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Ministry Resources Committees seeks volunteers for committees

The Ministry Resources Committee is looking for lay and clergy leaders to serve on several of conference committees for two-year terms, beginning at the Annual Meeting at the end of April. They invite members of the Conference to prayerfully consider offering from their time and talent and respond before Easter Sunday on April 9.

The Annual Meeting theme this year is “Love Deeply,”which is a call to embody the extravagant and transformative love of God, said Jenn Hagedorn, chair of the Ministry Resources Team.

“We are in a time of great change as a conference and are looking for folks who are ready to midwife our conference into the next season of church life,” said Jenn. “”As your church or the Pacific Northwest Conference invites you into work of leadership and service, consider the ways that might present an opening for you to find deep gladness addressing the deep hungers of the world in some way.”

These are the conference committees mostin need of support at this time are the following:

• The Committee on Ministry (East and West) needs a balanced mix of lay people and clergy—folks who are committed to the overall health of the variety of ministries/ministers in the conference, who enjoy theological thinking, who ask good questions, who listen with discernment. The committee's work holds ministers/ministries accountable in love and faithfulness. The COM-East meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., third Fridays. The COM-West meets9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on second Thursdays. Both require three to six hours a month beyond meetings.

• Global Ministries Committee: There are six members from the UCC and six from the Disciples of Christ. They oversee mission personal visits to the region, promote mission trips, relay mission information from the national settings of Global Ministries to the area churches, and pursue mission partnerships with churches or faith organizations in other countries, including South Korea and Columbia. The committee has four one-hour meetings a year.

• Stewardship Committee: This committee is responsible for budgeting, property management and investments. They are also responsible for fundraising, and it is this area in which they need additional help. The committee meets two hours monthly plus one or two more times throughout the year.

• Board of Directors: Members develop relationships with one another and hold the vision of the PNC Conference. They assist in the creation and implementation of annual goals and objectives that support the vision and should share the conference’s commitment to anti-racism and the introspection and learning that requires. They also provide fiduciary oversight for the organization and stewardship of its resources with an eye to future ministry sustainability. The average monthly time commitment is three to four hours for board and other meetings, plus five to six hours of work and communication between meetings.

If any of these opportunities are in alignment with where God is calling you, please reach out to Ministry Resource Committee (MRC) Team that includes Jenn and members with Holly Peterson, Jeannette Solimine, Cydne Cochran and Dee Eisenhauer. The MRC will consider volunteers and make nominations to be approved at the Annual Meeting. 

For information, call 205-265-2834 or email pastor@spiritofpeaceucc.org.

 

 

 

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