Responsible Stewardship

Welcome to the Finance & Administration homepage for the Mountain Sky Conference of The United Methodist Church. Please use the links to the right to navigate through this section.

Join the Responsible Stewardship monthly webinar every second Tuesday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom. Responsible Stewardship leaders Bruce Berger, Jana Collins, Angela Thomas, Deirdre McGee and others will lead pastors, treasurers/finance leadership and trustee leadership of all local churches on finance and administration topics.

Webinar schedule:

• April 13, 2021 - Online Giving:  Options, Advantages, and Disadvantages. 

• May 11, 2021 - Donations:  Designated, Restricted, or Unrestricted and How to Handle Them.

• June 8, 2021 - Annual Stewardship Campaigns.  

All Responsible Stewardship Webinars are recorded and available here within hours of the recording. 

Past webinars:

• Responsible Stewardship: March 9, 2021 Webinar (Whom do I call for...? Get to Know Your Conference Responsible Stewardship Staff)

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• Responsible Stewardship: February 9,  2021 Webinar (Church Administration: Legal and Trustee Matters)

• Responsible Stewardship: January 19. 2021 Webinar (Mission Shares and Apportionments: 2021 Process Updates)

• Responsible Stewardship: January 12, 2021 Webinar (EZRA 2021 for 2020 statistics)

• Responsible Stewardship: December 8, 2020 Webinar (Clergy Payroll: Administration & Processing Basics)

• Responsible Stewardship: November 10, 2020 Webinar (Church Budget)

• Responsible Stewardship: October 13, 2020 Webinar (Healthflex Exchange: Introduction and Next Steps)

• Responsible Stewardship: September 8, 2020 Webinar (Church Budget Preparation and Clergy Comp Form)

• Responsible Stewardship: August 11, 2020 Webinar (General and Jurisdictional Apportionments)

• Responsible Stewardship: July 21, 2020 Webinar (Property Liability Insurance and Health 2021 Plans)

• Responsible Stewardship: June 17, 2020 Webinar (2021 Annual Budget Q/A)

• Responsible Stewardship: March 30, 2020 Webinar (Finances/MSC Foundation)

Please feel free to contact the members of the finance office with any questions:

Angela Thomas, athomas@mtnskyumc.org | (303) 325-7051
Chief Financial Officer

Jana Collins, jcollins@mtnskyumc.org | (303) 325-7050
Benefits & Human Resources Manager

Julie Gladney, jgladney@mtnskyumc.org | (303) 325-7048
Administrative Support Services Manager

Deirdre McGee, dmcgee@mtnskyumc.org | (303) 389-9464
Property and Liability Insurance Coordinator

For more information about the administrative boards of The United Methodist Church, click the following links:

General Council on Finance & Administration

Wespath Benefits | Investments

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