Pastor receives $15,000 grant
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Pastor David Vasquez-Levy of Luther College
Luther [College] Pastor David Vasquez-Levy has been awarded a $15,000 Pastoral Study Project grant from the Louisville Institute to support his project, People on the Move.
Selected from a pool of 127 applicants from across the United States and Canada, Vasquez-Levy’s grant is one of 15 awarded by the Louisville Institute in 2009.
People on the Move will be the conclusion of Vasquez-Levy’s one-year sabbatical project to develop materials based on interviews, community forums, and small group Bible studies that connect biblical narratives with contemporary migrations narratives.
“I want to focus the final three months of my sabbatical making those insights available to congregations through on-line Bible study and preaching resources,” said Vasquez-Levy. “I hope to draw on biblical migration narratives and the parallel experiences of immigrants to provide insight into the broader church’s life and ministry in a highly transitional world.”
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