United Voices for Children Celebrates Advocates
United Voices for Children brought advocates, church leaders and community partners together for its annual Raising Our Voices event on Sept. 24 at Grace UMC in Rockford, focusin…
Forms:
- Church Conference Forms
- Fund Balance Report to be completed in the People Portal (due Feb. 28, 2026)
- Background Checks (scroll down toward bottom of Safe Sanctuaries page)
- NIC Housing Covenant (passed at 2024 Annual Conference)
- Nominations
Resources:
Pastoral Transition Materials
- 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
- Clergy Housing Relocation Policy (effective March 2025)
- 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