AbleLight and Bethesda Auxiliary Scholarships

$3,000

Due: May 10, 2026

Description

The Auxiliary Scholarship Committee is offering scholarships to students pursuing undergraduate degrees and seminarian and post-graduate students that will prepare them for ministry (such as pastor, pre-seminary and deaconess studies, deaconess, director of Christian education, or special-needs teacher), so they will have an opportunity to share Jesus' love and the Gospel message with people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Applicants must be an active, communicant member of a Lutheran congregation. Undergraduate students must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and have a career objective in the field of ministry with people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Seminarians and post-graduate students must be a current college senior, a person accepted to begin seminary or post-graduate studies in the fall, or currently classified as a first-year or second-year student at any Lutheran seminary. Students going on to their internship or vicarage year do not qualify. They must have a commitment to include people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the local parish, giving them the opportunity to study God's Word and serve. Applicants must submit documentation of 100 hours of service to people living with developmental disabilities. Four letters of recommendation, from a pastor, professor, and two non-family members, are also required. Pictures of applicants volunteering or interacting with people with developmental disabilities must also be submitted. Permission to use pictures will be required of each person in the picture. Applicants may also submit any other material that will assist the committee to better know the applicant. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

Level of Study

College Junior College Senior Graduate Student

Majors

Religious Studies

Scholarship Type

College Student Community Service Disability Master's Degree Merit-based