Education & Empowerment

The second of our three key focus areas is Education and Empowerment. Our goal is to help provide a pathway out of poverty for our neighbors near and far, and we feel the best way to do that is to support education and job training programs. For people to have hope for the future, they need to see a pathway forward and a way to support themselves and their families.

Our current local partners focusing on this area are Third Presbyterian Church, Epworth Children & Family Services, Presbyterian Children’s Homes & Services, and our church’s Early Childhood Center. In addition, we support the PC(USA) Theological Education Fund for seminary scholarships; we provide scholarships for three students at the Nyaka School in Uganda; and we provide scholarships for students in our partner community of Plan Grande 2, Nicaragua. Click here for more information on Plan Grande 2, the scholarship program, and our annual mission trip to Nicaragua.

Plan Grande Students
Plan Grande Students
Nyaka Students
Nyaka Students

Dorothy Meyer Grants

In 2019 WGPC's Mission Commission announced awards of special development grants to St. Louis non-profit organizations totaling more than $330,000 to be granted over a three year period. Read more about the gifts given to Fathers and Family Support Center, St. Louis Internship Program, International Institute of St. Louis, and Urban Sprouts Child Development Center.

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