Church Conference To Be Held December 11th

John Ross Thompson – November 28, 2007

As the year 2007 comes to a close in a month, many of us will be reflecting on what has happened and what we will be doing during the next calendar year. The way we do that in our church is through our annual Church Conference.

This year’s Church Conference will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 11. This is a change from the previously scheduled date of December 3. At the meeting, Lansing District Superintendent Benton Heisler will preside. We will officially elect our church leaders, set the pastors’ salaries and housing allowances, act on a recommendation for a certified lay speaker (Jeff Linderman), and consider a motion to use most of our parsonage escrow fund to pay down church building debt.

A Church Conference book, to be distributed at the meeting, will summarize the ministries of our church. These reports, from our various leaders, will report on ministries during the past year, as well as look forward to 2008. Even for those of us most active in the church, they are a helpful reminder of the many ways UUMC reaches out in our community and in the world.

In this 50th year of our congregation, we have reviewed much of UUMC’s history. Our archives contain Church Conference reports from the years 1957 to 2006. This Golden Year Church Conference report will add to that collection. In addition, these reports will be on the church website for all to see.

Join us if you can on December 11 for this celebration of all that we are! If you can’t be there, pick up a copy of the Church Conference book after that date.