Unique Capital Campaign Drives Massive Results

Unique Capital Campaign Drives Massive Results

ARVADA, COLORADO: “Do NOT turn in your pledge card today!” This is the first time members of Arvada United Methodist Church had ever heard these words from Dr. Amy Gearhart. That’s because this campaign was different. It was intended to benefit the long-term future of...
Avoid Financial Misconduct

Avoid Financial Misconduct

Avoid Financial Misconduct(better known as FRAUD!) In my time in this position, I have witnessed several churches experience fraud. One person was prosecuted to the full extent of the law; this was their third offense for fraud. Nobody at the church had checked their...
Tech and Faith: Is God In Control of Your Operating System?

Tech and Faith: Is God In Control of Your Operating System?

Chris Portell, Founder of Tech I.T. Up Grand Junction, COLORADO: Western slope churches are reaching youth with innovative program that teaches young people about God while they learn how to build computers. “Instilling the love God has for us into our children is one...
Reducing Stress for Pastors $250 at a Time

Reducing Stress for Pastors $250 at a Time

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO: During the Christmas season last year, Methodists Helping Methodists was asked to build programming to assist churches with their finances. During this process, we discovered that church leaders, especially appointed pastors, were...
Community Garden Transforms Lives

Community Garden Transforms Lives

LAKEWOOD, COLORADO: The Methodists Helping Methodists Foundation had the pleasure of partnering with Lakewood United Methodist Church by providing a grant to help build a community garden. What seemed like an ordinary garden project on unused land has amounted to...
Estate Donation Leads to Grant Program

Estate Donation Leads to Grant Program

We honor the life and lasting legacy of Yvonne Carlyon, a Saint of Methodists Helping Methodists Foundation. In 2011, when she died at the age of 96, she left the remainder of her estate to the Foundation. This gift created a dramatic shift in our ministry and...
Sunday Service in Hindi, Spanish & English

Sunday Service in Hindi, Spanish & English

What do you get when you cross a United Methodist Church with a Hindi truck driving school in a Hispanic and Native American community in Utah? Answer: Tooele Community United Methodist Church. The Foundation learned about this amazing, multicultural church because it...
Food Bank Grows 61% in Eight Years

Food Bank Grows 61% in Eight Years

Eight years ago, Pierce United Methodist Church received the first grant award from the Methodists Helping Methodists Foundation. Today, the church food bank has added three freezers and now serves 100 families per month, a 61% increase. They continue to be a beacon...