Philpott Student Bursaries 2025
The Philpott Memorial Church Bursary Committee aims to support students who are pursuing post-secondary studies and have financial need. We have three bursaries available to qualifying students in post-secondary studies: for Bible College or Health Sciences. Our Bursary Committee will consider all applications and recommend that the successful candidates receive a maximum of $1,000 for a full-time student and $500 for a part-time student. Amounts may vary with the number of applications received. Bursaries will be awarded once per school year. After approval by the Board of Elders, a cheque will be made payable to the student.
To qualify, a student must be a member or adherent of Philpott Memorial Church, and active in the life and ministry of Philpott. Alternatively, any member or adherent of Philpott who was active in the life and ministry of Philpott before moving away to school, and who still considers Philpott to be their home church.
Please forward completed application forms and questions to the church office.
Deadline for application is August 31, 2025.
-Larry MacDonald
(Bursary Committee Chairman)
Criteria
Danby Bursary:
1. Must be a member or adherent of Philpott Memorial Church.
2. Must be active in the community and ministry at Philpott.
3. Must be needing support to attend Bible College or Seminary classes.
Smithson Bursary:
1. Must be a member or adherent of Philpott Memorial Church.
2. Must be active in the community and ministry at Philpott.
3. Must be taking courses in Health Sciences.
Process
Applicants must fulfill the above criteria.
An online application may be filled out at any time during the current year but must be submitted by August 31, 2025. An applicant cannot apply more than once in a fiscal year.
a. The Bursary Committee will review the applicants for all bursaries and approve a list of recipients by September 30, 2025.
b. The list of the proposed bursary recipients will be given to the Elders Board for their approval at the October board meeting.
c. Danby & Smithson Bursaries: The Capital Fund Treasurer will inform the Bursary Committee of how much money is available from the Bursary investments to be paid out to the bursary applicants. The amount available for each bursary will be divided amongst the applicants for that bursary, at the discretion of the Bursary Committee.a. The Elders Board will review the applicants at the October board meeting.
b. A list of recipients will be approved.
c. The Elders Board will provide a list of recipients to the Capital Fund Treasurer who will do the appropriate bookkeeping, process the cheque for each recipient and mail it to them by November 1, 2025.