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Foundation provides covid relief

Foundation provides $250,000 matching grant for COVID relief

As the pandemic slowly begins to loosen its grip in the United States, the economic reality is still having an impact across the Florida Conference. Like many businesses, restaurants and schools, United Methodist churches are maneuvering and making adjustments to contend with the ongoing effects of COVID-19. Some have emerged with a few battle scars […]

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Umbrella Insurance

Experts say insurance is key to healthy financial future

When my teenaged daughter was at fault in a car wreck, five people sought representation from personal injury attorneys. I recognized them from the billboards along Interstate-4. The settlement conference could have been a nightmare. Fortunately, my family’s insurance plan provided adequate coverage that included umbrella insurance, which covers assets at risk in a lawsuit. It

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Foundation Consultation

Foundation chooses new consultant for investment funds

The Florida United Methodist Foundation has switched to CAPTRUST Financial Advisors to assist in managing its investment funds, effective April 1. DiMeo Schneider and Associates Inc., a Chicago-based investment company, had been advising on the funds since 2014. The change was made to help Florida Conference churches and affiliated agencies that invest in the funds achieve

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IOF Youth

Loan helps church multiply potential, focus on mission

What started out as two projects at Isle of Faith United Methodist Church became five. And then members started funding others. The Rev. Will Clark said it was like a loaves-and-fishes miracle. The catalyst? A $225,000 loan from the Florida United Methodist Foundation’s Development Fund, coupled with the congregation’s creative hard work to stretch the funds even further.

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Youth at tamiami

Foundation invests more than $65,000 in ministries for next generations

It’s a Thursday evening under the wooden pavilion at Clearview United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg. The pleasant scents of food cooking on the grill fill the cool December air. Hungry, masked faces make their way toward the table, and people young and old sit on wooden pallets and folding chairs before a movie screen. It’s the

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Laticia Scriven with Students

FAMU Wesley Foundation continues rebirth in new home

When the Rev. Dr. Latricia Scriven arrived in Tallahassee as a visiting professor of mathematics at Florida A&M University (FAMU), she was looking forward to checking out the school’s United Methodist campus ministry. To her surprise, the Wesley Foundation had closed in late 2014. Scriven, who received her Master of Divinity degree from Gammon Theological

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