{"id":13112,"date":"2024-05-01T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/?p=13112"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:13:32","slug":"2024-key-taylor-award-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you attending a rural United Methodist Church? Do you pastor a rural United Methodist Church? Is your church making a difference in your community?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rural Church Fund (Key Taylor Award) was&nbsp;<strong>created in 1958&nbsp;<\/strong>as a permanent endowment fund with the United Methodist Foundation, Inc. as trustee. The idea for the Fund came from the Rev. Key W. Taylor and the Commission on Town and Country of the Conference Board of Missions, and the purpose was established \u201cto provide a permanent source of funding to benefit rural churches of the North Carolina Conference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we honor Reverend Taylor\u2019s passion for ministry and mission in the Rural Church, serving Jesus, making disciples, and loving God\u2019s people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year,&nbsp;<strong>$1567.00<\/strong>&nbsp;will be awarded from The Rural Church Endowment.&nbsp;The award, sponsored through the United Methodist Foundation, is to call attention to the mission work of all rural churches by honoring the specific achievements of one rural church. Rural church nominations for consideration for the Key Taylor Award are&nbsp;<strong>due by May 31, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/key-taylor-award\/\">Learn More and Submit a Nomination<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you attending a rural United Methodist Church? Do you pastor a rural United Methodist Church? Is your church making a difference in your community?&nbsp; The Rural Church Fund (Key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-13112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-healthy-congregations","tag-outreach-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you attending a rural United Methodist Church? Do you pastor a rural United Methodist Church? Is your church making a difference in your community?&nbsp; The Rural Church Fund (Key [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Outreach Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amanda Packer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nccumc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nccumc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amanda Packer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amanda Packer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35a3e68b00ed81e1439d938a3e4ae505\"},\"headline\":\"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/key-taylor-2024.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Healthy Congregations\",\"Outreach Ministry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Announcements\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/\",\"name\":\"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/key-taylor-2024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/key-taylor-2024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/key-taylor-2024.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/\",\"name\":\"Outreach Ministry\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/nccumc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nccumc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/nccumc\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/outreach\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35a3e68b00ed81e1439d938a3e4ae505\",\"name\":\"Amanda Packer\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","og_description":"Are you attending a rural United Methodist Church? Do you pastor a rural United Methodist Church? Is your church making a difference in your community?&nbsp; The Rural Church Fund (Key [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/","og_site_name":"Outreach Ministry","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc","article_published_time":"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amanda Packer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nccumc","twitter_site":"@nccumc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amanda Packer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/"},"author":{"name":"Amanda Packer","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#\/schema\/person\/35a3e68b00ed81e1439d938a3e4ae505"},"headline":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications","datePublished":"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/"},"wordCount":188,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg","keywords":["Healthy Congregations","Outreach Ministry"],"articleSection":["Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/","name":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications | Outreach Ministry | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-01T21:54:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-06T20:13:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2024\/05\/2024-key-taylor-award-applications\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2024 Key Taylor Award Applications"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/","name":"Outreach Ministry","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#organization","name":"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc","https:\/\/x.com\/nccumc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/nccumc"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/#\/schema\/person\/35a3e68b00ed81e1439d938a3e4ae505","name":"Amanda Packer"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/key-taylor-2024-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Amanda Packer","author_link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/author\/apacker\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13112"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13172,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112\/revisions\/13172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}