Washington Region

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Consecration of Conference Mission Center
The consecration of the new mission center will be on October 19, 2010 beginning at 10 a.m. The consecration will be a kick-off of a full day of celebration including building tours, fellowship and book signings in the new Cokesbury store.

If you are interested in attending the consecration ceremony, please RSVP to pmullay@bwcumc.org. In addition, we will be doing building tours from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and again from 4-7 p.m. We hope that everyone can come out at some point during the day to check out our new home! For more information, please go to http://www.bwcumc.org/newbuilding.

Charge Conference Update
Just a reminder that if you still need your user name and password, please contact dcampbell@bwcumc.org.

Statistical Report Training
The Conference Mission Center will be hosting Statistical Report Training for local churches, pastors and laity on December 7. We are offering two sessions, the afternoon session will be held from 1-3 p.m. and the evening session will be held from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

The training will be held at the Conference Mission Center, 11711 East Market Place, Fulton, MD. Please note that Mapquest is still not recognizing the new address. Please use 8170 Maple Lawn Boulevard (Maggie Moo's Ice Cream). The conference center building is located in the parking lot behind Maggie Moo's.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP to dcampbell@bwcumc.org with the number of people you are bringing with you and the session you wish to attend.

2011 Annual Conference Dates
The 2011 Annual Conference will be held on May 26-28, 2011 in Baltimore. Mark you calendars!

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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.