07/15/08
Southeastern Jurisdicational Conference July 16-19
Please keep Paul Leeland and the other NC Conference Delegates to the 2008 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in your prayers. The conference is July 16-19 at Lake Junaluska. Paul is the NC Annual Conference nominee for election as a bishop. There are five other nominees. Only one bishop will be elected this year. The first ballot is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The Service of Consecration for the new bishop will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Plenary sessions of the conference can be watched over the Internet by going to the following link: http://www.sejumc.org/sej2008.aspx .
A Jurisdictional Conference happens every 4 years, primarily to elect Bishops. The conference also has the powers and duties:
? To promote the evangelistic, educational, missionary and benevolent interests of the church and to provide for interests and institutions within their boundaries;
? To establish and constitute jurisdictional conference boards as auxiliaries to the general boards of the church;
? To determine the boundaries of Annual Conferences;
? To make rules and regulations for the administration of the church's work within the Jurisdiction;
? To appoint a committee on appeals.
A Festival for Children to be in Sanford
The Conference Office for Hispanic/Latino Ministry announces a Festival for Children to be held at La Trinidad UMC in Sanford from noon until 4pm on July26. There will be music, food, and games for all ages. For more information, call Rev. Izzi Perez at (919) 478-7530.
Festival del Niño - La Trinidad UMC
Día: 26 de Julio, 2008 Lugar: 407 West Main Street Sanford, NC 27332 Hora: 12:00 PM 4:00 PM. Proveeremos comida. Juegos para todas las edades. Musica, castillos inflables, ponys y mucho mas. Los Esperamos! Para information contacto Pastor Izzi Perez (919) 478-7530.
MERCI needs flood buckets to be sent to the Midwest
MERCI has received word that the Iowa conference is seeking help and has places for volunteers to reside. MERCI requests flood buckets, supplies for buckets or money ($54) for the supplies or shipping. Persons interested in volunteering for work in Iowa should contact Ann Huffman at MERCI, 888-440-9167 so that travel can be arranged in the most economical way. Each NC Conference district disaster response committee member should establish a central collection point in their district to collect flood supplies. MERCI will arrange a pick up of flood bucket supplies if districts are unable to deliver the materials to MERCI. The response to the request made at Annual Conference has been most gratifying. For more information on the contents of a flood bucket, please see Flood Buckets .
Iowa needs workteam assistance
MERCI will be putting together recovery teams for Cedar Rapids Iowa for Aug. 3-9, Sept. 7-13 and Sept. 14-20. Persons wanting to be on a team in August must be signed up by July 15. Teams for September must be signed up by Aug. 15. Travel arrangements will be made considering skills and needs of the team members. The August team will be cleaning and demolition. The September teams will be demolition and reconstruction. Teams will be called to MERCI for brief training and team building before leaving for Iowa. Training dates will be provided at a later time. Individuals or congregations interested should contact Ann Huffman or Jim Huskins at MERCI 888-440-9167.
Conference Board of Trustees seeks your input
The 2008 Annual Conference approved a proposal by the Conference Board of Trustees to sell the existing United Methodist Building and build a new conference headquarters in Greenfield Park in Garner. The needs assessment phase of this building project is beginning. Comments and ideas about what should be in the building and advice from past building experiences are requested. Ideas and “best advice” should be sent to the building project team at nccbuilds@nccumc.org . All ideas will be compiled and considered during this important assessment phase. Share your thoughts and ideas with the team.
