Maine
Conference of the United Church of Christ
September 24-26, 2004
God is Still Speaking, Listen, Learn, Love
73rd Annual Meeting Tentative Agenda
Thursday: September 23, 2004
– Ballroom North
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Pre-Annual Meeting Retreat
1:00 p.m. Thursday through 1:00
p.m. Friday
Friday, September 24, 2004 - Grand
Ballroom
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10:00
a.m. Coordinating Council - Whittier
Displays
set up in Exhibit Causeway
Registration
Opens – Hotel Lobby
1:00 p.m. Orientation
for New Delegates - Ketchum – Ben Haskell
1:45
Hearings
2005 Proposed Conference Budget -
Simmonds Room
Fellowship Dues - Whittier Room
2 :00
Banner Procession line up – Meet in hallway outside
Grand Ballroom
2:15
Banner Procession and Opening Worship - Grand Ballroom
2:30
Child/Youth Care – Childcare Room
Plenary
I – Grand Ballroom
Call to Order
and Declaration of Quorum
Reading of
Call
Constituting
Prayer
Adoption
of Agenda, Rules and Procedures
Appointment
of Credentials, Tellers, Parliamentarian
Introduction
of Theological Reflector – Susan Davies
Adoption
of 2003 Annual Meeting Minutes
Receipt of
Printed Reports
Introduction
of Guests
Nominating
Committee Report
Elections
Honduras
Partnership Committee Report
Associate
Minister for Small Church Development Remarks – David Ray
Speak Out Overview
– Bill Inderstrodt
4:30
Association Gatherings (discussion on Mission Statement
Proposal)
Aroostook – Grand Ballroom Lobby
Cumberland – Ballroom South
Franklin – Alcove - 2nd Floor off elevator
Hancock-Waldo – Riley
Kennebec Valley – Daycare 1
Lincoln – Daycare 1
Oxford Union – Ketchem
Penobscot-Piscataquis – Whittier
Washington – Day Care 2
York – Simmonds
5:30
Dinner - Grand Ballroom
7:00
Keynote Address: Tony
Robinson
8:15
Vespers
Youth Gathering following Vespers - Ballroom North
September
25, 2004 Saturday – Grand Ballroom
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7:00
a.m. Morning
Watch - Whittier
7:00
- 8:00 a.m.
Complimentary Breakfast for guests staying at Grand Summit facilities–
Grand Ballroom
Clergy Spouse Breakfast – Riley
8:00
a.m. Registration
– Hotel Lobby
8:30
Plenary 2 – Grand Ballroom
Gathering Music
Introductions of New Pastors
Recognition of Ordination Anniversaries
Treasurer’s Report
2005 Budget Presentation
Draft
Mission Statement – Discussion and Action
Conference Ministers Report - Jean Alexander & David Gaewski
Speak Out 1
10:30-11:45
Workshops:
What God is Saying to Smaller Churches - Whittier
Teaching and Learning Outside the Classroom -
Simmonds
Multiple Intelligences in Ministry - Ketchem
Choir and Orchestra Practice - Grand Ballroom
Researching Church History - Daycare 2
UCC Identity - Ballroom North
Ethical Decision Making in the Church -
Ballroom South
End of Life Care: Preparing and Caring
- Riley
Rural Life How to Run a Productive God-Centered
Meeting - Alcove 2nd floor
How to Run A Productive God-Centered Meeting - Daycare
1
12:00
noon Lunch – Pick up
lunch in Grand Ballroom if you purchased tickets
Retired Clergy/Spouse Luncheon – Ballroom North
Bangor Theological Seminary – Riley/Ketchum (bring
your bag lunch)
Commissions Gathering - bring their bag lunch in
Whittier
Join Rev. Baffour D. Amoa, Secretary General,
Fellowship of Churches and Councils in
West
Africa (FECCIWA), and an associate with
the Center
for Management and Institutional Development,
Ghana (bring bag lunch to Simmonds)
1:30
Plenary 3 – Grand Ballroom
Gathering
Music
Introduction
of the Conference Staff
2005
Fellowship Dues Increase – Discussion and Action
2005
Budget – Discussion and Action
Clergy
Compensation Guidelines – Discussion and Action
Celebrations
Reception
into the United Church of Christ, Whitneyville Church
New
Church Start, Portland
Moderator’s
Remarks – Lorain Giles
Speak
Out 2
3:30-4:45 Workshops
What God is Saying to Smaller Churches - Whittier
The Connected Congregation: Roles for Church Website
- Ketchem
Conversations with Tony
Robinson - Simmonds
Living the Good Samaritan Story - Daycare
2
Choir and Orchestra Practice - Grand Ballroom
UCC Identity - Ballroom North
Youth Service Project - Meeting in Hotel
Lobby
End of Life Care: Preparing and Caring
- Riley
Open and Affirming - Ballroom South
How
to Run a Productive God-Centered Meeting - Daycare 1
Meet Baffour Amoa and hear his journey
- Alcove 3rd floor
5:30
Dinner – Grand Ballroom
Association
Officers will gather in Riley/Ketchum over dinner
6:00
Sunday Worship Rehearsal in Grand Ballroom for participants
7:00
Keynote Address - Tony Robinson
8:00
Worship
Youth Gathering
following Evening Program in (Ballroom North)
September
26, 2004 Sunday – Grand Ballroom
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7:00
-8:00 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast
for guest using Grand Summit facilities – Ballroom North and South
8:30
a.m. Plenary 4
Gathering Music
Conference Business
(if necessary)
Celebrations –
National Youth Event
Women of the Maine Conference
Recognitions and
Awards
Credentials Committee
Report
Installation of
New Officers and Commission and Committee Members
Reflections –
Susan Davies
Speak Out 3
Adjournment of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Maine Conference of the United
Church of Christ following the Worship Service.
Worship
begins 15 minutes following Plenary 4 – (Grand Ballroom)
Worship leader is Ms. Annette Mott, Director for Local Church Resources at the
Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ
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Following
Worship lunch will be in the Ballroom North and South for those who bought tickets.
Annual Meeting Committee will meet in Whittier over lunch to debrief.
NOTE:
1. Name Tags: Please place nametag holders in box located at Registration Area
upon leaving. Discard paper tag.
2. Evaluation Forms – please leave in box located in Registration Area
– These will help next year’s planning committee – thank you
for your comments and suggestions.
3. Annual Meeting 2005 –
September 23, 24,25, 2005 – Grand Summit Hotel, Sunday River, Bethel,
Maine
Sunday Offering at Annual Meeting has been designated as seed money to start
a Seminarian Debt Reduction Fund.