06/05/06

Look to the Internet for Annual Conference information
Annual conference is almost here. If you forgot the agenda showing when conference begins, what the proposed resolutions are, or where special meals will be then go to www.nccumc.org .  The information is there at the "click" of a mouse.  Don't forget that Annual Conference sessions, except for Friday evening, will be video streamed and can be watched on the Internet.  Did you miss an AC Briefing Session?  Don't worry, it is available at www.nccumc.org.   Share the information about "streaming" with your congregation and the other information about Annual Conference at www.nccumc.org

Information about Annual Conference you may not know
Traffic lights in front of the Greenville Convention Center will be adjusted at times to enter or leave the conference site and a police officer will be in the area for any traffic assistance as needed.
Don't think that parking is only available in front of the Convention Center.  Additional parking is available on the right side and behind the Center. If those areas seem full then any of the spaces behind the two adjacent hotels can be used.

Registered for the "Celebrate the Jubilee of Full Clergy-rights for Women" banquet?
If you have not registered to attend the June 14 banquet to "Celebrate the Jubilee of Full Clergy-rights for Women," it may not be too late but don't put it off any longer.  The banquet is 5:15-6 pm at Jarvis Memorial in Greenville.  Keynote speaker will be the Rev. Carol Goehring.  Special recognitions: Women District Superintendents and "Red Shoe" recognition of historic support for women's ministry in the NC Conference.  How to register: E-mail cgoehring@nccumc.org today and then send $15 per person to "Clergywomen's Banquet Reservations," Jarvis Memorial UMC, 510 S. Washington Street, Greenville, NC 27858.

Clergy women should bring alb or robe for June 15 celebration
All women serving local churches, past, present and future, active or retired, are asked to wear alb or robe to the Clergywomen's Celebration Order of the Day, Thursday, June 15, 10 am, at Annual Conference in Greenville.  If in full connection Deacon or Elder, please wear appropriate red stole. For more information contact Clergywomen's Convener, Para Drake at pdrake@nccumc.org .

N.C. Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation
A fifth Five-Day Academy in North Carolina will be offered at the Trinity Center in Salter Path beginning Sunday, October 1, and ending Friday, October 6. The cost is $650.00.  The faculty for 2006 will be: Kathryn Damiaco and Glandion Carney. For more information or a registration form, please contact Robin Harry, Registrar rharry@nccumc.org or 919-832-9560, ext. 252.

Colleague Forum for Pastors
Colleague Forum for Pastors is now accepting applications for Colleague Forum #3. The Forum is a two-year experience of spiritual formation, focusing on worship, study, and spiritual community. Forum #3 runs July 2006 through May of 2008, meeting once a quarter --- three days and nights at Avila Retreat Center in Durham, for a total of eight sessions. For applications, and/or information, contact Robin Harry ( rharry@nccumc.org ), 919-832-9560, or Jimmy Weaver ( j234weaver@yahoo.com ), 252-747-3723.