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#toc2 2021 Year End Stats - Deadline Jan. 24
#toc3 2022 Parsonage Inspection Form - Due March 1
#toc4 GC Lay Servant Ministry Class: Intentional Discipleship
#toc5 Online Early Response Team Training for Disaster Response
#toc6 Connecting New People to Christ Online Workshop
#toc7 SoulConnections Retreat: Journey
#toc8 First (Union) Seeking PT Piano Player and Choir Director
2021 Year End Stats - Deadline Jan. 24
Below are the important dates regarding the 2021 Year End Stats.
Stats module opens – December, 27 2021
Stats Deadline Entry - January 24, 2022
Stats module closes – January, 31 2022 - No changes can be made after the module closes
The stats module is now open. You will need to know your church's Conference ID and GCFA #s. Both can be found on your conference apportionment statements.
[link removed] Click Here for the conference's year end stats resources page to view previous webinars that are helpful in breaking down each line of the Year End Stats module. There are also other resources on this page that might be useful as you prepare to enter your 2021 stats.
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2022 Parsonage Inspection Form - Due March 1
The Parsonage Inspection Form is due March 1. All churches that own a parsonage are required to complete this form, even if your pastor does not live in it.
A blank copy of the form can be found on the Forms page of the conference website. If the pastor lives in the parsonage, please use the Pastor form. If the church rents the parsonage, please use the "Renters" form.
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GC Lay Servant Ministry Class: Intentional Discipleship
Summary of class
Based on a series of works from Junius Dotson and the See All the People movement, this advanced Lay Servant Ministries course looks at a way to stop “fixing” our churches and proposes a way forward by returning to our Wesleyan roots by seeing and developing relationships with the people in our communities and proclaiming the Word to them, leading them to commit their lives to God, nurturing them in the faith, sending them into the world, and then starting the whole process over again.
Description
This class will be hosted by the Gateway Central District and led by Pastor Ivan James and District Director Ken Cieslak. There are three “textbooks” (actually, they are just short pamphlets) required for this course, all available as free PDF downloads. The links for downloading will be sent upon registration. Attendance and participation are expected at all 4 sessions.
There are no prerequisites for this class, and all laity and clergy are invited to attend. Attendance is limited to 25 persons. The registration deadline is February 14 and there is no registration fee.
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Online Early Response Team Training for Disaster Response
Registration deadline January 20.
This class will provide you with the Basic information you need about Early Response Teams. Early Response Teams (ERTs) fill a specific need in the days after a disaster to clean out flood-damaged homes, remove debris, place tarps on homes, and otherwise help to prevent further damage, while providing a caring Christian presence.
Attendance is required at all four classes in order to receive an UMCOR ERT Badge. A week before the class, registrants must complete a background check initiated by UMCOR. You will receive more information on this after you register. Once the background check is complete, registrants will receive a link to the training and instructions to obtain class materials.
Required Class Sessions:
Friday, February 4 - 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, February 5 - 9-11 a.m.
Friday, February 11 - 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, February 12 - 9-11 a.m.
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Connecting New People to Christ Online Workshop
Would you like to include a large number of new people in your church?
It’s easier than you think. But you need to know the secret. Although very few people talk about this, it is the basic building block of all healthy and vital churches. It all comes down this: you must meet and include new people.
The most common longing expressed by pastors and laypersons is: “We need to reach new people. It feels like the same people are doing the same things all the time.”
If that sounds familiar, here’s a way to turn that around. This February and March, we’re offering an eight-week online course called Connecting New People to Christ. It will run every Thursday, February 3 – March 24, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. There is no cost, but you do need to register.
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SoulConnections Retreat: Journey
The Soul Connections spring retreat invites both laity and clergy to experience rest and renewal. Using JOURNEY as our guiding theme, together we’ll explore how pilgrimage can be a metaphor for the spiritual journey. To embark on a pilgrimage is to leave where one is and arrive where one is not yet. We may find ourselves on an old road of initiation, a quest for healing, an walk of penance, a search for companions, a journey of deep reflection or even a hope for reinvention in communion with God.
JOURNEY is the second in a series of four Soul Connections retreats centered on the foundational themes of connection, invitation, reflection and celebration. The retreats complement one another to form a personal, four-retreat journey over two years. At the same time, each retreat opportunity stands alone.
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First (Union) Seeking PT Piano Player and Choir Director
First UMC in Union is seeking a piano player that can help on Sundays from 10:15 until about 11:45 and that is able to participate in a practice one day a week. It would be fine if they were willing to take possible direction of the choir to help the choir director when she is busy with work. Interested parties should email mailto:
[email protected] Rev. Andrew McCausland.
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