A Flexible Spending Account to Anticipate Your Healthcare Needs

No one knows what tomorrow may bring, so anticipating financial needs for unrealized medical expenses can be difficult to navigate.

As UCC clergy, lay workers, or caregivers, planning for your needs may often fall to bottom of your list as your primary concern is those you serve. However, there is strategy and a Pension Boards’ health benefit for setting aside funds to help you meet unexpected healthcare costs — the Flexible Benefit Plan for UCC Ministries, also known as a Flexible Spending Account, or FSA.

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What Do You Mean There’s a ‘Secret Sauce?!’

Seven simple life-giving practices for a healthy you
By Barbara E. Livingston, D.Min., LMHC, DipACLM

It’s no secret that organized religion has been and continues to face many significant challenges. A common casualty of these times is that those serving in active ministries often experience what is commonly referred to as “career overwhelm” and are living life on the edges of burnout.

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