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Stewardship Resources
Ken Sloan with Discipleship Ministries does an excellent job of sharing stewardship resources. These are at no cost to you because you pay for them through your general church apportionments. The stewardship section of the Discipleship Ministries offers a wide...
Listening As Communication
Communications is telling the story of Jesus and his love. Communications is sharing the lives changed because people give to the church. Communications is also listening to others. Sometimes, I have assumed to know what my wife is thinking. After almost forty years,...
The Spencer Award
For over fifty-years, the Mississippi United Methodist Foundation has assisted churches and individuals in telling the story of Jesus and his love. One way we do so is through assisting individuals in creating an endowment fund. Mrs. Sadie S. Thorn and Mr. Frank E....
Communication Is Vital
You have probably seen the polls that show that very few people attend a congregation because of the pastor. The majority attend a congregation for the first time because a member invited them. The same works with an invitation to generosity. Most folks will never...
Telling The Story
Everything we do as Christians tells the story of Jesus and his love. Sometimes we do the telling with great intention and other times we miss the mark. I want others to know about the good news of Jesus Christ. I want people to know the never-ending love made known...
Foundation Scholarship Deadline is April 1, 2019
The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation offers scholarships for college students through a partnership with the Wood College Foundation and scholarship endowments held at the Foundation. Foundation Scholarships are not just for students attending United Methodist...
Foundation Funds Support Churches in Telling the Story of Jesus
The story of Jesus and his love is at the heart of all that we do at the Foundation. Our purpose is to provide the resources needed for churches and individuals to tell the story of God’s love in Jesus Christ. We seek to provide the best returns on funds deposited...
Creating a Scholarship Endowment
Telling the story of Jesus and his love calls us to find ways to touch future generations of believers. One way to do so is through scholarships for our United Methodist students. All of the scholarships awarded by the Foundation come from endowments created by...
General Conference 2019
You will read this article after the conclusion of the Called Session of General Conference in St. Louis. Various groups will be offering their version of what took place or did not take place. The full impact of the decisions made or not made will take time to...
Elevator Pitch
You may or may not be familiar with the term, “Elevator Pitch.” The term refers to being able to tell your story for support in the length of an elevator ride. Yes, I know that some elevators are faster than others. The essence of the idea is that an invitation for...
New Things
“Therefore, if any person be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”- 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV On November 27th, 2007, I raised my hand in Jackson, Mississippi, and swore an oath to protect and defend this Nation...
All Saints
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”- Hebrews 12:1 I...
Planning For Year End Giving Campaigns
“So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” “Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.”- I Corinthians 10:31 NLT Now is the perfect time to start thinking and preparing for your end of year giving campaign and were going to take a few...