Washington Region

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Leadership Day Registration Ending Soon!
Just a reminder that you have until Saturday, January 15, 2011 to register for Leadership Day. Registrations will not be taken after that date. Please go to http://www.bwcumc.org/microsites/g/2011washingtonleadershipday to register for the event.

Free Supplies
Foundry United Methodist Church has the following items to donate to a good home:

Legal file cabinets - 3
Legal hanging file folders
Legal file folders
Legal expandable pocket folders

If you can provide a good home to these supplies, please contact Al Hammer at ahammer@foundryumc.org.

Wesley Ministry Network Online Classes Available

Connect with other Christians to deepen your faith and grow in discipleship with Wesley Ministry Network On-line. In partnership with Bishop Richard Wilke’s Institute for Discipleship, Wesley Ministry Network now offers its acclaimed lay education courses on-line.

Each course features streaming video lectures and on-line discussions with other students and experienced Wesley Ministry Network teachers. Courses are open to everyone, and CEUs are available.

Spring courses begin January 16 and include:

· Serious Answers to Hard Questions

· Women Speak of God

· Devotion to Jesus: The Divinity of Christ in Early Christianity

· Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth

Learn more and register at http://www.beadisciple.com/wesleyministrynetwork.html

2010 Apportionment Deadline Extended

In consideration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 17, the new deadline for paying the balance of your 2010 apportionments has moved from January 17 to Tuesday, January 18, at 12 p.m. The Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center will be closed for the holiday.

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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.