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Metro Association Annual Meeting

8:00 AM Saturday, April 26, 2008

Christava Tamil Koil, UCC
79-11 Caldwell Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
718-898-9210

All in the Metro Association are invited to participate in the Annual meeting on Saturday, April 26. Here is the online registration form. You may bring your registration check payable to The Metropolitan Association to the meeting or mail it to:

Metro Association, UCC
79-11 Caldwell Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379

Registration is: $25 for adults, $15 for youth up to 18 years, free for retired clergy.

Our host pastor is Rev. Dr. Sunder Devaprasad. Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 8:00 AM . The business meeting, including the election of the Metro Board and Committees, begins promptly at 9:00 AM .

The balance of the program includes:

How to Become a New Sanctuary Congregation

Presentation by the Committee on the Church & the Metropolitan Community

Part 3 – Boundary Awareness Training

Presented by the Committee on Ordination and Ministerial Standing

Worship

Preaching is Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, Senior Minister
Judson Memorial Church, UCC, New York City

Lunch

Here are the instructions on how to reach Christava Tamil Koil, UCC.

Executive Administrator Louise Manigault is available to answer your questions. She can be reached by phone at 718-898-9210, extension 12, or by e-mail at UCCNYMetro@aol.com.

UCC NY Women's Event

Thursday - Saturday, May 1-3, 2008

Watson Homestead
9620 Dry Run Road
Painted Post, NY 14870
607-962-5752

Theme for this three-day retreat is "Living Out God's Dreams Faithfully". Preacher and Keynote Speaker is Rev. Laurie Tiberi, Interfaith Chaplain at the University of Rochester. Worship Leader is Rev. Laurie Craig, Pastor of Phoenix Church. Rev. Jan Mahl will lead Bible studies. Workshops and presentations will include: Education for All Christians, Journal Writing, Sacred Space Denied: Bethlehem and the Wall, Our UCC Identity, and the new office of the NY Conference.

Learn more about Watson Homestead at its web site www.watsonhomestead.com/, within which is a map at www.watsonhomestead.com/Watson_Map.htm. Watson Homestead is in the hills of the southern Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York.

Ordained Clergy Mini Retreat
"Ordained Ministry: A Lo-o-ong Marriage"

10 AM – 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 8, 2008

Save the date! Details to come. The Committee on Spiritual Life and Practice offers this mini-retreat for ordained clergy, led by Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton.

Metro Women's Spring Retreat

Christava Tamil Koil, UCC
79-11 Caldwell Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
917-446-6619

All women in the Metro Association are invited to participate in the UCC Metro Women's Spring Retreat whose theme is from Esther 4:14, “Dream Boldly, Serve Humbly”.

The day begins with registration and breakfast at 8:45 AM . Toni Walrond, pastor of Emanuel Congregational Church in Woodhaven, is the preacher of the day. Denise Louther-Williams, creative performer and drama interpreter, is the workshop leader. Cynthia Jackson and Melva Victorino are worship and music leaders. There will be small group discussions with facilitators for each group.

Registration fee of $20 includes the packet of materials, continental breakfast and light lunch. Send you checks to Edith Houston, 188-40A – 71, Crescent #2B, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Please bring Bible, pen and paper.

Mark your calendar. Here are the instructions on how to reach Christava Tamil Koil, UCC.

All-Day Boundary Training

Monday, May 19, 2008

Garden City Community Church
245 Stewart Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
516-746-1700

This full-day session will entitle participants to their certificate of completion of Boundary Training.

Here are the instructions on how to reach Garden City Community Church.

New York Conference Annual Meeting

Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2008

Silver Bay Retreat Center
Silver Bay, NY

Mark your calendars and start planning to attend the family-friendly New York Conference Annual Meeting at the Silver Bay Retreat Center. Ask anyone who attended the 2006 meeting there, and you'll get a taste of the good things ahead.

Visit the center's web site at http://www.silverbay.org to learn of the wide variety of activities available. Our own program details will come later.