About Us
About Us Learn more about our conference, mission and team About the IKC The Indiana-Kentucky Conference is a Just Peace, an Anti-Racist, an ONA, and a WISE (Welcoming, Inclusive, Supporting and Engaged) for Mental Health Conference whose mission is to live in covenant, connecting and equipping local ministries to love and serve like Jesus. Our Staff The professional leadership of the IKC These are the people who help support our ministry and mission, both in the Conference office and among our congregations. Our Staff IKC Leadership Learn about our Conference Board The IKC is governed by a slate of volunteers…
Disaster Response
…if a future event occurs. DPRMT is a team of ten volunteers from throughout the conference who meet 2 times a year at the conference office in Indianapolis and several other times through zoom conference calls. For more information about getting involved with this team, please contact the IKC office, attention Rev. Greg Denk, IKC Disaster Coordinator. Donate to the DPRMT If you’d like to help our efforts, but cannot volunteer, consider making a donation to the IKC DPRMT. Where it says “Add special instructions to the seller,” please type in “DPRMT” so we can be sure your donation gets…
Search, Call and Congregational Transitions
…Health Plan Information IRS Business Mileage Reimbursement Rates Congregational Transitions The Indiana Kentucky Conference Transitions Team (IKCTT) The Indiana Kentucky Conference Transitions Team (IKCTT) assists congregations during times of transitions, This Team specializes in helping local congregations navigate the challenges and options that accompany a transition time. The vision of the IKC Transition Team is to nourish, resource, and challenge congregations experiencing transition in hope of discovering new and revitalizing expressions of life empowering ministry. Members of the IKC Transition Team have served in IKC for at least 2 years, completed Basic Christian Coach training and participating in one or…
WISE for Mental Health
Click Here to Read the IKC WISE Covenant WISE for Mental Health The IKC supports the health and wholeness of churches and clergy https://vimeo.com/1143671350 The IKC is a WISE for Mental Health Conference In 2020 at our Annual Gathering, the IKC voted to become the third WISE (Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged) for Mental Health Conference in the UCC. (Read the resolution here.) This team works to offer mental health support and educational resources, as well as to support congregations who are entering the WISE for Mental Health discernment process. Click Here to Read the IKC WISE Covenant. WISE Team…
IKC Resources
…Conference Annual Reporting Instructions and Forms Click for Conference Annual Reporting info Employee and Volunteer Pandemic Safety Plan Covid Safety Plan The IKC Board has regularly updated it’s Covid-19 protocols for staff and volunteers. This most recent version was approved by the Board in October of 2021. IKC Employee and Volunteer Safety Plan Conference Resolutions and Documents Most of the work of the Conference happens at our Annual Gathering where we vote on resolutions, budgets, and the business of the IKC. Read the documents Conference Resolutions and Documents General Resources Here are resources for all to help with the extended…
Clergy Resources
This page will feature clergy resources for supporting one another’s ministries. Have you written a liturgy or have a video you’d like to share? Email it in a PDF format or a YouTube or Vimeo link to our Digital Minister, the Rev. Cassidy Hall at communications@ikcucc.org Liturgies by IKC Clergy and Lay Leaders Communion Liturgy from the IKC – Communion Liturgy for when we can’t be together by Rev. Cassidy Hall Christmas Liturgy from the IKC -Streets of Christmastide, Poem and Christmas Eve prayer by Rev. Dr. Chad Abbott –Voices Around the Manger: A Community-Led Retelling, Christmas Eve Service, St….
Conference Resolutions and Documents
…IKC Constitution and Bylaws The most recent update to the IKC Constitution and Bylaws was June of 2019. Read the IKC Constitution and Bylaws IKC Financial Statements Read our Financial Statements IKC Financial Report This is the 2021 financial report submitted at the 2022 Annual Gathering. We review our financial reports and statements every other year. IKC Open and Affirming Covenant Acknowledging that Christ’s call to love one another as Christ has loved us serves as a call to express love without restriction, we, the Indiana-Kentucky Conference, declare ourselves to be an “Open and Affirming” setting of the United Church…
Connect with Us
Subscribe to our Emails! The IKC sends 3 types of regular emails: our weekly digest (a quick read with timely information), a monthly story of inspiration about IKC people and agencies, and a quarterly newsletter with some in-depth features. You can choose to receive all three emails, or simply select the ones you most want to read. We will also occasionally send prayer notes and standalone emails with big news and important information. Connect with us! Sign up now. Subscribe Find us on our Socials! Find the IKC on Facebook and Youtube. IKC on Facebook IKC on YouTube…
The IKC Sri Lanka Partnership
For over 30 years the Indiana-Kentucky Conference has worked with our partners in Sri Lanka in solidarity and mutuality. The mission of the Sri Lanka Partnership of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ and the Church of the American Ceylon Mission (CACM) is to work together to build Christian community and relationships, to learn from each other, inspire people, and raise leaders. Our partnership regularly gathers with leaders from the CACM via Zoom for dialogue, study, and prayer. Through these conversations, we learn from one another and grow together in faith. We discern ways that we can…