CTC Quick Notes – Aug. 9, a.d. 2012
“CTC Quick Notes” is intended to give the leaders of the Central Texas Conference a snapshot of key information and tools available in one page or less. Please share with your congregations & church leaders as appropriate.
Join the Central Texas SCJC delegation in honoring Bishop Mike McKee. The Central Texas Delegation to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference is hosting a conference-wide reception in honor of the election of Bishop Mike McKee from 4-6 p.m., Sunday Aug. 26. The reception will be held in the Family Life Center at Arborlawn United Methodist Church (5001 Briarhaven Road, Fort Worth, 76109). A Facebook page has been set up to RSVP and for more information.
The next Safe Sanctuary training session is next week. The local churches of the Central Texas Conference should be intentional to train all persons who have contact and leadership with children and youth regarding their Safe Sanctuary policy. One way to ensure your church is faithful to your policy is to send several persons to training every three years to be refreshed and take a new look at the local church policy and procedures. The next training will be held at Salado UMC on Aug. 18. Click here for more details. As a reminder, each local church in the Central Texas Conference must have an established Safe Sanctuary Abuse Prevention Policy in place in an easily-accessible location within the church, available for review by district or conference personnel if requested.
Register now for September Early Response Team Certification class. Recent history has shown that disaster can strike at any time. History also shows that the people of the Central Texas Conference are always eager and ready to lend a hand whenever disaster comes a callin’ and the CTC Early Response Team are those who are ready and trained to act first. If you are called to service as a member of the CTCEarly Response Team (ERT), you must complete an official certification course. There are still two training events planned for this summer and fall – a new certification training from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at FUMC Burleson,(590 Northeast McAlister RoadBurleson, TX 76028) and a re-certification training for those who have taken ERT in the recent past from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 at First UMC Burleson. ERT Badges are good for three years, so if you have a badge dated 2009 or later, you can take the 4-hour recertification course and remain on active status through 2015. Please note that a minimum of seven persons must be registered by the Monday before a training is scheduled to go or the training will have to be cancelled. Click the following link to register and see the CTC Disaster Response page for more details.
The Fiesta Cristiana Workshop with Bishop and Mrs. Martinez is coming to the CTC this fall. You can join Bishop Joel Martinez, Mrs. Raquel Martinez and your brothers and sisters from around the Central Texas Conference on Sept.21- 22, for a workshop designed to energize and equip local churches to be in ministry with the Hispanic community. Bishop and Mrs. Martinez will be offering leadership related to developing worship experiences faithful to the United Methodist tradition while using traditional Hispanic worship resources. Click here to learn more.
Reminder: The Central Texas Conference Service Center (CTCSC) to be closed Friday Aug 10. This Friday, Aug.10, is the final Friday for the CTCSC summer schedule. The Service Center resumes its standard Mon.-Fri. schedule beginning next week. If you have an emergency Friday Aug. 10 and need to reach a member of the CTC Service Center, please call 817-994-0139 or e-mail .