Church leaders across the connection are asked to help build awareness of our United Methodist Vision. Encourage your congregation to celebrate the ways they are already living the Vision, and to find new opportunities to love, serve and lead in your context.
Use the below toolkit of resources to spread the word about the Vision in your congregation, district and annual conference.
Local church support tools
A printable Local Church Reference Guide gives you a summation of the Vision, ideas for incorporating the Vision’s key messages into your church’s DNA, and strategic questions congregations can consider as they embrace and live into the Vision.
If you’re seeking ideas for sharing the Vision in your church, check out an article packed with practical tips.
As you include information about the Vision on your website, in e-newsletters or on social media, link to the member-friendly landing page at UMC.org/vision, which offers a high-level summation.
Join the conversation on social media. When you create or share stories that exemplify the Vision, use #LoveServeLeadUMC. Search the hashtag for inspiration.
Videos
Three distinct video resources are available to better explain the Vision and its roots:
Bishops’ message (4-minute runtime): This video features five denominational leaders who present the Vision, detail how it was crafted and explain its purpose. It is best suited for a church leader audience.
Reference guide companion (2-minute runtime): This video is best paired with the local church reference guide as you build awareness about the Vision in your congregation.
Social media explainer (1-minute runtime): This is a short, social-media friendly video created with church members in mind. It presents the Vision and then explains how our Mission and Vision are related. It’s available in landscape (for use in a presentation or in a Facebook post) or in portrait (for Instagram reels and stories).
Download Horizontal Social Video
Download Vertical Social Video
Vision Branding Toolkit
These creative guidelines provide an overview of key design elements for promoting the vision. With downloadable graphics, instructions for fonts and colors, helpful links and more, this toolkit provides all assets and directions needed to align the UMC Vision branding with your local church.
Promotional products
From magnets and stickers to banners and shirts, you can order products that will build excitement about the Vision.
Commentaries and features
Learn about the Vision from varying United Methodist perspectives:
- Devotional for church members: We are the church together
- Podcast: Wesleyan wisdom for today's UMC
- General Commission on Archives and History: A new (old?) vision for The UMC
- General Commission on Religion and Race: 10 ways to live into the UMC Vision through your antiracism journey
- General Board of Global Ministries: The United Methodist Vision and the work of Global Ministries
- General Board of Higher Education and Ministry: The United Methodist Vision and the work of the Higher Education and Ministry
- General Board of Church and Society: How Church and Society supports the UMC Vision
- Discipleship Ministries: Love Boldly, Serve Joyfully, and Lead Courageously: Discipleship That Transforms – Part 1 of 3
- Church of the Resurrection: UMC Vision sermons and daily devotions
- United Methodist Communications: The UMC Vision and Wesley's definition of a Methodist