Capital District UMC Charge Conference - Agenda 2017

Welcome and Call to Order

Designation of Recording Secretary

(The Board or Council Secretary holds this office. Each church represented will need a recording secretary.)

Bible Study on Fruitfulness

Action Items

Each of these items should be reviewed and approved by your church council/administrative board prior to the Charge Conference.

*2018 Church/Pastor Compensation Report(s)

Called to lead and serve among us, we pray God’s continued blessing upon our pastors.

Loving God, we give thanks for these servant leaders. Strengthen them, protect them, and inspire them. In the name of the One who calls us all, Amen.

*2018 Leadership/Nominations Report including delegates to Annual Conference

For the laity who give of their time, energy and gifts, we give thanks to God.

Loving God, pour out your Spirit upon all those who have been elected into lay leadership in the church. Empower them to be the Body of Christ in the world. Amen.

*Lay Servant Ministries & Declaration of Candidacy for Ministry and Certified Lay Ministers (Please contact Teresa prior to the Charge Conference to notify her of any first time candidates needing Charge Conference action. Approval by 2/3 written ballot for first time certification - have slips of paper available.)

We remember our Baptism to represent Christ to the world.

Loving God, bless all these persons who have responded to your call to set apart ministries. Guide and direct those candidates among us who are moving forward in the process to licensed or ordained ministry. Amen.

*Consent Agenda and Written Reports

The following items are adopted as a group:

Report of Finance Committee, Report of Trustees, written Report of Pastor and other clergy affiliated with the charge, any other written reports from lay leadership/church ministries

Adjournment & Sending Forth

We are called by God to a life of love and service.

We are called by God to encourage one another.

We are sent by the Spirit into the mission field.

We are empowered by the Spirit to be fruitful.

May the love of Christ go with you.

May we embody the love of Christ wherever we go.

You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. But remember the root command: Love one another. - John 15:16-17