Church Council
FUMC’s Stewardship Committee asks us to reflect on how we spend our time.
Church Council Documents
Church Council Minutes
Committee Report
Finance Reports
Charge Conferences
Church Council Minutes
Committee Report
Finance Reports
Charge Conferences
Church Council Minutes
Committee Reports
FUMC Church/Charge Conferences
Approximate location of property owned by FUMC indicated on the map outlined in blue. Possible sale of this property was the subject of the August 6th meeting.
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Listening Session Responses
Compiled list of responses to questions posed in the Listening Meetings
There is a different color of print for each of the meetings
The ‘/’ symbol means the same idea was expressed by more than one person at the meeting
(click the question to read the list of responses)
- Question 1: What makes you want to come to church?
- Question 2a: What is FUMC doing well to meet your needs?
- Question 2b: What is missing? What is FUMC not doing to meet your needs?
- Question 3: How important is it to you that FUMC exists in ten years?
- Question 4a: What components of a worship service are most important to you?
- Question 4b: What is missing (from worship service)?
- Question 5: What number of worship services would you like?
- Question 6: Is there anything you would like to add that hasn’t been included in the previous questions?
Disaffiliation
Click here to read the letter compiled by FUMC’s Church Council and Pastors in April 2023.
Click here to read Bishop Oliveto’s post Annual Conference 2023 reflection.
From Adam Hamilton. June 9, 2023
“I have never felt more hope for the future of the United Methodist Church.” This was the sentiment expressed last night as I met with Resurrection’s laity and clergy attending the Great Plains Annual Conference.
Despite the Annual Conference approving 155 disaffiliations, most of the delegates from the remaining 750 churches were energized. They are proud of being a church where all are welcome. They are clear that our work is to be used by God to draw people to Christ, to help people grow in their faith, to care for the people in the congregation, and to inspire and equip their congregations to serve as Christ’s hands and feet in their communities and throughout the world.
They also know that, despite claims from some in the GMC, United Methodists continue to hold to the historic essentials of the Christian faith as captured in the creeds.
There was excitement, too, as our approach to the faith seems to be drawing young adults to want to be a part of this new beginning for United Methodism. We have the largest class of newly ordained or commissioned people I can remember (nearly 50). Most are young adults who are committed to Christ and the future of the UMC.
It was fun to hear from pastors and churches that are growing and reaching new people. An African pastor serving a predominantly Anglo church in Kansas told me how they had tripled in size in the last couple of years, from 100 to 300 in worship. One female pastor working 1/4 time came to tell me that her church had grown from 13 people to 21 – her church had grown by 62%!!! Another pastor told me the church she serves has grown from 20 to 55 over the last couple of years! A lay woman with small kids shared her story during Conference reporting that, after her church voted to disaffiliate, she and 30 others from her congregation that wished to remain United Methodist started a new congregation in a borrowed space. Her enthusiasm was contagious!
There were, of course, pastors and laity that reported that their churches had gone through the discernment process regarding disaffiliation and had lost people, but most of these pastors and laity seemed hopeful too. One woman noted that the people who remained in the congregation were more passionate about their faith and that the conflict had actually led them to a deeper commitment to Christ and to the church’s mission and its welcome of everyone in their community.
I wish God’s blessings on each of the church’s that disaffiliated. These are our brothers and sisters and they will reach people our UM congregations may not reach. But I’m proud to be a United Methodist and excited about what God is doing, and will do, through United Methodist Churches in the years ahead!
The chart shows the latest data we have on disaffiliations in the US. Of those churches disaffiliating, it appears 2,000 to 3,000 have or will join the GMC and the GMC will have about 450,000 members. Another 2,000 will be non-denominational or join another Methodist denomination. The UMC will have 24,000 to 26,000 churches with about 4.5 million members.
Finance Meeting Notes
Finance Reports
FUMC Loveland Financial Information
through January 2025
Income YTD $ 52,287.50
Expense YTD $ 70,249.77
Surplus/Deficit YTD $ (17,962.27)
Budgeted Income YTD $ 87,968.50
Budgeted Expense YTD $ 82,096.49
Budgeted Surplus/Deficit YTD $ 5,872.01
Thank you for your generous giving. Feel free to contact Karen Lumpkin at Business@fumcloveland.com if you would like additional financial information.
Property Sale Information
On January 31st the sale of the 10 acre church property on 57th Street was completed. We received $412,041 in proceeds from the sale. Many thanks go out to members of the Trustee Committee including Vicky Shields and Debbie Tikka for their management of this process. Rob Proctor managed the real estate transaction on behalf of FUMC and Mike Westbrook worked with the Finance Committee on the investment strategy.
There are restrictions on how the funds from the sale can be used. These limits are based on the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. We have followed up with the District Office for precise information. Essentially, proceeds from the purchase can only be used for capital expenditures. FUMC will be able to use dividends, interest and capital appreciation on our investments for any church expenses.
– The definition of capital expenditures is, funds used by the church to acquire, upgrade and maintain physical assets such as property, buildings, technology or equipment.
– The minimum amount for such expenditures will be $1500 (and expenditures would come through Trustees/Church Council).
– FUMC (via Finance Committee) intends that the proceeds from the sale will be managed by the United Methodist Foundation through the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. This approach will save on overall cost of investments and provide us with a professional organization on which to rely.