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. Read more →

Related Resources

Church Property: Imagining Good Futures - A podcast from Wesleyan Impact Partners focusing on the broad range of questions related to church property in transition.
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
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. Learn more →

Upcoming Events

Lay Education Classes

Feb. 15 - Class Meetings Course - In-Person in Springfield
Feb. 15 - Ministry of All Believers - In-Person in Springfield
Feb. 22 - Christian Leadership and Casting a Visioning - In-Person in Kirksville
March 1 - Christian Leadership and Casting a Visioning - In-Person in Columbia
Mondays in March - UMC Polity - Online via Zoom

More Events

Jan. 28 - UMC Webinar on Immigration - TODAY
Feb. 4 - Jump Start: Leveraging Your Gifts
Feb. 21-22 - Converge Youth Conference
Feb. 24-25 - Beyond
March 4 - Jump Start: Supercharging Your Local Church Communications
March 7 - An Evening with Nadia Bolz-Weber

See the full events calendars at www.moumethodist.org/events

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