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Church Building/Renovation Grants Continue!

The Board of the Development Fund for Kentucky and Tennessee and the Foundation for the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences is pleased to announce the continuation of the Development Fund grant program in 2022.  Last year, this program provided 45 grants to churches and ministries in the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences for a total [...]

Applications Open January 1 for UMHEF Scholarships

Applications will open January 1 for United Methodist Higher Education Foundation Scholarships.  Click the link for more information. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR UNITED METHODIST STUDENTS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN NASHVILLE, TN  |  United Methodist students attending or planning to attend the University of Tennessee Southern may qualify for scholarships from the United Methodist Higher Education [...]

By |2021-12-09T15:04:36+00:00December 9th, 2021|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Loan Forgiveness Program Change

Key Loan Forgiveness Program Change May Help Church Workers with Student Debt Education department expands eligibility after 2017 Trinity Lutheran decision—but acceptance is still no certainty. Matthew J. Branaugh, Attorney | Editor, Content and Business Development Bio https://www.churchlawandtax.com/web/2021/august/church-workers-pastors-loan.html?utm_source=Church%20Finance%20Update%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=53876&utm_content=6412&utm_campaign=email

By |2021-08-09T19:29:05+00:00August 9th, 2021|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Second Quarter 2021 Market Perspectives from Colony Group

Good afternoon: The bull market is alive and well as the S&P 500 posted its strongest first-half-year gains since 1998. However, last winter’s optimism over the development of effective vaccines and an economic reopening has given way to anxiety over inflation, employment, and decelerating growth. In the latest Market Perspectives, our Colony Investment Leadership Team [...]

By |2021-07-15T20:37:19+00:00July 15th, 2021|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

First Quarter 2021 Market Perspectives from Colony Group

Good afternoon, Trading in investment markets over the past twelve-plus months has been extraordinary. Aggressive monetary and fiscal policy responses and the medical community's rapid development of effective vaccines marked the fastest recovery from a bear market in history. In the latest Market Perspectives, our Colony Investment Leadership Team focuses on: How the secular changes [...]

By |2021-04-20T14:43:26+00:00April 20th, 2021|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

UM Foundation Awarded Lilly Grant

The United Methodist Foundation for the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded a grant from the UMC Clergy Well-Being Initiative. This award is funded by a grant to the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits of the UMC by the Lilly Endowment Inc. Working in conjunction with the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences, the grant will [...]

By |2021-03-23T18:05:24+00:00March 23rd, 2021|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Updated UM Foundation/Development Fund Protocol

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to [...]

By |2020-03-22T20:39:12+00:00March 22nd, 2020|United Methodist General News|0 Comments