UCC Yearbook Extension and Update

Greetings!

Please read the message below from the Research and Data team at MESA about an important update regarding yearbook reporting. Because of the issue detailed below, the deadline for reporting for churches has also been extended to April 17th.

Message from MESA:

This is just to alert you all to a bug in the yearbook reporting form that prevents churches from uploading ministerial support data. When the section of the form is reached where users are asked to select the categories of minister they need to report for, there are no options to choose from. Alternatively, if the church has already entered support data, they are unable to add or update categories beyond those previously entered.

The problem seems to have arisen during a system update initiated by the vendor this morning to resolve several other issues. We do not know how many churches are running into the problem or long it will take to fix. For the time being, however, we are encouraging churches that do run into it to skip the section and go directly from finance to congregational engagement.

If they would like to provide the information directly, we have created an excel template that can be filled out and sent to research@ucc.org along with a definition sheet that covers each field. 

We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience and confusion that these website malfunctions continue to cause.

All the information you need can be find via the links below or on the Yearbook webpage by clicking on the button at the bottom of this email.

• Church Yearbook Instructions: DOC | PDF
• 12 Important Reasons to Report Annual Church Data 
• Yearbook Report Quick Reference

Click here to access tutorial videos and other resources. Beginning on page 15 of the “Church Instructions” you will find the worksheet which can be used before submitting your data in the UCC Database and Directories.

If you need assistance, please contact Naomi (admin@ilucc.org or 708-344-4470) Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Thank you for all your hard work in collecting and reporting. Your participation is the ONLY way our records are kept up-to-date.

As April 7th, only 95 of the Illinois Conference churches have reported. That means we still are waiting for 106 churches to report.

You may not be aware that our UCC Yearbook is a legal document. Each year the National UCC office is required to collect data from the UCC churches across the United States so that we comply and retain our umbrella 501(c)(3) status (which our churches use).

If your church doesn’t have the ability to report electronically, there is a worksheet starting on page 15. Fill it out and mail it to Naomi at the Conference office. Naomi has an extra TEN (10) days to input data after the deadline, but don't wait too long to send that form in the mail.

IL Conference

ATTN: Naomi

1840 Westchester Blvd Suite 200

Westchester, IL 60154