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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please see the note below regarding a new
option available for clergy to pay their contribution to the Ministers’
Transition Fund if they are enrolled. This option allows the contribution
to be withheld on an after-tax basis from payroll and included on the monthly
pension bill sent to the church. Let us know if you have questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> JoAnna Cafferty <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 17, 2008
12:02 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Christine Dodson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> MTF billing blurb</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Here's the blurb regarding the new MTF
billing option. Please pass it along to the Local Church Treasurer's
listserv. Thanks!!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>NEW Ministers' Transition
Fund Billing Option </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Effective January 1, 2009, those
clergypersons who are enrolled in the Ministers' Transition Fund (MTF) and are
under active appointment to a local church or an extension ministry have a
NEW option to make their annual contribution payment. Members may choose
to have their annual contribution divided into equal monthly payments, withheld
from their salary on an <u>after-tax</u> basis, and included on their monthly
pension bill from the NC Conference. The Conference Board of Pensions,
which administers this fund, hopes this billing option will ease the burden of
making a lump sum annual payment. To sign up for this billing option,
visit the <a href="http://www.nccumc.org/treasurer/pensions.htm"
title="http://www.nccumc.org/treasurer/pensions.htm">Pensions Page </a>on the
Treasurer's Office Web site or contact JoAnna Cafferty (1-800-849-4433 ext.
225). In order for this option to be effective in January 2009,
enrollment forms <u>must be completed and submitted</u> <strong><b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>no later</span></font></b></strong>
than <strong><b><u><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>December
15<sup>th</sup><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></u></b></strong><strong><b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:normal'>so
that the January pension bill to the church will be correct</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>.</span></b></span></font><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=teal face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>JoAnna Cafferty</span></font></b></strong><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>NC Conference
of the United <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>Treasurer's
Office - Benefits Team</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>Pension Program
Administrator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>1-800-849-4433 x
225</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal'>jcafferty@nccumc.org</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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