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Clergy Announcements ~ August 2017
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Please mark your calendars
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We are entering a busy time of year. School will begin soon, football season is just around the corner, and your favorite season of year is approaching - district and charge conferences! Here are some important dates to add to your calendar. Be certain to read to the bottom of the page for important information regarding charge conferences, including dates and links to forms!
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District Clergy Family Picnic
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We would like to invite you are your family to join us for a picnic at the district office on
Tuesday, August 22 at 6:00 pm.
This will be a potluck dinner, in the comfort of our building, so we don't have to worry about heat or storms. We will provide plates, cups, utensils, napkins, and drinks. Please bring your favorite meat, side dish, salad or dessert to share.
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110 Mary Street
Johnson City, TN 37615
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Upcoming Clergy Meetings
Please add the following District Clergy Meetings to your calendar:
Tuesday, September 19
Tuesday, November 21
On both dates we will have a
10:00 am meeting as well as a
6:30 pm meeting for bi-vocational pastors or those unable to attend in the morning. These meetings will be held at the district office, 110 Mary St, Johnson City, TN 37615. All pastors under appointment are expected to attend.
We have tentatively scheduled our Christmas Banquet for clergy and spouses to be held at One Acre Cafe on
Tuesday, December 5 at 6:00 pm. We are awaiting confirmation from the cafe that this date will work for them. Stay tuned!
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District Conference
The Johnson City District Conference 2017 will be held on
Sunday, September 24, 3:00 pm at Wesley Memorial UMC, 225 Princeton Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601. Please make certain your church calendar is clear on that date so that all who are voting members of the district conference can attend. While all are welcome to attend, the following have a vote at district conference: local church lay leader, chair of the administrative council or administrative board and council on ministries, presidents of United Methodist Youth, United Methodist Women, and United Methodist Men, finance committee chairperson or treasurer, all members of the district leadership team, chairpersons of all district boards and committees, district treasurer, annual conference lay members and at-large lay members, diaconal ministers, deacons in full connection, and pastors serving within the district.
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Lauri Jo will be holding four clustered charge conference sessions this year on
October 15, October 22, November 5 and November 12. These will each be at 3:00 pm and will include an opening prayer, a hymn, a devotional and a time of sharing where each congregation will have two minutes to share the three most exciting ministry happenings they have experienced this year.
You will not meet separately to conduct the charge conference business. All items of business should have been decided on by your committees before your charge conference date and will simply be presented as a whole for a vote of approval. You will need to provide those from your congregation who are in attendance a copy of the items needing approval (officer list, salary, housing allowance, lay servant recommendations, ministry candidate recommendations, etc.). Lauri Jo will invite those in attendance to review the provided documents and vote approval of these items of business.
We have scheduled these charge conferences primarily using the same clusters that met together last year.
Please download and check this schedule, and contact us immediately if you need to switch to a different date.
We need volunteers to host each of these clusters. Please contact us if you are willing to be the host church.
The charge conference forms are available online
HERE. We will only distribute hard copies of the forms on request. Please use THIS YEAR'S forms as some of them have changed.
Further information about charge conference procedures will be shared at a later date. For now, if you have any questions about a specific form, please feel free to contact Betty in the district office.
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