Disaster Response Grant Application

The Center for Missional Outreach is offering Disaster Response Grants for churches that may be strained to recover from Winter Storm Uri, or which need assistance meeting the needs of neighbors. We are thankful to The United Methodist Committee on Relief and for generous contributors to the Disaster Respond Fund, who make these grants possible.

Any church or ministry in the North Texas Conference is encouraged to apply! Special consideration will be given to churches and ministries of two categories:

That serve as or alongside those who are Black, Indigenous or Persons of Color (BIPOC) which have been inequitably harmed by the storm’s damage.
Those who serve as or alongside those in Archer, Jack, Clay, Red River, Lamar, Hopkins and Delta counties which, as of Feb. 25, 2021, are not covered by a Federal Disaster Declaration.

Grants will be reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis, beginning March 2. If you have questions or would like help writing your application, please email Rev. Andrew Fiser or call him at 972-526-5018.

Applicant

Full Name:

Phone Number (xxx-xxx-xxxx):

Email:

Church or Ministry

Name (For clarity, please do not abbreviate):

District:

Physical Address:

Mailing Address (if different then Physical Address):

Website URL:

Information

Amount of funds requested:

Requested funds would go for (you may request more than one or use separate applications):

Assistance with insurance deductible (Note: Up to half the total insurance deductible may be requested. Write in deductible amount below.)

Responding to needs of neighbors or opportunities for impact

Assistance for out-of-pocket repairs for clean-up

Assistance with repairs not covered by claim or to avoid claim

Other (Note: Explain below)

More information goes here (deductible or other)

If requesting insurance deductible or internal emergency needs funding, describe how Disaster Response Grant funds would help your church or ministry recover from the effects or damage of Winter Storm Uri:

If applying to meet the needs of neighbors, please describe how your proposal intends to live into one or more of the “ministry with” values:

Come alongside neighbors in a spirit of friendship and mutuality. Listen to and learn from them.
Build long-term relationships with neighbors.
Uncover the often-undervalued gifts, talents, dreams, desires and connections of neighbors.
Adopt the iron rule: never do for others what they can do for themselves.
Address the systems that perpetuate suffering and inequity rather than only deal with the symptoms of our broken world.
Use a strength-based approach that leverages the gifts and relationships of local partners.

If applying to meet the needs of neighbors, share how your proposed effort will build racial justice and equity, fight poverty, or empower those who are marginalized:

Please describe how this funding will support your church or ministry in “making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World*”:

*Making disciples, in our view, can happen in a variety of ways. In the midst of a church’s ministry with its neighbors, church people could be intentional about recognizing and seizing opportunities to share their faith and invite their neighbors onto a pathway of discipleship. In the midst of a church’s ministry with its neighbors, church members could find themselves stretched and their faith and experience of the Holy Spirit deepened. These and other ways of making disciples could be legitimate responses to this question.

Please describe the timeline for when funds are needed, if there are any cashflow concerns, by when you expect to have in-hand the matched deductible funding or any other financial considerations:

Documents

Please include the following (accepted file forms: Excel, PDFs, Word):

Your 2021 budget with expected expenses and income:

Other documents you feel are helpful for the application (optional):