The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met March 29th by Zoom for the second of its quarterly meetings in 2022. A meeting summary follows. DEVOTION Bishop Fairley reminded us that God always desires to communicate with us individually. We must be willing to give God space to speak to us because God asks us every day… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table Approves 2024 Budget and Sends to CFA for Approval
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met January 27th by Zoom to ready the 2024 budget proposal for presentation to the Council on Finance and Administration (CFA). After discussion, the total budget submitted for vote totaled $15,734,449, reflecting a $339,905 (2.21%) increase from the budget approved for 2023. Approved unanimously, the 2024 budget was moved to… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table: Meeting Updates from 12-9-2021
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met December 9th by Zoom for the fourth of its quarterly meetings in 2021. A meeting summary follows. DEVOTION Gray Southern emphasized to CCT members that God is at work in a world that is confused, frightened, broken, and sometimes despairing. That is the promise of the Advent season… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table: Meeting Updates from 10-7-2021
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met October 7th by Zoom for the third of its quarterly meetings in 2021. A meeting summary follows. LOVE FEAST / OPENING REMARKS To open the meeting, CCT members celebrated a Love Feast. Bishop Fairley reminded members that the disciples only recognized the risen Christ when they sat at the… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table: Meeting Updates from 5-18-2021
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met May 18 by Zoom for the second of its quarterly meetings in 2021. A meeting summary follows. STRUCTURAL UPDATES Bishop Leonard Fairley will come among us as episcopal leader in September. At Annual Conference, we will report the following shifts through the structure review process. Beth Hood will become… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table Approves 2023 Budget & Sends to CFA for Approval
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met February 24 by Zoom to ready the 2023 budget proposal for presentation to the Council on Finance and Administration (CFA). After discussion, the budget submitted for vote totaled $11,840,262 in total Annual Conference requests, reflecting a $78,170 reduction (.51%) from the budget approved for 2022. Approved unanimously, it moved… Continue Reading→
Conference Connectional Table: Meeting Updates from 12-8-2020
The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met December 8 by Zoom. A meeting summary follows. DevotionThe Reverend Alma Ruiz, lecturer and evangelism director of the Hispanic House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, offered a devotion based on Isaiah 58:6-9. These verses summarize the ministry God calls us to do: to loose the chains of injustice,… Continue Reading→