Six special churchwide Sundays with provide for
churchwide offerings shall be celebrated in each United Methodist
Church to express our commitment.
Purpose.--The purpose of the churchwide offerings...The purpose of these
funds shall remain constant for the quadrennium., and the
net receipts shall be distributed on ratio to the administering agencies by the
treasurer of the General Council on Finance and Administration (See ¶
916.7 and ¶ 906.1d). The funds shall be promoted...
Each offering shall be promptly remitted in full by the local church treasurer to the Annual Conference treasurer, who shall transmit the funds in full , except where noted differently below, to the General Council...
1. Human Relations Day--Human Relations Day shall be observed with an
offering, preferably during the Season of Epiphany on the
Sunday before the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday with
an offering recommended by the General Council on Finance and Administration
and adopted by the General Conference. This Sunday occurs during
Epiphany, is the season of manifesting God's light
to the world...The purpose of the day is to further the development of better
human relations through funding programs determined by the General
Conference upon recommendation of the General Council on Finance and
Administration after consultation with the General Council on
Ministries.
For the 1993-1996 quadrennium tThe offering receipts
will be allocated and administered as follows:
a) Community Developers Program: 57 percent (administered by the
National Division, General Board of Global Ministries).
b) United Methodist Voluntary Services Program: 33 percent (administered
by the National Division, General Board of Global
Ministries).
2. One Great Hour of Sharing--One Great Hour of Sharing shall be
observed with an offering, preferably on the fourth Sunday of
Lent....All local churches shall be fully informed and encouraged to
receive a freewill offering in behalf of the relief program. The
observance...through the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the
U.S.A., it being understood, however, that receipts shall be
administered by The United Methodist Church. Net receipts from the offering,
after payment of the expenses of promotion, shall be remitted by the treasurer
of the General Council on Finance and Administration to The United
Methodist receipts shall be administered by the United Methodist Committee
on Relief Department of the General Board of Global Ministries, to be
administered by that department.
3. World Communion Sunday--World Communion Sunday shall be observed with an offering, preferably on the first Sunday of October....
The net receipts, after payment of promotional costs, Over
one-half of the offering receipts must go to ministries beyond the United
States of America. The receipts shall be divided as follows:
a) 50 percent for Crusade Scholarships, to be administered by the Crusade Scholarship Committee of the General Board of Global Ministries;
b) 35 percent for the Ethnic Scholarship Program; and
c) 15 percent for the Ethnic In-
Service
Training Program; the last two to be administered by the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry. Over one-
half
must go to ministries beyond the United States of America.
4. United Methodist Student Day--United Methodist Student Day shall be
observed with an offering, preferably on the last Sunday in November,
or another Sunday appropriate to the local church. United Methodist Student
Day calls the Church to support students as they prepare for life in uniting
faith with knowledge. The United Methodist Student Day offering, taken
annually on the last Sunday in November, shall be received for
tThe offering receipts support the United Methodist
Scholarships and the United Methodist Student Loan Fund. (The changes
in ¶275.4 become effective upon the adjournment of the 1992 General
Conference.) Net receipts from the offering, after payment of the expenses of
promotion, shall be remitted by the treasurer of the General Council on Finance
and Administration to The funds shall be administered by the
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, to be administered by
that board.
5. Peace with Justice Sunday--Peace with Justice Sunday shall be
observed with an offering, preferably on the Second Sunday of Pentecost.
Pentecost celebrates the outpouring of the holy spirit calling for God's
shalom. Peace with Justice...Net receipts from the offering will be
distributed as follows:
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a b) The Annual
Conference treasurer shall retain 50 percent of the receipts
moneys for Peace with Justice Ministries...
b c) The Annual Conference treasurer
shall remit the remaining 50 percent of the receipts
moneys to the General Council on Finance and Administration.
Net receipts from the offering after payment of the expenses of
promotion shall be remitted by the treasurer of the General Council on Finance
and Administration to the General Board of Church and Society The
Funds shall be administered by the General Board of Church and Society for
Peace with Justice Ministries.
6. Native American Awareness Sunday--Native American Awareness Sunday
shall be observed annually with an offering, preferably
on the third Sunday of Easter....
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a b) The Annual Conference treasurer
shall retain 50 percent of the receipts moneys for the
developing...
b c) The Annual Conference treasurer
shall report gross receipts and remit the remaining 50 or 100
percent of the moneys receipts as applicable to the
General Council on Finance and Administration.
c d) After the payment of
the expenses of promotion, the treasurer of the General Council on Finance and
Administration shall remit 50 percent of the net receipts to the General Board
of Higher Education The funds to be distributed include 50 percent
to the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry to provide
supplementary scholarships for Native Americans attending United
Methodist schools of theology. and
d) tThe remaining
other 50 percent of the fund shall be distributed
to the General Board of Global Ministries to expand the number of target cities
in their Native American Urban Initiative.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21634-GJ-275-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference