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Iowa Conference: Treasurer’s Notes June 2025


 

Rev. Ron Carlson, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services


Is your church having trouble getting property insurance? Have your rates risen exponentially? I am in the process of gathering churches that may be interested in forming a group to attain property insurance. In my conversations with the broker, we will need at least 50 churches for insurance companies to begin to take notice. If your church is interested, please fill out this form.

Summer is coming fast. July marks the beginning of a new appointment year for several of our pastors and churches. One of the keys to our connectional church is the system we have in place for appointing clergy to local churches and charges. Our prayers go out to those pastors and churches as they begin their transitions. The beginning of a new appointment is the best time for the incoming pastor and the new church to review the benefits selected on the Form I. Please, be sure to reach out if you have any questions pertaining to the Form I.

A full copy of the 2026 proposed budget guide can be found here. This document contains information about the process, where money is going and how different programs are funded. There are graphs and descriptions that are designed to simplify the process that can seem daunting.


Summer is a great time to encourage Stewardship by aiming for more people to commit to ongoing support. This will look different in each church, but Vanco is a preferred partner of the UMC. They have strategies and tools that will help you increase the number of folks who are giving on a regular basis.


June 1, 2025Giving God, we thank you for these gifts and offerings, your word reminds us that you will be sending your helper to be with us. Help us to share more fully in your name. Let us use these gifts to grow your kingdom and your people. AMEN.

June 8, 2025Jesus as we give these gifts for your ministries we are reminded of that first Pentecost Sunday, your first followers who gave everything to your ministry were on fire for you. Use these gifts to grow your kingdom and strengthen all of your people. It is with and through you that we can make a difference. AMEN.

June 15, 2025Wonderful God, as we gather to try and understand who you are and how you love us today, receive these gifts. Use them in ways that only you can, to make disciples and change the world. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.

June 22, 2025Holy Spirit, as you help us to love those we do not want to love, help us to see that together we make a difference through and with you. Take these offerings and use them to build us in to difference makers, inviting others to join us as we transform the world. In your name, AMEN.

June 29, 2025 – Lord, as we do everything that we can to simply follow you, help us to understand the importance of our giving to your work in that following. Help us to see and hear and act in ways that bring glory to you and your name. In your name we pray, AMEN.

 



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