Christian Education
CENTER/LEARN/SEARCH	Christian Education (national web page)	Pilgrim Heights schedule for summer 2010
Faith Formation workshop August 28

Pastors

Compensation Guidelines

Interim Minister Contract

Licensed Minister Contract

Resources for Pastors

Stewardship and Mission

Strengthen the Church offering bulletin inserts

Bulletin insert on immigration

Church World Service cleanup buckets and school kits: urgently needed! Guidelines here.

Justice & Witness newsletter May 2010

Insurance Board spring 2010 newsletter

UCC Volunteer Ministry opportunities
Back issues of the VM newsletter

Iowa Conference Stewardship and Mission

UCC Disaster Response Ministry
Iowa Conference liaison for disaster response

Thank Offering grants made last year (pdf)

Center for Victims of Torture--Iowa Project

Doug and Liz Searles missionary letter
AND a way you can make special gifts to the Evangelical Reformed Church in Poland, where they serve

Social justice grants are available from St. Paul's UCC in Westminster, MD. Go to their website to find out about it.

UCC Tools 

Our Church’s Wider Mission links to online resources and ideas for the promotion of Special Mission Offerings including Strengthen the Church, One Great Hour of Sharing, Neighbors in Need and The Christmas Fund.

 

Annual Stewardship Theme Materials including worship resources, posters, bulletin covers, theme related bulletin inserts, stationary including letterhead, envelopes and note cards, pledge cards for a single commitment, double commitment, faith-promise pledge, and a time and talent pledge card.

Capital Campaigns are much more fun with a team of experts. Priscilla Bizer and Susan Mitchell, UCC Capital Campaign consultants, can be reached by email or by calling 866.822.8224 Ext. 3834

Changing Lives testimonials and the Plain Talk video about Our Church’s Wider Mission are on the UCC channel on YouTube.

Electronic Giving makes it easy to receive offerings consistently, even when church members vacation or spend winters away.

Financial Wellness resources for your church members:

• Financial Literacy as recommended by the UCC Pension Boards offers helpful guidance through articles, tools and frequently asked questions for all financial stages of life.
  
• Financial Fitness through America Saves, a nationwide campaign with a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth. Another program congregations are using to help low-income seniors is a Benefits Check-Up offered by the National Council on Aging which directs you to over 1,550 public and private benefits programs from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Making Sound Strategic Choices in Anxious Times
Alban Institute consultants Susan Beaumont and Alice Mann offer UCC pastors some suggestions for guiding the budget making process during tough financial times.

Narrative Budgets including examples from nine UCC congregations.

Planned Giving resources are outlined online and can be mailed to you so please email or call 800 846-6822. Here are some examples of what other UCC churches are doing (online) in the area of financial development through donor education  and estate planning.

Stewardship Messages offer inspiring, biblically based reflections for use in your newsletter, on your bulletin board, website, as an insert in your giving statement or Sunday Bulletin. 

 

Insurance
Iowa Conference insurance agent: Marlene Hummel 327 Chestnut Atlantic IA 50022 (800) 438-2767 fax: (712) 243-6784 mehummel@qwestoffice.net	Conferences of the United Church of Christ Advisory Board 700 Prospect Ave, 5th Floor Cleveland, OH 44115 800.437.8830 www.insuranceboard.org

Other resources

Cell Tower Leases--Dos and Don'ts for Churches