Peace with Justice Sunday
Peace with Justice Sunday is one of the six Special Sundays of The United Methodist Church. How does your offering make a difference? Since the receipts of this offering are divided equally between your annual conference and the General Board of Church and Society, there are many programs near you and across the world! For example, a church ministry in Tennessee helps youth reconcile with their families, while child soldiers in Liberia are rehabilitated. The possibilities go on and on. Peace With Justice Sunday is May 18. For more information, or to make an online donation, visit
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Native American Ministries Sunday
Native American Ministries Sunday is one of the Six Special Sundays of The United Methodist Church. Observed every year on the third Sunday of Easter, this special offering makes available scholarships for Native American seminarians and helps in the vital work of nurturing mission education and opportunities across our Native American communities. Look for this Special Sunday Offering in your congregation.
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One Great Hour of Sharing
A Gift to One Great Hour of Sharing (one of six Special Sunday offerings of The United Methodist Church) advances the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The OGHS offering provides the critical funds for administrative and operational needs of accomplishing disaster relief work around the globe.
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Leadership Development Grants
Each year, as funding allows, 250 students in the United States and abroad receive Leadership Development Grants. These are used to help pay for graduate education. Criteria for the grants include an expectation that students will actively work in communities of need following their studies. Gifts to General Board of Global Ministries—Mission Contexts and Relationships helps provide the grants.
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Human Relations Day
United Methodist Human Relations Day, a Special Sunday of The United Methodist Church, is observed annually on the Sunday immediately following the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday. This Special Sunday supports the Community Developers, United Methodist Voluntary Services and Youth Offender Rehabilitation Program by calling for all of God's children to realize their full right and potential as human beings in relationship with one another.
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Our Mission Presence
January 2008: The mission presence of The United Methodist Church is in 125 countries and mission personnel are deployed in 63 countries. Mission presence may be a clinic, a hospital, an orphanage, microenterprises that stimulate economies, new congregations, and hundreds of other places of witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through mission presence.
Tax Law Encourages Philanthropy
Mary Gates is a lay member of the Minnesota Annual Conference and serves as a Global Ministries director. She explains how stewardship opportunities can also offset cumbersome tax implications; a gift to mission and a gift to yourself!
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United Methodist Student Day
United Methodist Student Day, a Special Sunday of The United Methodist Church, is observed annually the last Sunday in November. This Special Sunday makes available scholarships and loans for students attending United Methodist related and other accredited colleges and universities.
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Pension Protection Act
The Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 and 2007 permits donors with traditional or Roth IRAs to make tax-free gifts in any amount, not to exceed $100,000, to qualified charities. This new law is especially beneficial to persons 701/2 years of age and older facing tax implications for voluntary and mandatory IRA fund withdrawals.
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Covenant Relationships
Congregations, whatever the size, consistently witness to experiencing spiritual growth when involved in mission beyond themselves. A covenant relationship is as small as $5 per member per year! Currently, less than 10% of our more than 35,000 US congregations are participating in a covenant relationship.
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