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President's Message “Through-The-Windshield” President’s Message “Through-the-windshield” “The unexamined life is not worth living” I don’t suppose I have read anything of Socrates for 30 years. But as I have blogged my way through this year's experience as president of Maritime Conference, the hour I have spent at the end of the day, when I usually would flick on some mindless tv, has served to ‘connect the dots’ between my travels, and deepen my awareness of the life we are living together across this amazing Conference. I would like to thank the people of the four presbyteries and Synod that I visited, for making this year such a worthwhile experience. We share common concerns and purposes, and at the same time, in each context, we approach our future with such a wide variety of priorities and directions. Some of our attempts are planting seeds and growing. Some of us feel like we are trying to push a rock up a hill in the mud. Some of us have circled the wagons, with a sign on the tailgate – “the last one standing, unplug the organ when you leave”. Some of us are trying to make adjustments to fit into our future. Some are starting again completely from scratch. But as I examine this life we call Maritime Conference in 2011-12 - one image keeps coming to mind. It seems to me that what is happening in our world is like a tsunami. It is much too late to think we can build dykes to stem the tide of change. What has happened to my thinking over the year is a complete ‘reframing’ of how I interpret my observations, and my ecclesiology. What if God is more interested in the tidal wave, than in the dam? What if Jesus’ gospel is a surfboard, not a fortress? What if the Spirit is calling those who are waxing surfboards to hop on and get ahead of the curl ... and all those corks we have been using to plug the holes and shore up our defenses, will be left bobbing in the foam, driftwood for a future generation of archivists to ponder? As we like to sing, “We’ll never walk on water if we’re not prepared to drown, body and soul need a soaking from time to time. And we’ll never move the gravestones if we’re not prepared to die, and realize there are worlds outside the lines.” … what lines? 2 The United Church of Canada INDEX President’s Message .................................................................................................................... 1 Core Values Statement / Ministry Priorities ............................................................................... 4 Statement of Purpose and Goals ................................................................................................. 5 Communication Among Church Courts .................................................................................... 6 Parliamentary Procedures .......................................................................................................... 9 Conference Resource Persons ................................................................................................... 10 President-Elect .......................................................................................................................... 11 Representative of General Council ........................................................................................... 12 Guest Speaker ........................................................................................................................... 13 Music Leadership ..................................................................................................................... 13 Constitutional Motions.............................................................................................................. 14 Candidates for President ........................................................................................................... 15 Candidates for General Council Executive Representative ...................................................... 18 Letter from the Theme Planning Group .................................................................................... 21 Committee Reports Annual Meeting Planning Committee ......................................................................... 22 Archives Committee .................................................................................................... 23 Archivist’s Report ............................................................................................ 23 Christian Life and Growth Committee ........................................................................ 24 Church in Action Committee ....................................................................................... 26 Financial Support Committee ....................................................................................... 30 Finance and Property Committee .................................................................................. 31 Proposed Budget for 2012 ............................................................................... 32 Bequest Funds .................................................................................................. 36 Auditor’s Report .............................................................................................. 41 Gospel, Ecumenism & Theology ................................................................................. 65 Ministry, Personnel and Education Committee ............................................................ 66 Education and Students Committee ................................................................. 66 Biographies of Candidates for Ordination ............................................ 67 Conference Interview Board ............................................................................ 72 Conference Committee on Internship and Educational Supervision ............... 73 Interim Ministry Committee ............................................................................ 73 Settlement Committee ...................................................................................... 74 Nominations Committee ............................................................................................... 74 Directory of Membership of Standing Committees ......................................... 75 Staff Committee ............................................................................................................ 90 Stewardship Committee ................................................................................................ 91 Eighty-Seventh Maritime Conference Meeting 3 Executive Committee Reports Conference Accommodation Committee ...................................................................... 92 Incorporated Ministries Advisory Committee ............................................................. 94 Incorporated Ministries Reporting .................................................................... 95 List of Incorporated Ministries Directors ......................................................... 96 United Church Men .................................................................................................... 100 United Church Women .............................................................................................. 101 Other Reports A.C.T.C. (Tatamagouche Centre) .............................................................................. 103 Atlantic School of Theology ...................................................................................... 103 Camp Wegesegum ..................................................................................................... 104 Financial Services, Inc. .............................................................................................. 105 General Council Executive ........................................................................................ 105 Hunter River Building Fund ...................................................................................... 107 Mount Allison University Board of Regents ............................................................. 108 Ossekeag Place of Hampton United Church Inc. ........................................................ 109 Pine Hill Divinity Hall ................................................................................................ 109 United Church Home For Senior Citizens (The Drew Nursing Home) ..................... 109 Oversight Reports Bermuda Synod .......................................................................................................... 110 Chignecto Presbytery ................................................................................................. 111 Halifax Presbytery ...................................................................................................... 112 Inverness-Guysborough Presbytery ........................................................................... 113 Miramichi Presbytery ................................................................................................. 115 Pictou Presbytery ....................................................................................................... 116 Prince Edward Island Presbytery ............................................................................... 116 Saint John Presbytery ................................................................................................. 117 St. Croix Presbytery ................................................................................................... 120 South Shore Presbytery .............................................................................................
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