Exhibitors
UCC Financial Ministries
The Pacific Northwest Conference is pleased to welcome the United Church of Christ Financial Ministries to our 2026 Annual Meeting. Please be sure to visit their tables. For more information, click here – https://uccfinmin.org/
Church Building and Loan Fund
Rev. Drew Terry, Mission Interpreter
Our vision is to transform communities by helping the Church live into God’s economy. We assist new and renewing congregations with programs and services that help a congregation plan, raise, finance, and build projects, including property and social enterprises, that advance the mission of the church. We do this through various programs including mission and vision events, capital campaigns, and other services to help churches thrive in their mission.
Cornerstone Fund
The Cornerstone Fund helps local churches, and non-profit organizations create change within their communities. And we’re building transformative products that empower these communities and help our clients earn even more on their investments.
Insurance Board
Dena Johnson, Dana Doheny, Jamie Toombs
Insurance Board is a financial ministry committed to protecting churches and ministries through comprehensive property, liability, auto, and workers’ compensation insurance products — all anchored in shared trust and sacred responsibility.
We proudly serve churches and related entities within the United Church of Christ, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reformed Church in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Alliance of Baptists.
In addition to our insurance offerings, Insurance Board provides a wide range of risk‑management tools and loss control resources to help ministries stay protected, along with training and educational support designed to strengthen the ministries we serve.
For more information about the Insurance Board, their mission, vision and values, click here – https://www.insuranceboard.org/about-us/
Pension Board
Paul Ramsey
As a nonprofit financial ministry, The Pension Boards–United Church of Christ, Inc. (PBUCC), along with our philanthropic partner, the United Church Board for Ministerial Assistance (UCBMA), serves those who serve the church with care, clarity, and compassion.
Ministerial Resources
Through financial guidance, leadership development, and crisis response, we offer practical tools and compassionate support. for ministries so they can flourish and better serve their communities
Retirement & Health Benefits
In partnership with UCC churches and organizations, we provide comprehensive benefits for clergy, lay employees, and caregivers in health and human services including: A lifetime retirement income plan; health, dental, and vision coverage, including a Medicare Advantage plan for individuals 65 and over; and Life and disability insurance
Stewardship & Legacy
Through UCBMA, we offer stewardship and legacy programs that sustain ministry and build a stronger future. From faithful giving and planned gifts to innovative partnerships, we help individuals and congregations invest in ministry for generations to come. For over 100 years, The Christmas Fund, a special UCC offering, has provided emergency assistance and benefit supplements to clergy and lay employees.
United Church Funds
Matt Wagner, Vice President, Institutional Relationships
United Church Funds (UCF) is the leading provider of investment management and planned giving services to the United Church of Christ (UCC) churches and ministries and faith-based organizations beyond the UCC. As a trusted investment partner for over 1,100 clients and responsible for over $1 billion in assets under management – including many of the UCC’s largest and most historic endowments – UCF offers sustainable and responsible investment funds designed to help faith-based organizations grow and preserve their financial legacies.
Our family of funds enables churches and ministries to customize their investment portfolio according to their risk tolerance, time horizon and return objectives.
Sustainable and Responsible Investing. All of our funds are invested responsibly, which enables us to focus our efforts on maximizing impact, including a commitment to Diversity,
- Equity and Inclusion, and climate justice.
- Professional Management.
- Strategic Asset Allocation.
- Dedicated Infrastructure.
- Continuous Oversight.
Serving as a trusted investment partner for churches and faith-based organizations for over 100 years, UCF has an in-depth understanding of your unique financial needs and goals – as well as the guiding principles and missions that inspire you.
Other Exhibitors
Association of United Church Educators
Rev Ted Huffman
The Association of United Church Educators is a resource for Christian Educators and Faith Formation leaders in UCC congregations. Membership grants access to a large database of resources, job listings, events, and more. The AUCE table will also feature the new book, “Conversations with Creation”, by AUCE Board Member Ted Huffman.
Bob Anderson and His Art
Come and see the art of Rev. Bob Anderson of the Guemes Island UCC.
Book Exchange
Rev. Dee Eisenhauer
We will be having a free book table at the Annual Meeting again this year. If you have books you no longer need, or wish to pass on to your neighbors–primarily those that are related to church, theology, biblical studies, social justice, worship, etc.–bring them along to share. Perhaps you will find some books that will be of interest to you that you can take home. You need not donate books in order to adopt books! Consider this a temporary little free library with no strings attached, a way to share the wealth.
Faith Action Network
Elizabeth Dickinson, Partnership Coordinator
Faith Action Network is a statewide, multifaith partnership striving for just, compassionate and sustainable communities through courageous advocacy and public action. Together with many UCC congregations and individuals in Washington, we advocate for state and (some) federal policies that protect immigrants, support affordable housing and health care, promote economic justice, cultivate environmental sustainability, enact carceral justice reform and strengthen pluralism. We also create and collaborate in opportunities for multifaith solidarity.
Faith in Motion
Rev. Kelsey Beebe
Faith in Motion is a ministry of embodied faith. We believe faith is not something we just think about, but something we practice; it informs how we live and move and have our being. Through workshops, retreats, preaching, our podcast, and various resources, we invite folks to come experience God’s love, then go embody that love in the world. Learn more and get connected at dancingpastor.org.
Ministry Resource Committee
Rev. Jenn Hagedorn
Come and see how you can get involved in the Pacific Northwest Conference. Learn about the various ministries and committees. This committee seeks to promote diverse membership on all the committees – diversity along racial and ethnic lines, and diversity of age, gender and gender expression, sexual orientation, and geographic location as well as a balance of lay and clergy members on the committees.
PNCUCC Camps
Mark Boyd, Executive Director of Outdoor Ministries
Visit our Outdoor Ministries table and learn about the two camps of the Pacific Northwest Conference.
The Christmas People Foundation
Rev. Fred Hutchinson and Dr. Ruth Bishop
Our 28th year, The Christmas People Foundation provides meals, provisions,
socks, hats and gloves to underserved, unhoused and marginalized people in
our midst. Partner with us to provide 50% more socks/hats/mittens than you are able
to purchase in a big box store.
Thrive International
Anna Bondarenko
Thrive International empowers refugees and immigrants to move from survival to thriving through transitional housing, education, and personalized support in Washington State. Together, these gifts invest in both the next generation of our church and neighbors rebuilding their lives with dignity and hope. For more information: https://thriveint.org/