Call To The Fall Annual Meeting

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Meeting Keynoter: Robert C. Orr (HTML | PDF)

Authorized Ministers' Luncheon Flyer (PDF)

Living Waters Award Honoree: Bryan Nurnberger (HTML | PDF)

Honorees Celebrating 25 and 50 Years of Ordination (PDF)

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Workshop Listing (HTML

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Note: If registering by mail, please download and print the workshop list in PDF format above, make workshop selections, and include it with your registration.

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Agenda (HTML | PDF)

Rules of Procedure (HTML | PDF)

Consent Agenda (HTML | PDF)

Report of the Special Commission on Conference Sustainability Summary HTML | Full Report PDF

Delegate Information and On Being a Delegate (HTML | PDF)

Budgets

Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ (PDF)

Resolution of Affirmation: To Explore Becoming a Global Mission Conference in the United Church of Christ (PDF)

Resolution of Affirmation: Calling for Recognition of Sacred Time (PDF)

Committees of the Annual Meeting (HTML | PDF)

General Information

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Lodging (HTML | PDF)

Official Call to the Meeting

June Invitation Letter

Middletown High School
200 La Rosa Lane, Middletown
Friday, Saturday: October 22-23, 2010

September 21, 2010

To: Lay Delegates From Local Churches
Youth Delegates From Local Churches
All Authorized Ministers Of The Conference
All Officers Of The Conference
Moderators Of Associations
Former Moderators Of The Annual Meetings
Board Of Directors And Committees Named In The Bylaws

This comes to you as the Call to the Fall Annual Meeting (Part II of the One Hundred Forty-third Annual Meeting) of the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ (Connecticut Conference of the Congregational Christian Churches).

Remember that all sessions are open to registered visitors as well as delegates, so be sure to tell others about the events of the two days!

The Theme of the weekend is “Journey With Jesus… 400 Years of Transforming Mission.” This year marks the bicentennial of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, whose constitution was signed in Farmington. We will commemorate the 200th anniversary of our nation’s first overseas mission society, whose heritage lives on in the UCC’s Wider Church Ministries, and look forward to the next 200 years of mission and ministry.

Friday evening will include a report from the Special Commission on Conference Sustainability, action on the proposed budget, and the Interim Conference Minister’s address. Saturday will bring keynote speaker Dr. Robert Orr, a variety of workshops exploring a world of mission, opportunities for worship, and recognition of leadership throughout our Conference.

Dr. Robert Orr’s keynote address to the Wider Church Ministries banquet at General Synod 27 was widely praised for his understanding and passion for global concerns in today’s world. The highest ranking U.S. citizen at the United Nations, he serves as Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination. His responsibilities include advising the Secretary-General on a full range of strategic issues, running the Secretary-General’s Policy Committee, and leading the Secretariat’s efforts to complete the UN reform agenda agreed to by world leaders at the 2005 World Summit.

Registration is available on-line at www.ctucc.org. Pre-registration for meals must be received no later than Sunday, October 17 on-line and Friday, October 15 by mail. Registration will begin at 4 PM at Middletown High School. Dinner will be at 5:15. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM. The Interim Conference Minister’s Address will be at 8 PM.

The Authorized Ministers’ Lunch will be Friday, October 22 from Noon to 3:30 pm at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell. Those attending the Authorized Ministers’ Lunch may register at that event for the Annual Meeting. Ordained ministers celebrating their 50th and 25th anniversaries of ordination will be honored at the Friday clergy luncheon. Keynote Speaker the Rev. Dr. Sarah Drummond is Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Ministerial Leadership at Andover Newton Theological School.

Hospitality: Please check our website (www.ctucc.org) for information about child-care, special needs and the hotel list.

A Worship Committee, led by our Conference Preacher and Chaplain, the Rev. John Nelson of Niantic, has planned our worship experiences. We invite members from congregations of area churches to attend the major celebrative worship service on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 PM. Offerings will be received at the Friday evening worship service for Challenged Conferences of the United Church of Christ, and at the Saturday afternoon worship service for the Sacred Conversations on Race Program.

The following business will be discussed and acted upon:

Actions Recommended by the Board of Directors of the Conference
1. Consent Agenda
  Our Board of Directors uses a method in their meetings called the “Consent Agenda.” Attached to this Call are the items on the Consent Agenda with an explanation about a Consent Agenda.
2. Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM)
  OCWM Goal for 2011
  Suggested Action: Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Conference adopts a Basic Mission Support Goal of $1,700,885 for 2011.
3. Distribution of Monies
  Suggested Action:
  Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Conference adopts the following distribution of monies received for the Connecticut Conference and the ministries of the United Church of Christ during 2011:
  1. Basic Mission Support monies to be divided on the basis of 37% for the Conference and 63% to the United Church of Christ nationally for distribution among the ministries according to the payment schedule adopted by the General Synod of the United Church of Christ;
  2. Investment income to be used entirely for Conference work unless otherwise stipulated by the donor;
  3. Special support, capital and emergency appeal monies to be designated entirely to the purposes for which they were authorized.
  4. The Board of Directors recommends to the Conference that per capita contributions for 2011 shall be increased to $8 per member to be used entirely for Conference work.
4. 2011 Proposed Budget
  1. Proposed 2011 Budget for the Missionary Society of Connecticut
    Suggested Action: Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the 2011 Proposed Budget of $3,769,561 for the Missionary Society of CT are adopted, and the Conference grants to the Society the privilege of revising the budget during the year as funds are available and needs arise.
  2. Proposed 2011 Budget for the Trustees of the Fund for Ministers
    Suggested Action: Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Conference adopts the 2011 Proposed budget of $477,914 for the Trustees of the Fund for Ministers, and the Conference grants to the Trustees the privilege of revising the budget during the year as funds are available and needs arise.
Amendments to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ
Suggested action: The Connecticut Conferences ratifies amendments to Article VI and Article VIII of the United Church of Christ Constitution voted by the Twenty-seventh General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Resolutions and such other actions that may come before the meeting.

When we assemble at Middletown High School we will be the Body of Christ worshipping, praying, deliberating, and making a witness to Jesus Christ. Come prayerfully, thoughtfully, and enthusiastically to seek God’s wisdom for our common mission as the United Church of Christ in Connecticut.

Sincerely in Christ,

The Rev. Charles L. Wildman
Interim Conference Minister

Available On-Line at http://www.ctucc.org/news/AnnlMtg10/