It’s time to elect your benefits for next year | Support for your Annual Enrollment | Complete Call to Health — and reduce your medical deductible | 2027 dues packages | 2027 benefits updates | Is your contact information up to date?
It’s time to elect your benefits for next year
The Annual Enrollment period is your opportunity to review and make changes to your benefits for 2027. When you log in to Benefits Connect, you can:
- review the benefits available to you, including any new benefits your employer may offer for 2027, your costs for coverage, and any cost-sharing with your employer
- add eligible family members or remove them from coverage
- enroll for benefits and/or make changes to your coverage for 2027
- review and update your beneficiaries
The benefits available during Annual Enrollment reflect the benefits your employer will offer you for 2027. After reviewing and making your elections, please submit your Annual Enrollment in Benefits Connect.
After the Annual Enrollment period ends, you won’t have another chance to elect benefits or make changes for 2027 unless you have a qualifying life event, such as becoming a parent or getting married.
Support for your Annual Enrollment
If you need assistance with Benefits Connect or completing your Annual Enrollment, call the Board at 800-PRESPLAN (800-773-7752) (TTY: 711) and a service representative will be happy to assist you.
As you complete your Annual Enrollment, if the benefits options available to you, or the costs, are not what you expected, discuss them with your employer. If your employer would like to make any changes to the benefits they offer, they must call the Board.
Complete Call to Health — and reduce your medical deductible
Friday, Nov. 6, is also the deadline for Medical Plan* members to complete Call to Health and earn reduced medical deductible(s) for 2027. If you haven’t completed Call to Health, log in to calltohealth.org and complete the required steps.
Learn more about completing Call to Health.
*Call to Health is not available to employees or spouses enrolled in Triple-S, Global Solutions (formerly GeoBlue), or the Post-Retirement Medical Plan.
2027 dues packages
The
Decision Guide for Minister Benefits, updated with 2027 dues, can help determine eligibility and costs for the Congregational Pastors Package, Covenant Package, and Transitional Pastor’s Participation.
The 2027 Benefits Plan continues to offer the Congregational Pastors Package, Transitional Pastor’s Participation, and the Covenant Package dues packages. These packages and the benefits they offer reflect our commitment to support member wholeness and sustain ministry.
Review details about these packages for 2027.
2027 benefits updates
As you consider your benefits elections for 2027, please note these updates, effective Jan. 1, 2027, for the Long-Term Disability Plan and the Vision Plan, if offered by your employer.
Long-Term Disability Plan
For 2027, employers can choose to offer the Long-Term Disability Plan on an employee-paid basis. Previously, this benefit could only be offered on an employer-paid basis.
If your employer is offering the Long-Term Disability Plan to you for 2027, they may have chosen the employee-paid option. If you pay for the coverage, any long-term disability benefits are tax free when paid to you.
Vision Plan rates
Monthly coverage costs for the Vision Plan for 2027 have increased:
- Member-only: $6.67
- Member + Spouse: $13.17
- Member + Child(ren): $14.01
- Member + Family: $22.48
If your employer has offered the Vision Plan to you, they may have chosen to contribute toward some or all of the cost. You will review any cost-sharing with your employer when you complete your Annual Enrollment.
Is your contact information up to date?The Board requires Social Security numbers for covered family members. Please submit them through Benefits Connect, and review and update your contact information in Benefits Connect to ensure you receive important benefits communications. |