Potomac Association Business

Official Call to The Annual Spring Meeting of The Potomac Association.
     
"Strengthening Partnerships"

SATURDAY, May 16, 2009
8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Registration fee is $15.00 per person

Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided

(If paying by check, please make payable to "Potomac Association UCC")

NEW LOCATION OF SPRING MEETING

PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
5301 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20011-2495
See below for directions
Phone: 202-723-5330

Click here to RSVP for lunch.


Our Spring Meeting is designed to be a time of fellowship and education.  This year's meeting will be a day of workshops and worship.  More details about the workshops will be forthcoming as the date draws nearer.

Agenda:
8:30 -   Registration
9:00 -   Opening Plenary
            Workshops following
12:00 - Lunch
12:30 - Closing Worship

At this will meeting we will elect candidates to serve the Board of Directors and Committees members serving the Association and Conference for the coming two years.  Nominations for the following offices and committees should be submitted to Rev. Hank Fairman via email  before May 1.  Click here to contact Rev. Fairman.

Quorum
ARTICLE VIII- MEETINGS
D.    Quorum
        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.

Voting Membership
ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS
B.    Voting
        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.

Representation
ARTICLE V - MEMBERSHIP & CHURCH REPRESENTATION
B.    LOCAL CHURCH REPRESENTATION -
        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.

Campus Ministries Supported by Potomac Association
Through its Higher Education Committee, the Potomac Association works to support ministries on college campuses in the Washington, DC, metropolitian area. Click here for more information.

Keep Your Contact Information Current
If you are involved in Potomac Association activities or are a leader in a Potomac Association church, please help the association keep your contact information current. Please click here to provide changes in your email address or other contact information.


 



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