1. Deadline for Resolutions to be considered at this year’s Annual Meeting is tomorrow, May 1st. Tomorrow is also the last day to receive the $5 Early Registration Discount, so get your Registration forms in the mail today. This year’s Annual Meeting’s agenda offers time for work, play, fellowship and worship. We have reduced costs, re-arranged the agenda and recruited the President and General Minister of the United Church of Christ, John Thomas, to entice you to attend Annual Meeting this year. Please join us in Farmington.

2. Friends, we are now in the midst of finalizing our arrangements for Knoxville. In particular our transportation plans now that we know our numbers. If there is anyone who is still considering joining us, please be in touch with Susie Craig or Heidi Bennett this week, as we want to be fairly sure of our numbers. You can reach us at heidibennett@maineucc.org or susiecraigacm@aol.com
Chaperones should be aware there is a meeting at the conference office in Yarmouth at 6 pm on May 14th.
All those involved with our trip should plan to attend the meeting for parents and young people on May 18th at 2 pm in Waterville. Come with any design ideas you have for tee-shirts or for a banner! See you soon!

3. Our condolences to Rev. Linda Hatch, whose father, Elwood “Ed” Millett, passed away on April 24, 2008. Ed was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Brewer, United Church of Christ. Funeral services were held at the Brewer church on Tuesday afternoon.

4. Academy for Congregational Life and Leadership Materials Available Now
Informational and registration materials for the new Academy for Congregational Life and Leadership, which will begin in September, was mailed out first class on Monday of this week to all active clergy in the Conference, as well as to those persons who had signed up to receive the mailing when it became available. The materials include an updated brochure, a one-page flyer for posting, a calendar for the first year of the Academy, and a registration form. If you would like to receive these materials via e-mail or regular mail, contact the Director for the Academy, the Reverend Peggy Dunn, at 841-3027, meUCCacademy@gmail.com .

5. 2008 Summer Institute in UCC History, Theology, and Polity June 9-20 at Geneva Point Center, NH
The 16th annual Summer Institute in United Church of Christ History, Theology, and Polity, which is sponsored by Andover Newton Theological Seminary, Bangor Theological Seminary, and Hartford Seminary, will be offered June 9-13 and June 16-20 at the Geneva point Center in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. The instructor will be the Reverend Daniel Johnson. The non-credit tuition for this two week course is $350. Those wishing to take the course for academic credit need to contact Danielle LaVine at BTS for additional information. To receive a registration brochure about this summer’s Institute , contact the Resource Center at 1-800-244-0937, resourcecenter@maineucc.org .

6. “When you get to your wit’s end, you will find that God lives there.”