joy’

Posted May 17th, 2021

The Rev. Stacy Smith says she has been “surprised by joy” as she looks back at the last five years of her life.

Samuel Robinson Award winner memorizes Westminster Shorter Catechism

Posted January 8th, 2021

In the summer of 2020, Lydia Miller was feeling somewhat lonely and isolated. Except for her college experience, for the first time she was living away from home — in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as a print design intern at Our Daily Bread Ministries.

‘Surprised by joy’

Posted November 13th, 2020

The Rev. Stacy Smith says she has been “surprised by joy” as she looks back at the last five years of her life.

‘It’s like they wanted to throw money at people’

Posted October 12th, 2020

The Rev. John Russell Stanger doesn’t like talking about money, or his student loan debt.

‘That’s what we need to root out’

Posted July 16th, 2020

One moment emerged above all the others Wednesday during a “Vital Conversations” webinar hosted by the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Vital Congregations.

UKirk offers pivot grants to support collegiate ministries during COVID-19

Posted July 14th, 2020

As the reality of COVID-19 set in, it forced the postponement of the UKirk Collegiate Ministries Association’s national gathering until 2021.

Emergency student loan management enacted during COVID-19 crisis

Posted April 2nd, 2020

New resources from the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service provide guidance on how to manage one’s student loans, now that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) has been signed into law by President Donald Trump.

PC(USA) students attending any accredited seminary can apply now for a $6,000 scholarship

Posted March 17th, 2020

Thanks to revisions within Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students attending any accredited seminary in the U.S. can now apply for 2020-21 graduate scholarships awards at pcusa.org/apply4scholarships.

Presbyterian college students can apply now for a $4,000 scholarship

Posted March 16th, 2020

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students seeking their first associate or bachelor’s degree are encouraged to apply now for scholarship awards through Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service at pcusa.org/apply4scholarships.

Survey helps ministers learn how to cut their higher ed costs

Posted March 12th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s first-ever comprehensive Minister Survey, fielded in fall 2019, has resulted in some 680 ministers receiving information on Presbyterian Mission Agency and Board of Pensions programs that can help them reduce their current educational debt and tap into financial aid programs for their children’s education.