News from us [link removed] Jan. 28, 2025
Heavy Pressure: Obtaining Liability and Property Insurance

The local church insurance market has been challenging, and even that feels like an understatement. Rev. Nate Berneking, Conference director of finance and administrative ministries, shares seven tips for local churches on acquiring property and liability insurance in this challenging market. [link removed] Read more →
Related Resources
[link removed] Church Property: Imagining Good Futures - A podcast from Wesleyan Impact Partners focusing on the broad range of questions related to church property in transition.
[link removed] Navigating the Insurance Market: Strategies for Local Churches in Uncertain Times Webinar Recording - A webinar recording covering the current state of the insurance market for United Methodist churches
[link removed] Property 101 Webinar Recording: The Do’s and Don’ts of Selling, Renting or Sharing Church Property - A webinar recording on best practices for leaders interested in doing a new thing with their church’s property

New Institute for Modern Worship Partnership
The Missouri Annual Conference has partnered with the Institute for Modern Worship to offer tailored coaching and consulting for worship ministries. Through this partnership, your church can receive up to four, FREE coaching hours with an IMW Worship Consultant. [link removed] Learn more →

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Jump Start Workshop on Leveraging Your Gifts
We all know the feeling of being in the zone. What would your ministry look like if your work felt that way more often? Join us for our first Jump Start workshop of 2025 on Feb. 4. Together we’ll consider questions around leveraging our gifts, and the gifts of our ministry teams, for greater Kingdom impact. You’ll leave with practical advice and solutions that can be immediately implemented in your ministry context. [link removed] Learn more and register →
More Events
Jan. 28 - [link removed] UMC Webinar on Immigration - TODAY
Feb. 10 - [link removed] Clergy Tax Webinar
Feb. 21-22 - [link removed] Converge Youth Conference
Feb. 24-25 - [link removed] Beyond
March 4 - [link removed] Jump Start: Supercharging Your Local Church Communications
March 7 - [link removed] An Evening with Nadia Bolz-Weber
[link removed] See the full events calendars at www.moumethodist.org/events

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