Scholarships

Scholarships

Course of Study scholarships and Church Leadership Education & Support scholarships are administered on a reimbursement basis and are subject to approval from the Stewardship Committee and the Board of Directors at the April, July or October meetings.

Church Leadership (Clergy & Lay Leaders) Education & Support Scholarship

Course of Study Scholarship Guidelines
Course of Study Scholarship Application

Other scholarship application materials are available each year from April 1 to June 30 and are reviewed by the Stewardship Committee and voted on by the Board of Directors during the July meeting.  Recipients are notified by mid August and a check is mailed directly to the recipient's college.  

The Seminary Scholarship Application will be available April 1, 2026.

The Tither's Scholarship is an $11,000 scholarship and is available to students who will attend or who are attending an accredited two or four-year college or university in Iowa or Nebraska, or any UM affiliated and accredited institution of higher learning (post-secondary) education. Parents must have tithed for at least five consecutive years prior to when the scholarship would begin. The students and parents must be active members of a United Methodist Church in Iowa or Nebraska. Tither's Scholarship Guidelines & Application will be available April 1, 2026.
 
The Palmyra UMC - Mary Bachman-Harris Scholarship is for a member of a Nebraska UMC with preference given to a former member of Palmyra or Clinton UMC or a current member of Gordon UMC.  The Palmyra UMC - Mary Bachman-Harris Scholarship Guidelines & Application will be available April 1, 2026.
 

Thank you to those who have made the sacrifice to establish the following undergraduate, seminary and course of study scholarships: 

Albert R. Murdoch Ministerial Scholarship 
Alice Kruse Ministerial Scholarship 
Alice Kruse Seminary Scholarship 
Alva Clark Seminary Scholarship
Andrew & Nevabelle Howe Scholarship 
Baldwin F. & Amy L. Kruse Scholarship
Ben & Martha Simmons Scholarship Fund
Charles & Marilyn Humphrey Seminary Scholarship
Cowles UMC Memorial  Schlarship 
Darrell & Joyce Pickett Scholarship
David Wayne Krick & Donald E. Krick, Jr. Seminary Scholarship
Dean, Jean & Randy Fleming and Humphrey/Goff Global Methodist Scholarship
Floma Taylor Scholarship 
Frederick & Esther Paulus Course of Study Scholarship

Gifts from the Heart Course of Study Scholarship

Good Steward Scholarship
Harlan & Mabelle Wyrick Memorial Scholarship

Hughes-Morris-Schroeder Seminary Scholarship

Joe Meehan UMM 100 Club Global Methodist Scholarship

Merv Schleifert UMM 100 Club Scholarship
Murdock Ebenezer UMC Professional Church Leader Scholarship
Myrtle Williams Seminary Scholarship 

Palmyra UMC - Mary Bachman-Harris Scholarship

Rev. Albert W. Winseman Scholarship 
Rev. George & Mrs. Wilma Clay Course of Study Scholarship
Rev. Robert E. & Lily A. Berlie Scholarship
Scahill Family Scholarship
Tither's  Scholarship

United Methodist Men's 100 Club Scholarship (for UM & Global Methodist applicants)
Veryl & Sylvia Miller Memorial Scholarship
Women in Ministry Scholarship (available to both Kansas and Nebraska women)

A generous donor has established an endowment at the Nebraska United Methodist Foundation to perpetuate funds for Laity Leadership Development Scholarships.  If you are interested in growing these scholarship funds, please contact the Foundation.