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UM General Agencies

GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Offers downloadable resources, including sermons, bulletins and worship and liturgical models. Order books, tapes, posters and other justice resources. Find and contact elected officials.

GENERAL BOARD OF DISCIPLESHIP or  www.gbod.org/worship
Contains worship planning and sermon helps, ways to use arts in worship, ethnic resources, ideas for contemporary, traditional and emerging worship, music downloads, seasonal ideas and the Revised Common Lectionary.

Visit the Division on Ministries with Young People's site. Download applications for grants and scholarships. Use the Division's Ministry Network and subscribe to e-newsletters for up-to-the minute information on what's going on with young people and their leaders around the world

Place online prayer requests. The Upper Room® Living Prayer Center forwards them to one of 300 Covenant Prayer Groups worldwide.
 
GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES
Links to New World Outlook and Response magazines.  Database of country profiles, containing general interest facts and figures as well as profiles of missionaries in those countries.

Download church bulletins and worship resources from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, make donations online.

Advance projects search, online donations.
 
GENERAL BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND MINISTRY
Education:
 Applications for loans and scholarships; resources for students and campus ministers; bulletin boards; links to the United Methodist Student Forum and Orientation Magazine Web sites, and a searchable database of United Methodist-related colleges and universities, campus ministries and seminaries in the United States.
Ministry:  Resources for those exploring calls to ministry. Lists of licensing and course of study schools, certification programs and links to scholarship applications.
 
GENERAL BOARD OF PENSIONS AND HEALTH BENEFITS
Links to Hark and You and Your Health newsletters, resources for anyone receiving health or pension benefits from the United Methodist Church.
 
GENERAL COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Searchable database of detailed descriptions of archived material, annual conference archives directory, various online archiving resources.
 
GENERAL COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN UNITY AND INTERRELIGIOUS CONCERNS
News for Our Ecumenical Colleagues (agency newsletter); grant applications; video, Internet and print resources.
 
GENERAL COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE
Pages devoted to each of the five recognized racial/ethnic groups (Native American, white, black, Asian/Pacific, Hispanic) with information regarding their work. Link to the UM Monitor. Download the Conference Commission on Religion and Race Manual.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS AND ROLE OF WOMEN
"Celebrating Women" worship materials, The Flyer e-newsletter.
 
GENERAL COMMISSION ON UNITED METHODIST MEN
Scouting resources, Bible study, United Methodist Men Magazine, "Hot Links" to other denominational Web sites.
 
GENERAL COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Downloadable financial, membership and legal reports for annual conferences, pastors, agency staff, general church financial data.
 
UNITED METHODIST COMMUNICATIONS
Communications resources, online training center, scholarship and fellowship applications.

Tech Shop: Provides ministry organizations with competitive pricing for professional technology hardware and software.

Resources for United Methodist Church giving programs

EcuFilm: Extensive selection of audio and visual materials for Sunday school programs, Bible studies and group discussions.

Igniting Ministry: Resources for the denomination's advertising and welcoming campaign.

Interpreter Magazine: The Web site for the denomination's ministry magazine.

Infoserv: Denominational information service.
 
UNITED METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Main page with links to all Publishing House publications: Christian Believer, Circuit Rider, Disciple, Newscope, Vacation Bible school resources,

Cokesbury online store.