ALL CONFERENCE E-MAIL
Dec. 10, 2009
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- Seeking volunteers for the Conference Office
- Watch for an important envelope
- Return your Ministerial Standing forms, please
- Pilgrim Lodge seeking 2010 Mission Project
- Tools for Hard Times
- A Christmas poem
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1. Volunteers needed ! Pastors, please share this request with your congregation. With all of the budget cuts, and subsequent staff reductions, the Conference office is in need of a few good volunteers to help out with some simple office tasks – preparing mailings, filing, etc. I would like to set up one day each month to gather a small team and complete the work needed. Ideally we will have enough people that everyone won’t need to come every month. Invite a group of your friends to join you at the Conference office, or come and make new friends. If you are interested, please call Sue Stevens at 846-5118. Thanks
2. Church offices – be prepared. In the next week or two, we will be sending out the National Yearbook forms. These forms are designed to collect 2009 information about how your individual church operated this year. Both the church secretary and treasurer will have information to complete the forms. The Conference uses the membership information to assess fellowship dues, the National office uses the information to publish its yearbook and comparison statistics. Please complete the forms, make copies for your own files, and return the forms to the Conference office by Jan. 31, 2009. We appreciate you help. If you have any questions, please call Sue in the Conference office at 846-5118.
3. Association Scribes – please return your Ministerial Standing forms to the Conference office by Dec. 15. The updated information is important for the Conference yearbook, as well as the national UCC yearbook. Thanks to those who have already sent your forms to me.
3. Pilgrim Lodge is looking for a 2010 Mission Project:
The Maine Conference United Church of Christ Outdoor Ministries Committee is beginning the solicitation of not-for-profit charities that are interested in being the featured mission project for the Pilgrim Lodge 2010 summer season. Information and instructions for submitting proposals are available at: http://www.pilgrimlodge.org/document/PL2010mission.pdf Proposals are due by Jan. 7, 2010.
4. “Tools for Hard Times”
Respond to the economic crisis with a fun and productive Common Security Club
Find out more at our free Breakfast Meeting
December 12th, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
State Street Church UCC, 159 State St., Portland, ME
RSVP breakfast to 774-1995
I
Think
That we
Shall always
See, God’s
Gifts upon our
Christmas tree.
You cannot touch
Them with your hand,
Yet they are there at
Your command. There’s
Gratitude for each new day;
A time to think, a time to pray.
The Christ has come with holy light
To shine and make your pathway bright.
All these are yours if you can see
God’s gifts
Upon
Your
CHRISTMAS TREE.