About PAM

PAM Seed Money Grants are available for educational activities and events related to church music. PAM is dedicated to helping those who plan workshops, concerts, and other experiences which will inspire and enlighten church musicians, pastors, and lay persons in their geographical areas. Ecumenical events are encouraged. Applications are now being accepted for 2007. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Mary Lou Stevens, Coordinator of Seed Money Grants, at the following address:

   Mary Lou Stevens
   The Presbyterian Church
   1 East Oak Street
   Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Phone: (908) 953-9809
email: mstevens@brpc.org

Documents for Requesting Seed Money Grants

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Grants Awarded in 2007

$600 Festival by the Sea Adult Choir Festival
	Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC Jan. 25-26, 2007
$200 Blue Ridge Children’s Choir Festival
	Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, Western NC Chapter AGO, Brevard, NC. March 2-3, 2007
$750 What Really Counts – Marva Dawn, guest speaker Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask a Theologian – Crucial Questions/Distinction for the Sake of Genuine Worship.
	Presbytery of the James and Salisbury Presbyterian Church, Midlothian, VA Feb. 24, 2007
$750 Cascades Summer Conference – Proclaiming Christ’s Gospel in the 21st Century
	June 24 – 29, 2007 Kathleen Brown, Dean of the Conference 12010 NW Bassel Court Vancouver, WA 98685 360-573-3977 ofmyhands@gmail.com This event (Sunday afternoon – Friday afternoon) is a place where clergy & laity, young & old, singles & families join together for study, leisure, worship, fellowship, meals, inspiration, networking, and fun. This year, we are offering 16 classes, in addition to the daily keynote address and services of worship. During this conference, attendees are introduced to a wide variety of music that is used to enhance the two daily services of worship. Phyllis Tincher and Sean Rogers will the two music clinicians. The Revs. Tom and Patty Campbell-Schmitt will be the worship leaders. They are also talented musicians who will invite participants to sing the songs and pray the payers of the world church through a great range of music from around the world.
$750 Village Presbyterian Church, Escondido, CA Summer Music and Drama Camp
	July 9 – 13, 2007 Katy Lundeen Children’s Choir Director Village Presbyterian Church 1557 Jeffrey Ave. Escondido, CA 92027 We are planning a week-long summer music and drama camp for children from third grade through high school. During the week they will rehearse and prepare a musical to present at the end of the week. The younger kids will present “A Technicolor Promise” by Allen Pote. The teenagers will be preparing a musical about pride and fame based on the popular TV show entitled “America Ideal.” Expected attendance is at lest 80 kids from many churches al over the San Diego area. The purpose of the camp will be not only to prepare a musical to be used in a worship service later in the week, but to impress upon the children that worship comes in many forms. Just the process of rehearsing and preparing is an act of worship.
$500 First Presbyterian Church, Rome, NY Christine Anderson, Handbell Workshop
	Sept. 21-23, 2007 Tom McGibbon Bell Director First Presbyterian Church 210 W. Pine St. Rome, NJ 13440 315-794-7159 tmcgibbo@twcny.rr.com Handbell Performance, Handbell Workshop, and Sunday Worship Service performed and conducted by internationally renowned solo handbell ringer Christine Anderson. The PAM Seed Money Grant given for this event is to help fund the Handbell Workshop for area handbell choirs and directors on Saturday, Sept. 22.
$400 First Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, AR.
	Hymn Festival, Sat., September 22, 2007 Contact person: Dr. Stanley Livengood, Director of Music First Presbyterian Church, FT. Smith, AR Sponsoring groups: Arkansas Presbyterian Musicians First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Smith, AR Arkansas Presbytery Cluster VI churches The Arkansas Presbyterian Musicians (a collaborative association of Presbyterian musicians in Arkansas) and the Arkansas Presbytery Cluster VI churches will conduct a hymn festival presenting great hymns of the Christian faith from many representative styles. All adult and high school singers are invited to participate. Accompaniment will include organ and/or brass. Dr. Rager Moore, Director of Choral Activities, U. of AK at Ft. Smith, is the conductor. Dr. David Dyer, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Ft. Smith, is the liturgist. In addition, a conducting workshop will be offered for choir directors led by Dr. Livengood.