Spring Meeting
April 27th, 2008
Over 120 persons from across the
association—as far as Cape Girardeau to the south, Troy to the
north, St. Charles to the east and Morrison to the west—gathered
together for an afternoon focused on learning about congregational
vitality. Our afternoon began with worship as Rev. Krista Betz,
Acting Associate Conference Minister preached and an offering of
$549 for Strengthen the Church was collected. Our keynote address
on “Green and Growing” was presented by Rev. Kate Huey, a national
UCC staff member in the congregational vitality initiative. She
challenged us to move beyond our “rational functional mode” as
churches and instead be communities of vitality by spreading the
Gospel message in response to the deep spiritual hunger that
exists in our world. Four workshop opportunities were also part of
the event: “Feeding a World that Longs for God”, “Got Youth”,
“What’s your Spiritual Direction”, and “Help! I’m a Greeter, Now
What?” Our afternoon closed with a communion service where Rev.
Jeff Whitman, Conference Minister; Rev. Krista Betz, Acting
Associate Conference Minister; Rev. David Poe, host pastor at St.
Peter UCC; and Rev. Don Bizer, Association Council President
presided at the table. Special thanks to the Evangelism Committee
for organizing the event and to Rev. David Poe and the
congregation of St. Peter’s UCC, New Haven for being such
excellent hosts.
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Eastern Association Fall Meeting
September 28, 2008
at St. John UCC, St. Clair
Financial Report for 2008
Agenda
Budget
2008-2009
Below: Festival of Sharing materials being collected at our annual
meeting.
Submitted by Clint Spivey
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The Acting Associate Conference Minister with a
special relationship to the congregations in East Central Missouri
is Krista Betz.
Krista serves on a part-time basis and is in her office at Missouri Mid-South Conference
Office at 411 E. Lockwood, on Eden Theological Seminary Campus in
St. Louis on Wednesdays. You can call Krista at the Conference office at
314-918-2603 or 1-877-877-5884 (Ext. 77603),or e-mail
her at krista@mmsucc.org
and she will get back with you as quickly as possible.
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