Guides & Resources
Interactive Guides for Administrators
These interactive guides will help you understand your role as a benefits administrator and know how to complete common tasks in MAP. More coming soon!
Your role as an administrator
Completing your tasks in MAP
Benefits At-A-Glance
A general overview of key information you need to know.
Quick Guides
General information to use with our Employment Event checklists, and communicate with the individual at the end of their employment.
You told us that you needed help with the processes and procedures involved when someone is hired or leaves their job, has a change in their compensation or a change in their personal status. These events all impact your employees' pensions, retirement plans and benefits. We've developed "What To Do When" guides and checklists to help you complete the work as quickly and accurately as possible, and ensure your employees' benefits are properly managed the first time around.
Understanding Your Bills
Understanding Your Bills
Sample pension assessment, medical trust, and church insurance bills with explanations make it easier for you to review your bills and understand the charges. Also find remittance payment addresses.
Employment Events
Collect Information for a New Hire
Provide this document to the employee to collect informaiton and benefit selections for the new hire process
Enrolling a New Employee in Benefits
The steps to enroll a new employee (clergy or lay) in benefits.
Terminating an Employee’s Benefits after the End of Employment
The steps to terminate an employee’s (clergy or lay) benefits after the end of employment due to termination by the employer or resignation.
Employee Life Events
Changing Benefits when an Employee Marries
The steps to make changes to an employee's benefits when the clergyperson or lay employee marries (applicable for different-sex or same-sex legal marriages).
Changing Benefits when an Employee Ends a Marriage or Domestic Partnership
The steps to make changes to an employee's (clergy or lay) benefits when the clergyperson or lay employee ends a marriage or domestic partnership.
Changing Benefits when an Employee Registers a Domestic Partner
The steps to make changes to an employee's (clergy or lay) benefits when the clergyperson or lay employee registers a domestic partnership.
Employee Resources
Understanding Your benefits learning module for lay employees
Understand the financial and healthcare benefits available to support plan participants and assist with their goals for a comfortable retirement.
5 years to retirement learning module
This multi-part course offers easy-to-understand information on finance and health for anyone planning to retire in five years or less.
Beneficiary Resources
Information for common questions and important tasks for the coming year following a loss.