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Rev. Kelly Flood
Vice President for Advancement
Greetings:
Considering a gift to Starr King School? Invest in scholarships to send students to our international immersion programs in Turkey and Rome. For example, fifteen students, along with faculty, head to Konya on the central Anatolian steppe of Turkey in December 2011 for the third Rumi Immersion program. They join thousands of international students, scholars and pilgrims who come each year to honor Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, the great Sufi theologian, mystic and poet of the 13th century. Concerts, lectures, and ceremonies take place throughout the day and late into the night for much of December, culminating in a memorial ceremony at the moment of his passing.
Scholarships dollars are given to all students who attend to defray the cost of the trip. A gift of $100 to $1000 will make a significant difference. You can donate online from our secure site (select student financial aid under designation of dollars) or send a check to Starr King School, 2441 LeConte Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709.
If you should have any questions, please call me directly on my cell phone at 859-221-3107.
Warm regards,
Rev. Kelly Flood
For planned gifts or gifts of stocks, call me at 859-221-3107 or e-mail me at kflood@sksm.edu and I will be happy to help.
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Starr King School gratefully accepts donations by cash,
check or credit card. Gifts of stock and property are
also welcome, as are deferred gifts.
You can send contributions by mail to:
Advancement Office
Starr King School for the Ministry
2441 Le Conte Ave. Berkeley, Calif., 94709
Please make checks payable to “Starr King School
for the Ministry” and note any specific program
you would like to support in the subject line.
To make a credit card gift, contact the Advancement ofice, (510) 549-4711.
Listen to SKSM M.Div. student Elizabeth Marsh eloquently describe why you should help support the education of diverse and committed Unitarian Universalist leaders for the future.
Supporting student-centered, multi-religious, counter-oppressive theological education is at the heart of our scholarship program. As you can see from the partial list below, our current scholarship funds honor Unitarian and Universalist saints, prophets and cherished leaders:
- Josiah and Laile Bartlett Scholarship
- Mark Mosher DeWolfe Scholarship
- Aron and Eve Gilmartin Scholarship
- Earl K. Holt, III Scholarship for parish ministries
- Patti Lawrence Fund for Congregational Studies
- Olympia Brown Scholarship for women and ethnic diversity
at Starr King
- Gordon and Phyllis McKeeman Scholarship for study
of Universalism
- Harry B. Scholefield Scholarship
- Charlotte Shivvers Fund for Ministries for Social
Change
You’re invited to join our scholarship founders
by making a contribution to honor one or all of these
models in ministry. A gift in their honor will support
theological education for the next generation of progressive
religious leaders.
For more information on giving to these scholarships,
or establishing a new scholarship in honor of someone
you admire, contact the Rev. Kelly Flood, Vice President for Advancement.
The hallmark of a theological education at Starr King
School is the close, personalized attention our students
receive from a core faculty who engage our students
in a learning process that embodies Unitarian Universalist
values.
Gifts are invited for the following:
Til Evans Professorship of Religion and Education
Named in honor of the Rev. Dr. Til Evans -- a Unitarian
Universalist minister, longtime teacher and former Starr
King president -- this professorship reflects the school's
enduring commitment to liberal religious education.
The professorship is designed to promote Dr. Evan's
encompassing approach to the practice of religion and
education, one emphasizing that the church teaches and
learns by what it does.
We eagerly anticipate the good work we’ll accomplish
when we can bring additional faculty to Starr King.
Your financial support is needed and most welcome.
For more information on supporting these Starr King
professorships, contact the Rev. Kelly Flood, Vice President for Advancement.
Sustaining Fund
Our $265,000 Sustaining Fund is our “living endowment,” the result of hundreds of supporters across the continent who choose to make giving to Starr King School an annual investment that helps promote their most cherished values. The Sustaining Fund advances our mission by making possible the salaries of our capable faculty and staff; the maintenance of our small, beautiful building; the development of our educational programs; and the growth of our annual financial aid for students.
Key to the continuous growth in our Sustaining Fund is membership in our Giving Circles: The Benefactors Circle is composed of Starr King friends whose lifetime giving totals $100,000 or more or who contribute $10,000 or more each year; The President's Circle is composed of dozens of Starr King supporters who contribute $1,000 or more each year; The Friends Circle is composed of hundreds of Starr King supporters who contribute under $1,000 each year.
To become a member of any of these giving circles, contact the Rev. Kelly Flood, Vice President for Advancement.
Planned Giving
Many donors choose to leave a legacy of lasting value by supporting the work of Starr King School through a planned gift.
Planned gifts come in all shapes and sizes to accommodate each estate plan. There are three basic gift types:
- bequests of cash, securities or property
- life income arrangements
- transfers of assets, such as life insurance or pension plans.
The Legacy Circle is made up of Starr King friends who have remembered the school in their planned giving -- a practical way to support the ongoing vision of this progressive educational institution without affecting a donor's current finances.
Starr King School is happy to respond to your questions and help you prepare for a consultation with your accountant, financial advisor or other tax professional.
We welcome your call anytime for a no-obligation conversation about your estate planning options. Thank you for remembering Starr King School for the Ministry in this important decision.
For more information about planned giving, contact the Rev. Kelly Flood, Vice President for Advancement.
Balázs Scholars Program
The Balázs Scholars Program at Starr King is named in honor of Francis Balázs, a Transylvanian writer, social reformer and Unitarian minister who attended the school in the 1920s.
Every year the program brings a Unitarian minister from Transylvania to study at Starr King. These visiting scholars, selected by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, are among the new religious leaders working in a country where Unitarianism dates back to the 16th century.
The Balázs Scholar infuses the education of all Starr King students with the deep faith, commitment and endurance of our Transylvanian Unitarian brothers and sisters, who live with the daily threat of religious and ethnic persecution.
These scholars also enhance North American Unitarian Universalism through their preaching, teaching, lecturing and worship with congregants in home churches and at Unitarian Universalist gatherings.
Read more from Balázs Scholars about their Starr King experience and how it influenced their Transylvanian ministries.
To contribute to the Balázs Scholars Program, contact the Rev. Kelly Flood, Vice President for Advancement at kflood@sksm.edu.
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