For more information on any of these educational offerings, please contact Rev. Jim Mentzer, Director of Planned Giving, at 800-555-4718 or by e-mail: . Most can be customized to meet the needs of your congregation.

Planned Giving

• An Introduction to United Methodist Foundation
• An Introduction to Planned Giving in the Local Church
• Creative Ways of Giving
• The Basics of Estate Planning
• Gifts From The Heart: Charitable Giving Strategies
• The Inside Scoop on Charitable Gift Annuities
• Forming an Endowment Committee

Stewardship & Debt

• Biblical & Theological Dimensions of Stewardship
• Why We Apportion: Insights into Our Apportionment system
• Getting Out Of Debt
• Good Sense: A Christian-based Budgeting Course

Financial Planning

• Seven Steps to a Golden Retirement
• Things They Didn’t Teach Me in Divinity School: Financial Planning for New Pastors

United Methodism

• Who Was John Wesley?
• A Brief History of the Methodist Church in America

 

"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life."

- Edwin Markham