Creatively connecting over the summer
During the summer, many churches in Northern Illinois face declining attendance as families focus on vacations and outdoor activities. However, churches have found creative ways to engage…
Forms:
- Church Conference Forms
- Fund Balance Report (due Feb. 28, 2024)
- Background Checks (scroll down toward bottom of Safe Sanctuaries page)
- Nominations
Resources:
Pastoral Transition Materials
- Pastoral Transitions Workshop June 6 (pdf) June 8 (pdf)
- Contribution Election (UMPIP)
- Ethics of Our Life Together (pdf)
- Social Media Guidelines
- Suggestions for Churches with a Single Pastor
- Suggestions for Churches with a Young Pastor
- Suggestions for Churches with a Clergywoman
- The First 90 Days
- Why Women are Clergy
- Transition Resource
- Parsonage guidelines
- 50 Ways to Welcome Your New Pastor
- 50 Ways to Improve Pastoral Transition
- The Right Start: Beginning Ministry in a New Setting — COVID-19 Supplement
- Employer Assistant Program (EAP) Fact Sheet
- Movies & Books for Intercultural Studies
Rule of Christ Documents
- For a training video, manual and documents click here.
Sexual Harassment Documents