JULY 2019
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SCHOLARSHIP PROFILES PAGE 2
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PARISHIONER HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 8
ST.MARK’S NEWS
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Monthly Digest
July 2019, Issue 4
Scholarships Awarded to High School Graduates Sunday, June 2, four of St. Mark’s high school graduates received scholarships from the St. Mark’s Men’s Group Scholarship Committee: Clay Buckner, Claire Cabler, Claudia Janes (not pictured), and Luke Thiessen. All four have been active at St. Mark’s, which is a stipulation of the scholarship. The scholarship is funded by St. Mark’s Men’s Group. Phil Aboussie, committee member, shares this story, “Our former rector, Rev. Bill Bennett ask about having a small golf tournament with the Men’s group. I told him that I would organize a golf tournament on the condition that we make it a fundraiser for scholarships for our graduating seniors. After our first tournament, I established a scholarship committee within the Men’s Group, and scholarships have been awarded every year. I chaired the committee and ran the golf tournament until 2017.”
Phil Aboussie
Left to right: Fr. Zac, Claire Cabler, Clay Buckner, Luke Thiessen
“Our first scholarship was only $200 and went to Tim Tennant, son of Amy & Rick Tennant. We now award Scholarships of up to $1500 and have awarded over $60,000 in Scholarships since we started,” Phil added. In 2019 four scholarships were awarded in the amount of $1500 each. As the fund has grown, so has the amount the Scholarship Committee has been able to distribute.
On the following pages are the essays written by each scholarship recipient, as part of their scholarship application. 1