YOUR LOCAL FAITH COMMUNITY

Many churches have existing endowment funds, and almost all are welcome to the creation of new ones if there’s not an existing one that meets your goals. Contact your pastor, a church trustee, or a member of your church’s endowment committee for more information. Your gift could support:

• Mission Fund – for ministries that bless those within and beyond our local community.

• Building Fund – for maintenance, care, improvements, and construction of physical facilities.

• General Endowment Fund – for special needs and ministries determined by the church leadership.

BISHOP’S MISSIONAL FUND - 4801A

Gifts to this pooled endowment empower our Bishop to respond to unanticipated and immediate financial needs of organizations, initiatives, churches, and persons as they attract or request her/his support. As the spiritual and temporal leader of our Conference, the Bishop will use the income of this fund to be in mission with those he/she encounters who are in need and to offer a sign of hope to fellow members of God’s “sent” community.

Since its establishment in May 2006, this fund has helped to provide:

• Supplies for local youth volunteers in mission as they helped people left homeless in the wake of Hurricane Katrina;

• Airfare for far-flung siblings in Christ to the memorial service of Tom Dahl, Chancellor of the Alaska Missionary Conference, who died while helping to rebuild a church that had been destroyed by Hurricane Rita;

• A safe vehicle for a survivor of domestic violence.

Camp & Retreat Ministries

Many leaders and members of the faith communities we serve have deep connections to the United Methodist Camps in our area. “A tremendous number of calls take place at camp; and the health and vigor of the whole Annual Conference is dependent, to a large extent, on the health and vigor of our camping program.” —Rev. Melvin Woodworth The following pooled funds support camping ministries:

UMOI Camp and Retreat Ministries General Investment Fund: 36060B
UMOI Camp and Retreat Ministries Council of Advocates Endowment Fund: 6060B
UMOI Camp and Retreat Ministries Campership (scholarship) fund: 6060AP
UMOI Camp and Retreat Ministries “Time to Grow” campaign: 6064A
Alton L. Collins Retreat Center Maintenance fund: 6080AP
Pacific Northwest Camping Board of Stewards endowment: 1134A
Pacific Northwest Camping Campership (scholarship) endowment: 1134C
Pacific Northwest Camping Board of Stewards maintenance endowment: 1134D
Camp Indianola endowment: 1032A
Lazy F Camp endowment: 1034B
Twinlow Camp endowment: 1068B

Don’t see your favorite camp on the list? That just means they don’t have any permanent funds set up with us yet. You can still make a gift to Faith Foundation for that camp’s benefit. Contact staff@faith.foundation for more information.

ALASKA missional district

Society of the Northern Light (general endowment): 8001A
Thomas H Dahl New Church Start Fund: 8001D
Thomas H Dahl Native Minstries Fund: 8001E

Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference

Clergymates Emergency Fund: 6070AP
Continuing Education Endowment: 6071AP
United Methodist Men: 6011A
Oregon-Idaho Conference Investment Fund: 600CP

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

United Methodist Women: 1046A
Historical Society: 1114A
Church & Society Action Team: 4802A

FAITH FOUNDATION NORTHWEST

In faith and gratitude, we steward God’s gifts to serve all God’s people.

General endowment fund: 4106B
Operating Fund: 1106A

broader united methodist endowments

The Hope for the Children of Africa Endowment enables United Methodists to effect long-term change and prevent poverty on a continent that so desperately needs support for decades to come. The UMC Foundation, in partnership with the Council of Bishops has established a permanent endowment fund to ensure a steady fl ow of resources for this important initiative.

The Upper Room Endowment supports the various programs that draw people’s attentiveness to God through a pattern of daily prayer, reflection on scripture, and response to God’s call.

The General Board of Discipleship Endowment supports the ongoing efforts to improve and expand the GBOD’s considerable array of programs, with their basic goal remaining ever-constant “Disciples made, Christians formed, leaders developed, the church renewed, the world transformed.”

The Legacy of Leadership Endowment provides support for dedicated church staff and volunteers who dearly want to partake in camp and retreat opportunities, but cannot afford to do so. Additionally, this fund opens new opportunities for participation by communities currently under-served by our camp and retreat ministries, including diverse ethnic groups, those living in poverty, and persons challenged by handicapping conditions.

The JUSTPEACE Endowment supports resources and opportunities for reconciliation within and among churches. JUSTPEACE offers processes that genuinely engage churches in reconciliation through mediation and practices such as listening for understanding, speaking the truth in love, and using our imagination.

The Advocacy for Women Endowment Fund was started by the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to bolster development and empowerment of women and girls with the funds needed to make their ministries a reality.

The Woodie W. White Endowment supports the mission and ministry of the General Commission on Religion and Race – to ensure its vital future and support for racial justice ministries for years to come.

The Bridges of Unity - Ecumenical & Interfaith Endowment. Established by the General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns, this fund supports the ecumenical and interfaith ministry of the UMC.

The Hispanic/Latino Ministry Endowment was established to secure the future ministry for those who value unity between the Hispanic/Latin cultures of the United States and Puerto Rico. This endowment will also support those who advocate for the full inclusion of Hispanic/Latino peoples within society and our churches.