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Seeds of Understanding Archive
This is a collection of short educational email messages sent to Christian Ministry Organization leaders covering a variety of topics. To access any of the articles in this archive, please click the article title. Beginning in 2006, articles are provided in HTML format. All previous articles are in PDF format for which you will need Adobe Acrobat to open the file. Acrobat is available for free from Adobe.com. June 2006 - Retirement Plan Contributions: Getting It Right With Payroll April 2006 - Does Our Ministry File A Form 5500 With The IRS? January 2006 - Providing Meaningful Notice to Employees Regarding Your Ministry's Retirement Plan December 2005 - Hardship Distributions: Explained and Changes for 2006 September 2005 - How do we enroll new participants into the plan as they become eligible? August 2005 - What are our ministry's fiduciary responsibilities as a retirement plan sponsor? July 2005 - Is Our Ministry Subject To ERISA Requirements? If So, What Are They? June 2005 - Does Our Ministry File A Form 5500 To The IRS? May 2005 - Plan Documents -- Is it required that our retirement plan be in writing? March 2005 - How does an employee make changes to their contribution amounts? February 2005 -- What are the 2005 403(b) and 401(k) Contribution Limits? December 2004 - What Are Some Types of Benefit Plans Available? October 2004 - What Is An Investment Policy Statement and Why Is It Important? August 2004 - What Are the Different Plan Design Components: Basic, Matching, and Voluntary? April 2004 - What is a Summary Plan Description? March 2004 - What are Plan Documents? February 2004 - What is Form 5500? January 2004 - What is an enrollment? December 2003 - Lessen the Impact of Increasing Health Care Cost with Section 125 Flexible Spending Plans and HRAs October 2003 - What type of service and support is available to our organization? September 2003 - Medical FSAs August 2003 - Employers Ensure Delivery of Summary Plan Description June 2003 - Proposed Repeal of Foreign Earned Income Exclusion April 2003 - Form 5500-Filing Requirements for Flexible Spending Plans March 2003 - Bush Retirement Plan Proposals Create Confusion for Employers January 2003 - Valuing Your Employees with Group Benefits November/December 2002 - What is Travel Insurance? October 2002 - Short term disability/Long term disability plans September 2002 - What's New for Section 457 Plans July/August 2002 - VEMA Plans Reduce Medical Benefit Costs June 2002 - What is Long Term Care Insurance? May 2002 - Flexible Spending Accounts April 2002 - Short term disability/Long term disability March 2002 - Basics of Group Life and Group Supplemental Life February 2002 - Basics of Group Dental Plans |
