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WHO WE ARE

The Churches of East Central Missouri greet you in the name of Jesus Christ! Located east of Highway 63, excluding the greater St. Louis area, we are 56 churches serving the rural and suburban communities of eastern Missouri. We include some of the oldest churches in Missouri, some located in the most picturesque settings in the State. We also embrace the chaplaincies of the two campuses of the Emmaus Homes, the Shannondale Mission (click here for more details), and the Outdoor Ministry camps of Mo-Val and TAMBO (click here for more details).

Spring Meeting 2010
The Spring Meeting of the Eastern Association of the Missouri Mid-South Conference will be held at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Hermann, Missouri on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 in the afternoon. This meeting will be hosted by the Committee on Ministry and will include workshops on topics including: duties/responsibilities of the Committee on Ministry; the Search and Call Process (calling a pastor to your church); boundary issues and promoting healthy relationships; being called to ministry, and how to answer that call; conflict management in local congregations; and similar themes.

Our gathering will conclude with dinner served by St. Paul’s UCC at 5:30pm. Registration materials will be mailed later this week. If you have any questions, you may direct them to Rick Oberle at St. John’s, Bem United Church of Christ at rick@bemchurch.com.


Informational Review
“All Authorized Ministers are expected to participate in….Information Reviews in order to maintain their authorization” (United Church of Christ Manual on Ministry, Section 8, page 9). Two forms are available: one each for active ministers and for retired ministers.

Moments of Celebration

Celebrating Ordination Anniversaries

 

Celebrating Birthdays

   
James B. Barnes 2/27/63
   
Edward Wilson 3/4/07
 
   
James H. Konrad 2/1
Greg Heinsman 2/10
John C. Silea 2/11
Krista Betz 2/14
   
Herb Gessert 3/2
Roy Siewert 3/6
Kemery Baldwin 3/8
Fred Brandenburd 3/9
Craig Blaufuss 3/16
Paul Daussman 3/19
Susan Shumway 3/24
David Jones 3/26
Eugenia Althan 3/26
     

Eastern Association Resources

 

Job Descriptions

SUMMER READING
Attached is a list of books that pastors in the Eastern Association have read over the last year. If you are looking for some good reads for the summer, we thought you might consider some of these.

Summer Reading List 2009

By-Laws are available below as an Adobe Reader file.  If you are not able to open this file and need a hard copy to be mailed to you, please contact Kathy via email or call her at 877.877.5884 Ext 77602.

 

Committee on Ministry

Nominating Committee

Mission & Social Concerns

Stewardship Committee

Program Committee


Eastern Association By-Laws 

Understanding the Committee on Ministry: Frequently Asked Questions

   


 


Big Events

 

 

2010 Spring Meeting

Information coming soon!

 

2009 Annual Reports

Committee on Ministry Report

Evangelism Report

Program Committee Report

Stewardship Report

Mission and Social Concerns Report

 

Fall Business Meeting Documents

Meeting Agenda

REGISTRATION FORM

2010 Proposed Budget

2009 Yearly Financials

     

Spring Meeting

April 26th, 2009
Economic Justice was the focus of the day when over 130 people gathered at the Eastern Association’s 2009 Spring Meeting, held April 26th at Zion UCC, Union, Mo. The theme of the program was “Facilitators of Hope: equipping faith communities to work for economic justice”.

Following words of welcome by Zion’s Pastor Rev. Michael Bone and devotionals by Rev. Kemery Baldwin of St. John UCC, St. Charles, the attendees were dismissed to attend two consecutive breakout sessions lasting 50 minutes each. Each participant could choose to attend two of these four presentations:
• a Food Pantry Roundtable, featuring speakers Rev. Armin Klemme (Zion UCC, Union), Judy Schneider (St. Peter’s UCC, Washington), and Cheryl Barta (Hope Food Pantry, O’Fallon) discussed topics such as site location, staffing, food acquisition and distribution, clientele, and record-keeping.
• Rev. John Hogue, Pastor of Faith UCC, Wentzville, and Mandy Doumit, R.N. presented on the RAPHA clinic, a medical clinic for transients and the working poor which operates out of Faith UCC.
• Dorothy “Dottie” Kastigar, Community Development Coordinator of the Community Council of St. Charles County, presented on the topic “Support to People Experiencing Homelessness”.
• JoAnn Toerper, Program Administrator for the Missouri Career Center in Warrenton, presented on workforce retraining programs and resources available in Lincoln, Warren, and Montgomery Counties.

An offering was taken up during opening devotionals to benefit the RAPHA Clinic. Session participants were also given packets with extensive resource materials for Lincoln, Warren, Franklin, Gasconade, and St. Charles Counties, in addition to the materials available at each breakout session. The afternoon finished with a catered dinner, and time for informal discussion and fellowship.

Submitted by
Rev. Craig Blaufuss
Zion U.C.C. Troy, Mo. 63379
Office: 636 528-7550
Cell: 636 358-0292


Kemery Baldwin with some of the assembly for the meeting.

Michael Bone, pastor of Zion UCC, Union, our host church.

Kemery Baldwin leading the worship.

 

Kristy May of Emmaus Homes and Ed Wilson, pastor of Mantels and Casco at registration.

Jeff Whitman, Conference Minister with Norma Klemme, and Priscilla Bizer.

Vickie and Craig Blaufuss with another guest in a discussion.

Don Bizer and Mary Anne Kemper, members at Zion UCC, Troy and of the Mission and Social Concerns Committee.

 

 

 

Photo's provided by Charles Adams

     

 

 
 


 

 

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