Washington Region

Monday, August 23, 2010

Bishop's Day Apart RSVP needed!
If you plan on attending the Bishop's Day Apart event and have not registered online, please email Pam (pmullay@bwcumc.org) with a headcount ASAP. For more information about the event, you can go to http://www.bwcumc.org/bishopsdaywithlaity.

We've Moved!
The Baltimore-Washington Conference Center has moved and we all survived! Our new address is 11711 East Market Place, Fulton, MD 20759. Our phone numbers will remain the same. We will be getting new fax numbers and as soon as we get the numbers, we will post them on the blog.

September start of Discipler Groups
Discipler Groups will begin in September. Since the first week in September is a short week, the first official week of the Discipler Groups will be the week of September 6. Groups will not meet on September 1 or 2.

Minister of Music/Choir Director needed
Oak Chapel UMC in north Silver Spring has an immediate opening for an interim, part-time Minister of Music/Choir Director. The church is undergoing a process of discernment to determine possible changes in its worship format beginning January 2011, when a new, permanent position will be in place. In the interim, Oak Chapel is seeking an organist/pianist able to support a wide-range of music styles from traditional to more contemporary, as well as gospel and/or global flavor. Interim duties include working with the pastor each week to coordinate music, playing organ and piano at two services on Sunday mornings, as well as directing a small adult choir during worship and at a rehearsal time to be determined. Please send resumes to Oak Chapel UMC, 14500 Layhill Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20906, 301.598.0000 or email oakchapelumc@verizon.net.

Opening at the Baltimore-Washington Conference
The Conference is currently recruiting for an Associate of Radical Hospitality. For more information, please read the job description at http://www.bwcumc.org/files/Coordinator%20of%20Radical%20Hospitality.pdf.

Book Recommendation
Some pastors may find this book interesting. Check out "Loving the Church You Lead" by David Hansen.

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Important Dates

November 1 & 2 & 3, 2011 - Discipler Groups http://www.bwcumc.org/content/discipler-group-roster
November 15, 2011 9:30 a.m.- Discipler Group Make-Up Session, Conference Mission Center
November 15, 2011 - Visioning 2020 with Bishop Schol http://www.bwcumc.org/events/visioning2020
November 29 & 30, 2011 9-11 a.m. & 1-3 p.m. : Gateway Training on Statistical Reports - Conference Mission Center
December 1, 2011 - Evaluations Due
December 1 & 6 & 7, 2011 - Discipler Groups http://www.bwcumc.org/content/discipler-group-roster
December 20, 2011 9:30 a.m. - Discipler Group Make-Up Session, Conference Mission Center http://www.bwcumc.org/content/discipler-group-roster
January 28, 2012 - Washington Region Leadership Day - Conference Mission Center
April 19, 2012 9-12:30 - Pastor Transition Workshop - Conference Mission Center
April 21, 2012 - Prodigal Worship, Queens Chapel UMC, Beltsville, MD
May 12, 2012 9-12:30 Washington Region Transition Workshop for Pastors/SPRC, Conference Mission Center
May 30 - June 1, 2012 - Annual Conference - Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore

Did you know?

If you have questions about taxes, W-2 forms and I-9's, the best place to go to have those questions answered is the GCFA website. www.gcfa.org/ls_CTP/html We suggest you access the information from GCFA, then contact accounting professionals for any additional information.

It is important that you update your leadership in Gateway, especially for Annual Conference. All new leaders should be added to your church. To do this, log into Gateway and click on Committee Overview. Then click on Committee Participation and Update. Click on Local Church Leadership Committee. For more information abut make changes/updates, go to www.bwcumc.org/content/gateway-resources and click on the Introduction to Gateway Manual.

The current address of the Conference Mission Center does not always show up on GPS or MapQuest. We suggest you use the address for Maggie Moo's Ice Cream which is 8170 Maple Lawn Boulevard, Fulton, MD 20759. The Conference Mission Center is located in the parking lot behind Maggie Moo's.

If you send mail to our old address on Gateway Drive in Columbia, it will be returned to you. Please be mindful of our new address when sending timely information.

Your guide and district superintendent (and your RA) enjoy reading your newsletters. If you have them electronically, please feel free to pass them on to us via email.

That if you forget your Gateway user name and password and set up a new account in Gateway that your new account will not be connected to your church and you will not be able to access the forms you need on Gateway. To avoid this from happening, please contact Pam Mullay to obtain your user name and password for Gateway if you have forgotten it.

Clergy Compensation Reports are linked to medical and pension and if the reports are not submitted on time your 2011 medical and pension benefits can be affected.

That if you register anyone other than yourself on Gateway (aside from ROCK) for training, that person's name and email will take over your account and your name and email will disappear from Gateway. To avoid this each person must register for events individually unless stated that group registrations are allowed. We do this to allow for monitoring of CEU credits. If you have someone else register you then they will receive credit for the class in your place.