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Chalice Lighters Grants and Calls
Thank you for your interest in this vital program of the Thomas
Jefferson District On This Page:
What
is a Chalice Lighter? A Chalice Lighter is a
person, a couple, or even a group of people who
pledges to respond with a contribution when the call comes that it's
time to light a chalice within the Thomas Jefferson District. Calls
support specific growth initiatives in individual TJ District
congregations. How often are calls
made to those participating as Chalice Lighters? No
more than three times a year (July-June), you will receive a
letter explaining who has applied for a call and what the funds will be
used for. Who sponsors
this program? Chalice Lighters is overseen by the
District's Growth and Development
Council. The TJ District is committed to growth in all its
aspects:
personal growth, spiritual growth, growth in the health of our member
congregations, growth in the number of congregations, growth in the
number of individual Unitarian Universalists, and lastly, growth in our
presence in society. The Growth and Development Council has
primary responsibility for facilitating this growth, and one way in
which it does this is by raising funds through Chalice Lighters to
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The Chalice Lighter Committee of the Growth and Development Council
awards grants to congregations to encourage growth of Unitarian
Universalism in the Thomas Jefferson District. The following specific
types of growth-related projects are candidates for grants:
- Calling a first Unitarian Universalist minister (full or
part-time).
- Acquiring a meeting space: buying,
building,
long-term leasing (10 years or more), including land and building
purchase and architectural fees.
- Expanding and/or
renovating existing church home (including for accessibility).
- Establishing a Campus Ministry; or
- Securing
professional staffing for the congregations first:
- Director of Religious Education/Minister of Religious
Education
- Associate Minister
- Professional
Administrator
- Professional Membership Coordinator
or Professional Volunteer Coordinator
A
Short, But Proud, History The TJD Chalice Lighter
program was created in 1987 and has grown
into one of the largest Chalice Lighter programs in the UUA. About half
our calls help
congregations obtain or settle their first minister. The other calls
help to build facilities. A few congregations have gotten a boost when
constructing all-new church homes, but most of the calls were for much
needed, but more modest renovations of newly purchased properties. Many
of these projects were done, at least in part, by the members
themselves; Chalice Lighters provided the building materials.
Pooling hundreds of checks of the $10,
$15, $25 and more, has meant
a lot to quite a few of our neighboring congregations since 1988, but
opportunities for growth still abound in our district and the continued
support of Chalice Lighters is critical. Please accept our invitation
to become a TJD. Chalice Lighter and help spread the light of our
liberal faith in the years ahead.
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Chalice
Lighter Call History 2000 to date 1989 through the 1990's
| 1988-89 |
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| Piedmont UU
Church | | Charlotte,
NC | First minister | 2,850 | | Williamsburg UUs |
| Williamsburg,
VA | First minister | 3,800 | | 1989-90 |
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| Wilmington UU Fellowship | Wilmington,
NC | First minister | 4,000 | | UU Church of
Savannah | | Savannah,
GA | First minister | 4,262 |
1990-91 |
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| UU Church of Spartanburg
| Spartanburg, SC | First
minister | 2,400 |
| UU Fellowship of Hendersonville |
| Hendersonville, NC |
First Minister | $2,400 | | UU Fellowship of Greenville | Greenville,
NC | Building purchase | 4,550 |
| Boone UU
Fellowship | |
Boone, NC | Building | 5,060 |
| 1991-92 |
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| UUF of the New River Valley | Blacksburg,
VA | Building construction | 4,000 |
| Thurman Hamer Ellington | Atlanta,
GA | Start-up * | 7,500 | | T.J. Extension Committee | District |
New Starts | 4,200 | |
* Special joint call with the Mid-South District |
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| 1992-93 |
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| Jenkins UU
Fellowship | |
Petersburg, VA | Building renovations |
4,207 |
| Unitarian Coastal Fellowship | Morehead Cty, NC |
Building purch/renov | 4,411 | | UU Fellowship of Waynesboro | Waynesboro,
VA | First minister | 4,210 | | 1993-94 |
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| Clayton Memorial UU Church | Newberry,
SC | First Minister | 9,924 | | Harrisonburg UUs |
| Harrisonburg,
VA | First Minister | 9,800 | | 1994-95 |
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| UU Fellowship of Hendersonville | Hendersonville, NC | Building purch/renov |
9,830 |
| Williamsburg UUs |
| Williamsburg,
VA | Building
construction |
11,102 |
| UU Community
Church | | Glen
Allen, VA | First Minister | 11,670 |
| 1995-96 |
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| UUF of the New River Valley | Blacksburg,
VA | First Minister | 10,710 | | Piedmont UU
Church | | Charlotte,
NC | Land purchase | 12,000 | | UU Fellowship of Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg,
VA | First Minister | 12,441 | | 1996-97 |
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| Greater Nashville UU Congregation | Nashville,
TN | First Minister | 13,063 | | UU Church of the Highlands | Meadowview,
VA | Building construction | 12,991 |
| UU Congreg. of the Outer Banks | Kitty
Hawk, NC | First Minister | 11,698 |
| 1997-98 |
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| UU Congregation of Hillsborough | Hillsborough,
NC | Building
construction |
13,438 |
| UU Community
Church | | Glen
Allen, VA | Land purchase | 14,256 |
| All Souls UU
Church | | Durham, NC | Planter-model
start | 16,013 |
| 1998-99 |
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| UU Fellowship of Clemson | Clemson,
SC | First Minister | 15,837 | | Westside UU
Church | | Knoxville,
TN | Building construction | 16,917 |
| Greater Nashville UU Church | Nashville,
TN | Building purchase | 17,045 |
TJD
Chalice Lighter Call History
1999-2000 | |
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| UU Fellowship of Statesboro | Statesboro,
GA | Building construction | 16,778 |
| UU Community
Church | | Glen
Allen, VA | Building construction | 18,300 |
| UUs of Transylvania County | Brevard,
NC | New Start | 16,688 | | 2000-2001 |
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| UU Fellowship of the Peninsula | Newport
News, VA | First Minister | 13,593 |
| TJD Extension
Committee | |
TJ District | New Starts |
15,000 |
| 2002-2003 |
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| | Eno River UU Fellowship |
| Durham, NC |
Campus Ministry | 18,663 |
| UU
Fellowship of New Bern |
| New Bern, NC | First Minister |
19,014 | | 2003-2004 |
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| | UU
Congregation of Hillsborough | Hillsborough, NC |
First Minister | 20,623
| | Unitarian Coastal Fellowship |
| Morehead
City, NC | First Minister | 18,519 | | UU Fellowship of
Raleigh |
| Raleigh,
NC | Building Expansion | 24,882
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| 2004-2005 |
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| | | Holston Valley
UU Church | | Gray,
TN | Building Expansion | 24,088 |
Unitarian Fellowship of Hilton Head Island
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| Hilton
Head, SC
| First Building
preconstruction
| 26,268
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| 2005
- 2006 | | |
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| | UU Congregation of
Swannanoa Valley | | Black
Mountain,
NC | Building purchase /renovation | $24,909 |
UU Fellowship of Franklin
| | Franklin, NC
| Renovations
note:
from reserve funds | $8,000 |
| UU Coastal Georgia | Brunswick,
GA | Land purchase | 25,090 |
| 2006
- 2007 | | |
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Church of Spartanburg | | Spartanburg,
SC | Building
Expansion | 26,140 |
| Fellowship of the Rappahannock |
| Kilmamock,.VA | First
Building | 26,490 |
| 2007
- 2008 | | | | | | #147 (split grant) | | Oak Ridge UUC ($15,000) &
Holston
Valley UUC ($14,460) | New staff position (Oak Ridge);
fire-damage repairs | $ 29,460 | | #148 - IN PROCESS | | | | | | Total
of grants | | |
| $649,090 |
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