In-person Forum Helps Strengthen Bonds with Pension Officers

In May, Wespath's CCP team hosted its first in-person, post-pandemic event for central conference pension officers, bringing together individuals from the European and Asian central conferences in Königswinter, Germany.

Representatives from five UMC pension plans supported by CCP—Central and Southern Europe, Eurasia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Philippines—took part. Prior to the event, several of the pension officers had only met the Wespath CCP team virtually, via Zoom.

"The opportunity for Wespath employees and central conference pension officers to meet and collaborate in person helps to foster relationships," said Michelle Robinson, a senior church relations specialist on the CCP team at Wespath. Robinson noted over the course of the four-day event, attendees became more open and comfortable sharing their challenges, opportunities, ideas and other information with one another.

A similar forum is scheduled for pension officers from the African central conferences in October in Johannesburg, South Africa.