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Conference theme 2011

Conference theme 2011. We are asked to focus on:. Leadership development Congregational development Compassion and Justice And to become Partners in Ministry.

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Conference theme 2011

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  1. Conference theme 2011

  2. We are asked to focus on: Leadership development Congregational development Compassion and Justice And to become Partners in Ministry

  3. To help us focus and stimulate our thinking, the keynote presentation, open to all those attending, whether voting members or not, was “Looking Beyond the Walls” by Reverend Adam Hamilton, Founding and Senior Pastor at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood Kansas; the fastest growing United Methodist Church in the country. Pastor Hamilton is the author of several books including: “When Christians Get it Wrong”, “24 Hours That Changed the World”, and “Why? Making Sense of God’s Will”. A number of Pastor Hamilton’s materials are available FREE at www.cor.org or at www.emrclibrary.org Videos from the ACS will be available online from the Conference website in about 2 weeks.

  4. This year’s conference theme really focuses on ‘renewal and revival’ within our churches This is important because: Many of our members are ‘aging out’ Baptisms and confirmations are down

  5. 3 Essentials to Revival in our Churches Leadership – both clergy and laity Worship and preaching Intentional missional outreach

  6. CLayM Now has a new name and new logo: Certified Lay Minister In addition to CLayM away (two week class-room training), and Clay at home (working with DVDs at home with two week-end retreats), we now have CLayM ONLINE In cooperation with Pacific School of Religion

  7. CLayM graduated largest class ever More and more CLayM graduates serving churches In addition to those already serving: Kathy Jacolet to Lovelock Orval Mosby to Antelope Valley Jay Parr to both Los Gatos and Boulder Creek Robert Weiser to Smith Valley NOTE: I may have missed a couple, I didn’t hear all of them and I missed one District’s announcements of Appointments

  8. This was election year for delegates to both the General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference. Four years ago it took 14 ballots to elect 3 lay and 3 clergy delegates to attend General Conference and 12 ballots to elect Jurisdictional and Reserve Delegates. This year electing General Conference Delegates took 3 ballots, Jurisdictional Conference Delegates were elected in ONE ballot, and reserve delegates by acclamation. We have a total of 15 lay and 15 clergy Delegates to these conferences: 3 each to General Conference, 7 each to Jurisdictional Conference, and 5 each Reserve delegates.

  9. General Conference Delegates Clergy Lay Randall Miller (leader) Emily Allen Yoshiro Nakajima • Jeffrey Kuan • Odette Lockwood-Stewart • Dale Witherspoon

  10. Jurisdictional Delegates Clergy Lay Robert Dunning Delilah Fakalata Katherine Kim Laddie Perez-Galang Aaron Rhodes Emma Rhodes Gayle Shearman • Greg Bergquist • Elizabeth Brick • Brad Current • Siosifa Hingano • Karen Oliveto • Kristin Sachen • Motoe Yamada Team leader TBD

  11. Reserve Delegates Clergy Lay Blanche Farnam Carol Furlong Tom McHugh Helen Roland Brandon Spohn • Felisimo Cao • Susan Griffin • David Niu • Chris Shiber • Mark Zier

  12. Other highlights A generous donor has funded a full-time faculty chair at PSR for studies in Methodism No applications for the Soon Chuk Yee scholarship A new Scholarship through the Retired Clergy Association in honor of the Rev. Robert J. Cary

  13. Other Highlights continued The youth of ‘Imagine no malaria’ raised more than $7400.00 to purchase nets (text the word ‘malaria’ to 27722 and purchase a net for $10.00} July 22 -30 – Youth2011 needs at least 250 volunteers for this event VIM team to Salt Lake City Sept 3 - ? To help pack kits for emergency relief

  14. New appointments within the Great Northern District Rev Ray Dowdy to Quincy (Rev. Cynthia Stateman to Stockton St. Paul’s) Rev Allison Berry to Sierra Pines (Rev Don Lee to Sacramento First) Rev Tina Haynes to Fall River Mills (Wanda Celli to Upper Lake) Rev Kathy Mahoney to Church of the Mountain in Truckee (Rev Jeffrey Hall to Wesley San Jose) Rev Suzanne Calhoun to Ely Nv (Rev Sue Berges retired) Rev Ted Virts to Sonoma (half time) Rev Glenn Raley to Marysville First Rev Scott Allred to Chico Aldersgate Again, I may have missed some For Instance, Biggs UMC has a new pastor by didn’t catch the name

  15. Other news from ACS • Conference Data Base ONLINE • Need to review and make changes • Retired Clergy Association presented three scholarships, including the new Robert J. Cary • Three Bishop Brown awards, one Bishop Talbert award • 18 Items on the consent calendar out of 34 presented; others went to the Plenary session floor, including one allowing the ACS Site Committee to negotiate with a ‘mystery site’ in San Mateo – which passed

  16. Further news from ACS • Available on Conference website www.calnevumc.org or www.cnumc.org(both work; why not ‘book mark’ or save to your favorites?) • Your ‘Instant Connection’ of the Cal-Neva Conference. To receive via email, sign up on the conference website under ‘NEWS’, ‘Sign up for Instant Connection’ • Hardcopy Journals to be available TBD (still negotiating with printers)

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