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What's New
2010 Annual Meeting
Changing Lives: Fearless Disciples in Action
Call for
Workshops
Workshops are a wonderful opportunity for skill training, learning or sharing in a specific area. As many know, a workshop offered at the Annual Meeting is a convenient way for a committee or group to present their ideas, thoughts and skills! Has the committee or group you work with come up with an idea for a Workshop at this year's Annual Meeting?
We are at Lyndon State College for another year continuing to celebrate our unity as the Vermont Conference (UCC) in our theme: Changing Lives: Fearless Discipleship in Action. Like last year, we are planning to have our theme presented throughout our time together. We will have two large forum times available for participants to enjoy specifically with our presenter. Opposite these forums will be any workshops offered. Participants will be asked to attend one forum, and may choose up to two workshops to enjoy.
For more information on submitting a workshop proposal, click here. Deadline: March 12, 2010.
We are excited about this year's Annual Meeting and look forward to participating in the various planned activities! If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding Workshops, please contact John Weatherhogg, Annual Meeting Workshop Coordinator at john@gracechurchvt.org or at Church 802-775-4301. Thanks!!
UCC Haiti
Earthquake
Response
As
emergency
relief
personnel
and
crucial
supplies
continue
to
pour
into
Haiti,
United
Church
of
Christ
members
and
congregations
are
maintaining
their
overwhelming
support
of
the
earthquake-ravaged
nation,
according
to
UCC
leaders.
~To
find
out
how
to
help, click
here. ~For
the
latest
updates
from
Global
Ministries,
click
here.
2009
Local
Church
Forms
Now
Available
It
is
again
the
time
of
year
to
fill
out
your
annual
Local
Church
Forms.
The
information
gathered
on
these
forms
is
what
is
printed
in
the
National
Yearbook
and
is
your
church's
official
record
of a
Church
with
Standing
with
the
United
Church
of
Christ.
We
also
use
the
information
from
these
forms
to
figure
out
your
Per
Capita
Dues
and
for
our
own
Vermont
yearbook
information.
This
year,
Form
E
(Church
Officers)
and
Form
F
(Ministerial
Support)
have
been
designed
as
fill-in
forms
to
download/save
and
complete
on
your
computer.
We
are
asking,
if
possible,
that
you
email
a
copy
of
your
completed
forms
to
Lynn
Thomas
as
an
attachment
(thomasl@vtcucc.org).
Again
this
year,
the
preferred
method
for
completing
Form
G
(Local
Church
Report)
is
via
the
UCC
online
reporting
system.
This
week
we
will
send
out
a
postal
mailing
which
includes
the
link
to
the
reporting
website,
your
username
and
password,
as
well
as a
partially
completed
Form
G
(containing
your
last
year's
numbers).
You
can
find
Forms
E
and
F
and
instructions
on
the
UCC
website
or
on
the
Conference
website
at:
As
always,
If
you
need
any
assistance
with
your
local
church
forms,
please
contact
Lynn
Thomas
at
the
Conference
Office,
802-728-4999,
thomasl@vtcucc.org.
The
DEADLINE
for
filling
out
the
forms
and
emailing
them
or
mailing
hard
copies
is
February
19,
2010.
Your
church's
information
may
not
make
it
into
the
yearbook
if
the
forms
are
received
after
this
date.
2010
Lenten
Study
and
Discussion
Guide
on
End-of-Life
Issues
In
2007
and
2009
the
General
Synod
referred
two
Resolutions
entitled
The
Legalization
of
Physician
Aid
In
Dying
and
Physician
Aid
in
Dying
respectively,
for
further
study.
Justice
&
Witness
Ministries
was
designated
as
the
implementing
body.
A
new
study
guide
entitled
Faithfully
Facing
Dying:
A
Lenten
Study
Guide
on
Critical
Issues
and
Decisions
for
the
Members
of
the
United
Church
of
Christ
has
been
prepared
by a
dedicated
committee
to
assist
churches
in a
six-week
Lenten
study
and
discussion
on
the
range
of
choices
which
surround
dying
and
death
-
hospice
care,
advance
directives,
removal
of
life
support,
physician
aid-in-dying,
pain
and
many
other
issues.
Conferences,
Associations
and
Local
Congregations
are
being
asked
to:
1. Engage members in a six-week Lenten Study to reflect, learn about and discuss issues pertaining to end-of-life.
2. Participate in a survey after Easter to provide feedback on what your members think and feel about various end-of-life choices. The feedback will be used to assist the committee in the preparation of new resources that will help clergy and lay members of the UCC when these issues do arise.
2010
Covenant
Hills
Christian
Camp
Brochure
Available
Your
church
should
have
received
the
2010
Covenant
Hills
Christian
Camp
brochure.
If
you
need
additional
copies,
please
contact
the
Conference
Office
or
see
the
camp
website:
http://www.covenanthillsvt.com/.
2010 Annual Meeting
Changing Lives: Fearless Disciples in Action
Resolutions
It is once again time to be thinking about Annual Meeting Resolutions.
See the Annual Meeting page for Guidelines, Information and Forms:
For
Resolutions
to be
voted on
at the
2010
Annual
Meeting,
the
deadline
is is
February
5, 2010.
For
Resolutions
to
be
presented
at
the
2010
Annual
Meeting
and
voted
on
at
the
2011
Annual
Meeting
the
deadline
is
April
9,
2010.
You Could Be In Pictures! Changing Lives
Over
the next
several
weeks we
are
looking
for
volunteers
to share
a brief
story of
either
(1) how
their
lives
have
been
touched
and
changed
through
their
church
or
conference
experiences
or (2)
how
participation
in a
mission
or
program
of their
church
or
conference
has
changed
another's
life.
The
conference
has a
small
video
camera
and we
will be
filming
these
short
stories
and then
using
them on
the
website
and at
our next
annual
meeting.
To be
in
relationship
with the
Living
Christ
is to be
transformed.
For some
of us,
God is
able to
begin
that
transformation
through
an
experience
of the
church:
a
mission
trip, a
meaningful
sermon
or
service,
an
experience
at a
church
summer
camp, an
encounter
at
annual
meeting
and in
countless
other
ways.
Would
you be
willing
to share
your
story?
Do you
know
someone
who has
a story
to
share?
Please
call or
email
Lynn
Thomas
at the
conference
office
(802-728-4999
/
thomasl@vtcucc.org)
with the
name and
contact
information
of the
volunteer.
We will
get back
in touch
about a
time and
place
for the
videotaping.
Let's
share
the Good
News of
what God
is doing
in the
Vermont
Conference!
Register Now!
UCC
New England Women's Celebration VIII
- Register Now!
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! - NEAUCE (New England Association of United Church Educators) 39th Annual Conference on Christian Education: In the Potter's Hand: Shaping the Generations with Ivy Beckwith
When: May 4-6, 2010 Where: Craigville Conference Center, Cape Cod, MA Registration Deadline: March 15, 2010
Click here for more information and a registration form.
~~~~~
REGISTER NOW! 2010 New England Regional Youth Event (NERYE)
- Gathering
of U.C.C.
Youth:
Inside Out: Outside In - Finding Our Way in God's World
When: June 24-27, 2010 Where: Boston University, Boston, MA
Deadline for Discount Registration: March 1, 2010
A weekend filled with fun, laughter, worship, workshops, music, and making friends. For High School aged UCC Youth who will be entering 9th grade in Fall 2010 through those who graduated in June 2010. Join hundreds of youth from across New England for this once in a life time Celebration.
Click here for more information and/or for registration materials.
Save the Date!
DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH AND MINISTRY EVENT
Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Bethany United Church of Christ, 30 N. Main St., Randolph, VT
THE VERMONT CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH AND MINISTRY INVITES:
All ASSOCIATION Executive Committee Officers and Members
All ASSOCIATION Committee Members
COME and DISCOVER how one of our Associations accomplished 100% representation of their churches at a recent Association Meeting! Along with other great ideas for putting life and reason into your Association you'll wish you had known of long ago!
OTHER Topics will include: ~Ecclesiastical Councils (who, what, where, when, why (and how!))
~What's a Member in Discernment?
~What's Privilege of Call?
~What's Ordained Ministerial Standing
~~~AND WHAT'S Church Standing and how do you get it?
~Who needs a Periodic Peer Review or Exit Interview and why?
~How to practice Association Hospitality
And much more - so COME and clarify - coordinate - covenant - and consider YOUR Association's responsibilities to your churches and pastors.