Six Special Sundays

There are six church-wide Special Sundays that are designated with offerings that emphasize 13 ministries within our church. Because of United Methodist gifts on Special Sundays, vital ministries happen. The connectional ministries made possible through these offerings make a world of difference:

  • strengthening church and community outreach
  • enabling the United Methodist Committee on Relief to respond to need around the world
  • enhancing ministries with Native Americans providing much-needed scholarship and loan assistance.
  • nurturing peace with justice work at home and far away.

Human Relations Day
Through our gifts we:

  • provide community-based mentors and counselors who work with troubled teens
  • enable community workers to provide services such as food banks, job training, building rehabilitation and advocacy for the poor and oppressed

Native American Awareness Sunday
Through our gifts we:

  • Provide job training, child care, and cultural education
  • Make scholarships possible for Native-American students who are pursuing church-related vocations

Peace with Justice Sunday
Fifty percent of every dollar you give is put to work in your annual conference.
Through our gifts we:

  • Make educational opportunities possible that build awareness of issues about world peace and social justice
  • Fund work to intervene in cycles of spousal and child abuse, and violence among urban children and youth

One Great Hour of Sharing
Through our special One Great Hour of Sharing gift we reach out to those who need support and nurture physically and spiritually. By combining our gifts on this special day, we can respond through UMCOR wherever and whenever people struggle with situations beyond their control. Through our gifts we:

  • Underwrite the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
  • UMCOR mobilizes a network of volunteers to address critical needs in times of disaster
  • It also responds to the needs of the hungry and resettles refugees

United Methodist Student Day
Through our special United Methodist Student Day gifts we:

  • Provide undergraduate scholarships for students attending United Methodist-related schools and loans to students whose commitment is demonstrated by the lowest loan-default rate (0.1 percent) of any such program in the United States
  • Each year $50,000 is returned to annual conferences for merit scholarship awards to students of their choosing
  • Our gifts provide graduate and undergraduate scholarships and student loans to more than 4,000 persons

World Communion
Through our gifts we:

  • Provide Crusade Scholarships for international and United States racial - and ethnic - minority students to pursue graduate studies in theology, medicine and education
  • Fund scholarships for racial - and ethnic - minority persons seeking second  careers in
          church-related vocations
  • Support the Ethnic Scholarship Program for undergraduate students

For more information, visit the United Methodist giving website.