Western North Carolina Conference Administrative Services

2008 Program and Reports
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Inside the Front Cover
Title Page

Photos Presiding Officers..............................................................................................................................................				4
Welcome to Lake Junaluska Assembly.....................................................................................................................				7
Conference Program.....................................................................................................................................................				8
Calendar of Special Events..........................................................................................................................................				10

Offices and Other Official Rooms...............................................................................................................................				12
Notes to Conference Participants..............................................................................................................................				12
Ushers for the 2008 Session.......................................................................................................................................				13
Meeting Places for Organizational Sessions of 2008-2012 Agencies ................................................................				14

Petitions to the 2008 Session ......................................................................................................................................				15

Council on Finance and Administration.....................................................................................................................				16
	Conference Funds For 2008...................................................................................................................................			20

Conference Ministries Advisory Council.....................................................................................................................				27
Agencies Related to the Conference Ministries Advisory Council:
	1. Committees and Task Groups of the Council
	a.	Camping and Retreat Ministries Committee..............................................................................................		28
	b.	Committee on Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries...........................................................................		30
	c.	Committee on Ethnic Local Church Concerns...........................................................................................		30
	d.	Spiritual Formation Task Group.................................................................................................................		31
	2. Program Ministries Commissions:
	a.	Commission on Nurture Ministries..............................................................................................................		31
			Children’s Ministry....................................................................................................................................	31
			Christian Education and Leadership Development .........................................................................	31
	b.	Commission on Outreach Ministries.........................................................................................................		32
			Congo (DRC) Coordinating Committee.......................................................................................	34
			Golden Cross....................................................................................................................................	34
			Mission Response Center..............................................................................................................	35
			Project AGAPE...................................................................................................................................	35
			Scandinavian Caravan.....................................................................................................................	35
			Volunteers in Mission.......................................................................................................................	35
			Building Teams.........................................................................................................................	36
			Disaster Response..................................................................................................................	36
			Medical Volunteers in Mission .............................................................................................................	37
			Waynesville District Disaster Response Board...............................................................................	37
			Wesley Community Development Corporation...........................................................................	38
	c.	Commission on Witness Ministries..........................................................................................................		38
	3. Advocacy Agencies:
	a.	Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns..............................................................		39
	b.	Commission on Religion and Race...........................................................................................................		40
	c.	Commission on the Status and Role of Women......................................................................................		40
	d.	Committee on African American Ministries................................................................................................		41
	e.	Committee on Asian American Ministries..................................................................................................		41
	f.	Committee on Church and Society..............................................................................................................		41
	g.	Committee on Hispanic Ministries...............................................................................................................		42
	h.	Committee on Native American Ministries..................................................................................................		43
	4. Conference Resource Center ..............................................................................................................................			43

Council on Congregational Development...................................................................................................................				44

Council on Higher Education Ministries.....................................................................................................................				46
	Higher Education Institutions
		a. Bennett College.........................................................................................................................................		46
		b. Brevard College........................................................................................................................................		47
		c. Greensboro College.................................................................................................................................		48
		d. High Point University................................................................................................................................		48
		e. Pfeiffer University.......................................................................................................................................		49

Consortium on Health and Human Services Institutions:
	1. Aldersgate United Methodist Retirement Community, Inc. .......................................................................			51
	2. Arbor Acres Retirement Community, Inc. .....................................................................................................			53
	3. The Children’s Home, Inc. ................................................................................................................................			54
	4. Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community.........................................................................			54
	5. UMAR, Inc. ..........................................................................................................................................................			56
	6. Chrysalis Counseling Center..........................................................................................................................			56
	7. Methodist Counseling and Consultation Services......................................................................................			57
	8. The Potters Touch..............................................................................................................................................			58
	9. Western North Carolina Conference Deaf Ministry.....................................................................................			58

Council on Laity...............................................................................................................................................................				59
United Methodist Men.....................................................................................................................................................				59
United Methodist Women..............................................................................................................................................				60
United Methodist Youth..................................................................................................................................................				61

Board of Ordained Ministry............................................................................................................................................				61
Board of Pensions, Inc...................................................................................................................................................				65
	Pension Proagram and Policies............................................................................................................................			65
	Health Benefits Committee......................................................................................................................................			67
Conference Board of Trustees, Inc..............................................................................................................................				72

Committee on the Annual Conference Meeting........................................................................................................				73
Committee on Appeals..................................................................................................................................................				75
Commission on Archives and History........................................................................................................................				75
	Conference Historical Society.................................................................................................................................			76
Christian Educators’ Fellowship.................................................................................................................................				76
Commission on Communications..............................................................................................................................				77
Commission on Conference Staff Relations ............................................................................................................				77
Committee on Episcopacy............................................................................................................................................				78
Episcopal Residence Committee...............................................................................................................................				79
Commission on Equitable Compensation...............................................................................................................				79

Stewardship of Giving Task Force...............................................................................................................................				81
Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries of North Carolina, Inc.......................................................................................				81
Finch‑Hunt Institute for Homiletical Studies.............................................................................................................				82
Trustees of the Eugene M. Cole Foundation.............................................................................................................				82
The United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc........................................................................				83
RFD CDC..........................................................................................................................................................................				83
Brotherhood/Sisterhood of the Western North Carolina Conference..................................................................				84
North Carolina Pastors’ School and Duke Divinity School Convocation.............................................................				85
Schools of Theology:
	1. Candler School of Theology........................................................................................................................			85
	2. The Divinity School of Duke University.......................................................................................................			86
	3. United Theological Seminary......................................................................................................................			88
	4. Wesley Theological Seminary.....................................................................................................................			88

Southeastern Jurisdictional Administrative Council................................................................................................				89

Plan of Organization and Rules of Order and Procedure........................................................................................				92