Forms

Remittance Forms - Churches/Individuals

Remittance Forms for Churches:

Remittance Form for Individuals (Any Conference):

Church Yearbook Reporting

Submitting your church’s yearbook information keeps data up-to-date on the UCC’s Find a Church feature, Access UCC, and the annual Yearbook Directory. This information also helps the denomination track trends so they can better serve our local churches. Yearbook data is electronically recorded every year between January and March. The 2023 deadline is March 1st, 2023 at 10:59pm CT. If you neglect to update your yearbook data, the program will continue to list the last recorded year’s data which results in inaccurate tracking and can make it harder for new congregants to find you. Need your church’s ID number? Check on your church statement. Further questions? Check out the resources below.

Steps to ease the reporting process:

Do you have specific Conference-related questions? Call one of our offices and leave a message identifying that you have a question about Yearbook Reporting and be sure to include your Church/Association/State and contact phone number.

Des Moines Office: 515.277.6369

Sioux Falls Office: 605.338.8738

Background Checks

Background checks are used as a part of creating safe, hospitable, and just environments in our congregations and ministry settings.

The Conferences use two different background checks depending on your role in ministry: Praesidium and Oxford. A Praesidium background check is used by congregations running background checks for their volunteers, pastors wanting to be on the pulpit supply list, and people discerning a call to authorized UCC ministry. An Oxford background check is used for those in the ordination process, those ordained UCC needing to renew the Oxford report, and non-UCC pastors interested in search and call in the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences of the UCC.

Visit our Abuse Prevention Policies page to learn about and submit background check forms.

Iowa Funding Future Leadership Scholarship

The Iowa Conference is delighted to offer these Funding Future Leadership Scholarships through the generous giving of many of our churches during a special offering which is taken early in the year. The 2023 offering will be taken on January 15th, but churches can take this special offering at a time that works best for them. Funds for the 2023 scholarship must be received by March 5th, 2023.

To apply for funds, you must be:

  • A Members in Discernment (MiD) in the Iowa Conference United Church of Christ
  • Enrolled at least half time in seminary

If you meet these requirements, please complete and submit the following application materials:

  1. The completed application form.
  2. A letter of reference from one of the following: discernment advisor, seminary faculty member, Academic Dean of the seminary, or other UCC minister with standing.
  3. A 250-word response to the following questions: Why are you pursuing seminary education? What are your long-term goals?
  4. A letter attesting to your standing from the pastor of sponsoring church.

    Please send all application materials via email to Sue Johannsen or to the following address:

    ATTN: Funding Future Leadership
    3014 Provence Ln
    Muscatine, IA 527671

    Incomplete applications will not be considered for a scholarship award.

    DEADLINE: April 15th, 2023

    Questions? Email Sue Johannsen.

    South Dakota Educational Scholarships

    The South Dakota Conference UCC values education, young people, and those who answer a call to ministry at any age. To support all those who God calls to serve in many professions for the work of ministry, we offer scholarships each year to high school seniors, undergraduates, graduate students, and seminarians active in their South Dakota UCC congregations.

    Scholarships may also be available to applicants pursuing programs not offered in South Dakota institutions. Some special funds are earmarked for those who are entering into ministry as a second career and have the challenges of family, jobs, and extra travel.

    The amount given varies from year to year.

    The 2024 application will be available soon.

    All applications require the following:

    • General application with essay and transcript
    • Pastor reference
    • Educator reference

      If you have any questions, please feel free to call the SD Conference office at 605.338.8738 or send an email to info@ucctcm.org.

      Submit an Event

      Email event information to info@ucctcm.org to share an event or program for the wider Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences of the United Church of Christ.

      Information Review

      The time has come for the 2023 Information Review! Information Reviews are requested each year for those with UCC Ministerial Standing as part of the requirement for Good Standing.

       

      The 2023 Information Review is due by Friday, April 28th, 2023.

       

      If you are serving UCC churches in Iowa, Nebraska, or South Dakota, but are authorized for ministry by another denomination, or are in the process of becoming a UCC minister, we appreciate you also completing this form.

       

      Please fill out the form in its entirety, to the best of your knowledge. Once submitted, the Tri-Conference Ministries will forward this information to the appropriate Committee on Ministry (COM) or Church and Ministry (C&M) Committee.

       

      Questions? Contact Jane Estrada at jane@ucctcm.org or 605.774.3530.

      Exempt Standing Application

      Who is Exempt Standing for?

      Exempt Standing is a ministerial standing for Ordained Ministers who continue to affirm their ordination and commitment to the United Church of Christ, but who choose to (or are unable to) engage in public ministry.

      What is this application and how does it work?

      This application outlines the roles and responsibilities of Exempt Standing as part of the mutual discernment between an Ordained Minister and Committee on Ministry (ex. COM, C&M) before Exempt Standing is granted. After receiving this application, the Committee will review it, have conversation with the minister, and determine whether to grant Exempt Standing. An Exempt Standing Covenant must be signed by the Minister and Committee before the process is complete.

      There are two ways to fill out the Exempt Standing Application Form. The first way is to do it online and the second way is to download the PDF document, fill it out, and return it via post to the Des Moines Office or via email to info@ucctcm.org. The online version of the form is quickest and easiest for most people, but the PDF document version of the form is useful if you need to print and mail it.

      Thank Offering Grant Request Form

      From time to time, the Iowa Conference receives funds from local churches designated for inclusion in the Iowa Thank Offering Fund. This is a temporarily restricted fund and grants may be made from the Fund only to Iowa entities. Grants are awarded annually. The purpose of this policy is to establish procedures for use awarding grants from this Fund.

      View the Form

      Iowa Campership Scholarship

      The Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ recognizes the importance of experiencing God in many ways and in many places. One of these opportunities is through attending Church Camp. The Iowa Conference also recognizes that there are many barriers that may limit an individual’s ability to attend Church Camp: distance, schedules, finances, etc.

      The Iowa Conference, in an effort to encourage as many individuals to attend Church Camp, has created the following Campership Policy.

      • The Iowa Conference will award a campership of $50 to the first 100 individuals who apply.
      • Each person will need to completely fill out the campership request form and have it signed by their pastor or board moderator/president.
      • The Church Camp attended must be a part of our Formula of Agreement partners’ denominations (United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), the Reformed Church in America (RCA) or Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)).
      • The Church Camp attended should be within the Iowa Conference boundaries.

      Campership Request Forms should be returned via email to ACM Rev. Kendy Miller or via post to:

      The Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ
      5609 Douglas Ave.
      Des Moines, IA 50310

      Notification of receiving a campership will be sent to the recipient and the campership will be sent to camp/church/individual.