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 $10,000 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)