The scholarship is available for mission trips as determined by the following guidelines:

Definition of “Missions”

1.  Missions is obeying the mandate of Jesus Christ to reach beyond our own cultural 

     community to make disciples of all nations, utilizing the variety of spiritual gifts, talents and

     resources God has provided.

To qualify as a “missions trip”, the activity must:

1. Arise from the purpose of evangelism and/or discipleship.
2. Include a plan for personal and/or team preparation in spiritual readiness, and 

    ongoing devotional input/practice of spiritual disciplines throughout.

1. Include a plan for engaging the target group.  This may occur directly, or indirectly,

    through training/equipping others.

2.  Missions is distinguished from local outreach, which is obedience to the mandate of Jesus to make disciples among one’s own cultural community.

Applicants

1. Must attend an Indiana Yearly Meeting Local Meeting. Membership is not required.

2. The project or mission trip for which the applicant is requesting the scholarship for will not be restricted only to Friends Ministries. However, the missions committee strongly encourages churches and individuals seeking missions experiences to consider involvement with Friends ministries around the world first and foremost.

Application

1. Those desiring to apply for scholarship money will need to submit an online application.

File can be found below, or in the reports, forms, and resources tab.

Please be prepared to provide the following information:

• Applicant’s name, address, telephone number, email address,  local Friends meeting, pastor’s name and e-mail address.
• A description of the project/trip. (Define the purpose, goals, plan and other pertinent information.)
• Name of mission and organization you are sponsored by
• Amount of total funds needed
• Dates of the mission

2. Application must include a letter of recommendation from the pastor of the meeting the applicant attends. (This recommendation form will be sent directly to the pastor.)

3. Deadlines for applications are February 1 for spring trips, and May 20 for summer and Fall trips.  For all other trips, applications should be sent eight weeks prior to the trip. Decisions on the amount of scholarship money awarded will be made on a percentage of costs basis as determined by the committee up to a maximum of $250.  Funds are limited so apply as early as possible.