Church Conference November 18

Our annual church conference at Peoples is scheduled for Sunday November 18 from 4-6pm with light snacks provided before. Our district superintendent, Rev. Mike Davis, will be presiding.

The agenda for conference includes matters such as election of committee members for 2008, setting of the pastors' compensation package, and continuation of our certified lay speakers. We will also hear an update on the Together for Tomorrow conference capital campaign, and a presentation from Mike Davis. This presentation will either be on Welcoming Newcomers (Warm up Your Welcome), or if there are enough questions for Mike we may host a time for conversation with the D.S. instead. Please submit questions you might have for Mike to Pastor Gwyneth by Tuesday, November 13. If there are insufficient questions for in depth conversation we will go with the presentation on Welcoming.

In addition there will be a presentation of the 2008 budget before the church conference at 2:45pm for anyone interested. Last year, some folks suggested that we work on the budget earlier than usual so that we have this information in hand as we are voting on the pastors' compensation. Although this has never been done before, the Finance Committee agreed to give it a try.

All are invited and encouraged to attend, so please save the date! Church members are invited to vote during the conference but all are invited to attend.

Note: We will only be printing church conference reports needed for voting. All other committee end-of-year reports should be completed by December 31 which will be printed for a special meeting in January. Thank you!