06/24/08

Gilbert is acting superintendent in Fayetteville District
Bishop Al Gwinn has announced that Dr. Milton Gilbert will serve as acting district superintendent in the Fayetteville District for the next 60 days.  At Annual Conference, Bishop Gwinn announced that Dr. Sam Wynn would be the Fayetteville superintendent and would be on Family Leave for 60 days.

IRS changes allowable mileage rate effective July 1
Due to rising gas prices, the mileage rate will increase by eight cents to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1 through Dec. 31. The new rate for computing deductible medical or moving expenses will also increase by eight cents to 27 cents a mile. The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents a mile. See news release IR-2008-82 http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=184163,00.html   and Announcement 2008-63 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/a-08-63.pdf .

DVDs available for the special services at Annual Conference
To order a DVD of one of the special services from Annual Conference, go to DVD Orders (requires Acrobat Reader), print and complete the form. Each DVD costs $8 to cover production expenses and postage. Make checks payable to the NC Conference and mail them to Linda Smith, PO Box 10955, Raleigh NC 27605 by June 30. Services available on DVD are the Ordination Service, Ben Witherington's Bible studies and Thursday evening sermon, the All Saints/Memorial Service, the Bishop's State of the Church Address, the Retiree Recognition Service, and the Friday evening Laity event with Dr. Leonard Sweet.

Pastors, change your contact information
All persons in appointive positions and particularly pastors moving to a new appointment should immediately check and change their contact information in the On-Line Data Collection System. Retired pastors and those on leave should also keep your personnel information updated. If assistance is needed with the data system, contact Jennifer Echert at jechert@nccumc.org . This information will be used to compile the conference directory for 2008-09.

The Academy for Leadership Excellence Wants to Hear from You!
Do you have ideas about how the Academy for Leadership Excellence can better serve you, your church, your leadership team? If so, the Academy wants to hear from you. Simply send your suggestions, questions, or feedback to leadership@nccumc.org . Larry Coats, Academy Board chairman, has established this e-mail address for the receipt of ideas.