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Metro 2007 Annual Meeting

130^th Annual Meeting of the Metro Association
New York Conference, UCC

8:00 AM - 2:30 PM, Saturday, April 21, 2007

Ridgeview Congregational Church
White Plains, NY 10606

These were among the reports to the 130^thAnnual Meeting at Ridgeview Congregational Church.
Pictures and a report of the meeting follow the reports.
Here are some other photos from our April 21, 2007 Annual Meeting.

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Elections	View Report	Print Report
Metro Board President	View Report	Print Report
Casting Our Nets: New Life for a New Century	View Report	Print Report
Committee on the Church and Metropolitan Community	View Report	Print Report
Registrar	View Report	Print Report
Those In Care	View Report	Print Report
Necrology	View Report	Print Report
State Youth Committee	View Report	Print Report
UCC Metro Women's Association	View Report	Print Report
The following resolution was brought to this Annual Meeting:
In Support of New Sanctuary Churches	View Resolution	Print Resolution

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Moderator Peg Mainusch calls the meeting the order.

"It's 8:45 AM , and we're going to start this meeting on time," proclaimed Moderator Peg Mainusch as she opened the 130 th Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Association. Starting a church meeting on time was only one sign of the energy which infused the April 21, 2007 gathering of more than forty churches in this, the most diverse Association in the United Church of Christ.

Jim Adelmann gives the report of the Nominating Committee.

Jim Adelmann gives the report of the Nominating Committee.

We voted to support the resolution on exploring being sanctuary churches.

We voted to support the resolution on exploring being sanctuary churches.

We elected and installed persons to fill every elected position except one slot on the newly-expanded Committee on the Church and the Metropolitan Community. We endorsed the resolution brought by this committee to support new sanctuary churches. The resolution includes encouragement to member churches to become "new sanctuary churches" by adopting immigrants facing deportation and to advocate for legislation that is welcoming rather than punitive.

Susan Switzer and Lennox Grant presented the report of the Blue Ribbon Committee.

Blue Ribbon Committee Co-Chairs Lennox Grant and Susan Switzer presented the committee's report which they hope will be "the first part of an on-going Association-wide conversation about who we are, who we hope to be, and what it will take for us to be a fully transforming church of the 21 st Century." To help assure the conversations focus on matters important to local congregations, a professional research firm will process responses to 1,000 questionnaires distributed to local church members.

We honored Everett Parker as an advocate of the public's rights in broadcasting.

Susan Gibson has served as our Interim Regional Conference Minister.

We honored Everett Parker, Metro Association member, who pioneered as an advocate for the public's rights in broadcasting when he headed the UCC's Office of Communication. And we thanked Susan Gibson who has been acting as our Regional Conference Minister during Michael Caine's sabbatical. "We are absolutely sure we tapped someone with great leadership," said Conference Minister Geoffrey Black.

Jean Schmidt introduced us to the legal implications of boundaries.

In the first of three boundary training sessions conducted at Metro Association meetings, Jean L. Schmidt, Esq., helped us understand the legal implications of crossing boundaries in our interpersonal relationships. Schmidt, a member of The Riverside Church, explained that actions of lay leaders and clergy have the power to make your church, as well as yourself, liable for suit in civil and/or criminal courts. Having policies, having a complaint mechanism and taking action when you learn of problems will help assure yours is a safe environment.

Robert Everett led us in worship and communion.

Geoffrey Black asked us to imagine what God can do with us.

Rev. Robert Everett, pastor of the host church, Ridgeview Congregational, led us in worship and communion. In his sermon, Conference Minister Geoffrey Black asked us to savor the sacred memories of God's presence with us, letting them inspire holy imagination. "Let us begin to imagine what God can do with us!"

Reported by Lucy Pullen Werner

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Metro 2007 Annual Meeting

130th Annual Meeting of the Metro Association New York Conference, UCC

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130^th Annual Meeting of the Metro Association
New York Conference, UCC