Potomac Ministerium

February’s gathering will be held at Bethe UCC-Arlington, VA with lunch provided (Thank you Kristen Curlee and Carolyn Richar!).

We will be joined by several of our UCC colleagues who work with Capital Hospice.  We will encounter the depth and breadth of their work, and how we can be partners in their ministry among us and with us. Thank you, Carolyn Richar and Francine Vinson, for sharing your ministry with us.

Please rsvp to hank@rockspringucc.org by Monday morning so we can ensure lunch for all.

Bethel UCC is located at the corner of Arlington Blvd (US-50) and George Mason Drive.  Parking is available at the American Red Cross (immediately east of the church; follow the signs).

4347 Arlington Blvd  Arlington, VA  22203-2904
Phone: (703) 528-0937

Ministerium Planning

We’re also looking for themes and ideas for presenters for the Ministerium gatherings.  If you would like to help organize and coordinate, please send me an email or call.  The Planning Team is currently reforming!

Annual Clergy Update

If you’ve not taken the opportunity, please complete your annual review as soon as possible.  The on-line system will remain available until 3/1/2011, at which time we will be compiling the reviews.
Please follow the link below, and complete the form.  The form takes between 15-30 minutes.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PotomacClergyUpdate2010

We thank you all who have completed the survey, and hope the rest of us will take a moment to complete it today!

Installation of Anne Troy

The Potomac Association,

Central Atlantic Conference,

United Church of Christ

and Shaw Community Ministry
with Hope UCC

cordially invite your presence and prayers for

The Installation of Anne Troy

April 2, 2011  at 3:00 p.m.

at Lincoln Congregational Temple UCC

with a reception immediately following.

Clergy who wish to robe and process should arrive one-half hour prior to the service to robe, pray, and prepare for the processional. Red or rainbow stoles encouraged!

Directions and Location Instructions:

Please follow this link for an interactive map to Lincoln Congregational Temple UCC.

1701 Eleventh St NW
Washington, DC   20001-5012
Phone: (202) 332-2640

Spring 2011 Association Meeting

Official Call to
The Potomac Association Spring Meeting 2011

Click here for the Delegate’s Packet (including the items for discussion and resolution)–Coming Soon!

Click here for the Resolution for Discussion on ONA

Click here for the Resolution on Bylaw Revision

DATE:    April 7, 2011
TO:         Delegates of the Local Churches
and Authorized Ministers of the Potomac Association
FROM:  The Board of Directors, Potomac Association
Rev. Henry E. Fairman, Moderator, Potomac Association
Rev. Kwame Osei Reed, Associate Conference Minister

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Delegates and Authorized Ministers of the Potomac Association are called to the Spring Meeting 2011.
The purpose of the Spring meeting shall be to:

  1. Receive reports from the officers of the Board of Directors, each Standing and Special Committee, and any other person or organization as requested by the Board of Directors.
  2. Elect officers, directors, and members of Standing Committees.
  3. Vote on nominees for the Conference Board of Directors and for other positions to which nominees of the Association may be elected.
  4. Act on resolutions, petitions, or overtures.
  5. Conduct any other business germane to the purposes of the Association.

Specifics:
The meeting will take place at Faith UCC-Washington, DC

4900 Tenth St NE  Washington, DC  20017
Phone: (202) 635-7777
Website: www.faithuccdc.com

Saturday, May 7, 2011
8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. Registration fee is $15.00 per person (If paying by check, please make payable to “Potomac Association UCC”) .

Please contact Angie Megna by phone or email at the Central Atlantic Conference Office to register.


AGENDA:

8:30        Registration

9:00        Opening Plenary
Reports of the Association Board and Committees
Nominations for Officers and Committees

10:00     Reflection on our Theme:
“Our Ministry grows where our treasure flows”: a discussion on our mission together

10:45     Items before the Association

Hearing on the Resolution Declaring the Potomac Association to be “Open and Affirming”

Action on the Resolution for Review and Revision of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Potomac Association

Other Business before the Association

12:00     Lunch

12:30     Closing Worship

 

BYLAW PROVISIONS AND RULES FOR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

QUORUM (Article VIII.D)
Each local church is expected to be faithful in sending ministers and officially designated delegates to all meetings of Association. A quorum for any meeting of the Association shall consist of twenty voting ministers and delegates from at least seven local churches, including not less than five ordained ministers and five lay persons.

REPRESENTATION (Article V.B)
Each local church shall be entitled to representation at meetings, including Ecclesiastical Councils, by three lay delegates (one of whom shall be the chief lay officer designated by the local church.)Those churches having more than 300 members shall be entitled to add one additional delegate for each additional 300 members or major fraction thereof. Membership shall be based on the last published edition of the yearbook, unless the local church shall have notified the Scribe in writing of a change in membership. All delegates shall be members of the local church represented.

VOTING (Article VI.B)
Except where otherwise provided herein or in the By-laws, all questions shall be determined by a simple majority of the voting membership present and voting.
1.  Each ordained minister, the delegate(s) of each local church and each member of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to one vote at each meeting of the Association. No absentee ballots may be cast.
2.  Each member of the Church and Ministry Committee, not otherwise entitled to vote, shall have one vote at Ecclesiastical Councils.