Luther's Vasquez-Levy receives grant

Luther Pastor David Vasquez-Levy has been awarded a $15,000 Pastoral Study Project grant from the Louisville Institute to support his project, "People on the Move."

"People on the Move" will be the conclusion of Vasquez-Levy's one-year sabbatical project to develop materials based on interviews, community forums and small group Bible studies that connect biblical narratives with contemporary migrations narratives.

"I want to focus the final three months of my sabbatical making those insights available to congregations through on-line Bible study and preaching resources," said Vasquez-Levy. "I hope to draw on biblical migration narratives and the parallel experiences of immigrants to provide insight into the broader church's life and ministry in a highly transitional world."

Part of the People on the Move project includes collaboration with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services to develop a networking site titled "Faith on the Move."

Pastor Vasquez-Levy said Faith on the Move is intended to contribute to the important conversation about immigration by placing it in the larger context of our stories of faith. The site explores the connections between stories of migration and those of the Biblical texts.