About the Ecumenical/Interfaith Recognition of Service Awards
Established in 1991, the awards are given to ecumenical/interfaith projects which respond to human needs and promote unity. Nominations for the ecumenical/interfaith service awards are sought broadly.
The National Council of Churches (NCC) honors eight ecumenical agencies for their innovative programs in a special service held during the 1998 NCCC General Assembly.
The Ecumenical/Interfaith Service Awards bring tribute and honor to those who seek the unity of people in creative, compassionate and sensitive ministries that build hope, justice and new partnerships. We recognize these efforts with the certain knowing that others will be inspired to adapt the models in communities across this nation.
| Recipients List |
| The Family Connection, Inc. (Iowa)"Family Violence Prevention" Provides a safe and neutral site for parents in violent relationships to exchange their children for visitation without personal contact between the parents. |
| Council of Churches of Greater Seattle
(Washington)"The Emergency
Feeding Program of Seattle & King County" Providers/distributors of nutritionally balanced food and meals to individuals in emergency and crisis situations while providing access to resource counseling. |
| Council of Churches of the City of New
York"The Egypt
Project" An ecumenical delegation formed and visited Egypt in order to discuss religious freedom with leaders in that country and to see the situation for itself regarding allegations of Christian persecution and discrimination. |
| Inter-Faith Ministries Wichita, Inc.
(Kansas)"The Inter-Faith
Ministry Center" Created a gathering place for the inter-religious community and other partners to welcome all people at one spiritual center. It provides a place for prayer, meditation, renewal, arts, dialogue, and an array of programs offered by Inter-Faith Ministries and other community organizations. |
| Kentucky Council of Churches"The Kentucky Interchurch Disaster Recovery Program
(KIDRP)" Ministers to disaster victims and to help them rebuild and recover from the disaster. Through its service relationships are built which overcome distrust and misunderstanding of ecumenism and conciliar work. |
| Muskegon County Cooperating Churches
(Michigan)"Building Bridges
in the Face of Hate – Community Uniting for Peace (CUP)" Addresses the needs of the religious community in responding to the rise of hate groups, white supremacist, and militia movements in the communities of Michigan through a series of conferences and development of an on-going ecumenically cooperative organizational structure. |
| Schenectady Inner City Ministry (SICM)
(New York)"The Schenectady
Damien Center" A drop-in social center sponsored by SICM for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS formed a peer educational theater troupe to role-play the causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS and other contemporary issues. |
| St. Paul Area Council of Churches
(Minnesota)"Project
SPIRIT" A daily after-school tutoring and cultural enrichment program, dedicated to serving African-American school-age children, 6 through 12 year olds, their parents, and the community leaders and volunteers. |