United Methodist Student Day

United Methodist Student day is celebrated the last Sunday in November (November 25, 2007). "United Methodist Student Day calls the Church to support students as they prepare for life in uniting faith with knowledge." (Par. 264.4, The Book of Discipline 2004).

In 1866 a special fund was established for the advanced education of Sunday-school children and the educational preparation of persons for the ministry and missionary service. The 1940 General Conference established Methodist Student Day with a churchwide offering. The 1968 Uniting Conference continued this connectional student-aid program to be funded by the United Methodist Student Day offering. Dates for taking the offering have changed through the years.

Thanks to our connectional system and the people called United Methodists, more than 3,000 students received a scholarship or loan to attend undergraduate or graduate school during the 2006-07 academic year. Approximately 400 are seminarians responding to their call to ministry and enrolled in seminaries and theological schools across the United States.

In 2005, the United Methodist Student Day offering totaled $489,116, an average of only 6cents per member. Remember $1 per member per Special Sunday offering makes a big difference! Please give generously.