The Rome-Carrollton Newsletter

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1 The Rome-Carrollton Newsletter A Quarterly publication Rev. Dr. David S. Naglee District Superintendent _ December 2013 Conference Website Go to and check out The new look of the website for the North Georgia Conference And the District. You can access the District Website through the Conference website or you can go to As some of you may have already noticed, the North Georgia Conference Website has a new look along with the District Website. Take a few minutes and check it out. Please be patient because it is a work in progress.

2 End of Year Reports The online reporting system for End of Year Reports will be available from January 6 through the 29th. All churches must submit their reports during this time through Data Services. You can go to the Conference Website type in the search box Year End Report and it will take you to the link for the blank worksheets along with some references. Our District Statistician, Rev. John Merk, will be providing a training session on January 7th at Rockmart 1st beginning at 7 pm for anyone who will be doing the EOY Report for the first time and/or those who feel they need a refresher course. So that we may be prepared for you, please THE DISTRICT OFFICE if you are planning on attending. District Training Event Becomes Sub-District Training Events For 2014 our District Training Event is going to look somewhat different. Instead of one large event, we are going to offer training in the Sub-District Groups. The workshops that will be offered at each Training Event will be Finance, Trustees, and SPRC Training. Other workshops will be determined by the District Connectional Ministry Team and the Sub-District Group Leaders. We will begin at 3:00 pm and end at 5:00 pm. The format for the day will be: The Schedule is as follows: 3:00-3:20 Worship 3:30-4:10 First Session 4:20-5:00 Second Session Sub-District #1, #2, #3 Rome First UMC Sunday, January 12 Sub-District #5, #6, #7 Carrollton First UMC Sunday, February 9th Sub-District #4, #8, #9 Douglasville First UMC Sunday, February 16th PLEASE NOTE: The SPRC Training which was scheduled for the end of January will now be done at each Sub-District Training Event.

3 Move Input Forms Move Input Forms are due in the District Office no later Thursday, January 30, Clergy forms were ed to each clergy and are available on the Conference website or through Data Services using your password. The SPRC Forms were mailed to the SPRC Chairs and are also available on the Conference website and through Data Services using the SPRC password. Conference Apportionments & DWF All Conference Apportionment payments for 2013 must be made by Wednesday, January 8th. If you are planning to make a payment after December 24th we recommend that you hand deliver it to the Conference Office to ensure it reaches them by the deadline. Also, please make sure that the conference figures match your figures for You can do this by signing on to Data Services and clicking on Apportionments and payments or you can go to the Conference website and go to Benefits and finance and click on Apportionments. It is important to reminder that your District Work Fund check needs to be postmarked by December 31st to receive credit for Mark your calendars!!!!!! District Clergy Meeting February 3, :00 am Hope UMC District Clergy Make Up Meeting February 8, :00 am Trinity UMC

4 March 2014 Lay Servant Courses (previously known as Lay Speaking Course) maximum of one missed session required for satisfactory completion. You must attend the final session. Basic Course: Saturdays - March 1, 8, 15, 22 (8:30-12:30) Advanced Classes: Saturdays - March 1, 8, 15, 22 (8:30-12:30) You are welcome to duplicate and give a copy of the registration form to anyone who wishes to take a class. Please register as soon as possible. This will ensure you will obtain your study book prior to the beginning class. Class materials will be mailed to you at least one week before the class starts. Payments are non-refundable, but may be used for future classes. The cost of the Basic Class is $40 per person and the Advanced Class is $40.00 per person. If you have registered and paid for a previous class, yet was unable to attend, please indicate this on your registration form (expect a call for verification). You will receive the new requirements for Lay Servant Ministries. MAKE YOUR CHECK OUT TO: Rome-Carrollton District PLEASE SEND YOUR REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT TO: James Wyatt, 75 Woodbine Drive, Carrollton, GA IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS: address: jiwyatt474@att.net Phone: Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Adult Young Adult Youth Home Phone: ( ) Work: ( ) Cell: ( ) Home Church: Pastor: District I am registering for: SATURDAY BASIC COURSE ( ) Learning & Leading

5 SATURDAY ADVANCE COURSE ( ) Transforming Evangelism SATURDAY ADVANCE COURSE ( ) Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts Rome-Carrollton Missions Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When the disciples recognized that it was late in the day and that the crowds were hungry, they urged Jesus to send the crowds away. Jesus responded by instructing the disciples to give them something to eat. A quick inventory by the disciples turned up a report that they didn t have much of anything to offer. However, when the 7 bits of food were placed in the hands of the Lord, a miracle transpired (Luke 9:10-17). We still face the daunting challenge of giving them something to eat. Many in our world, in our community; our crowds are hungry. Many of our congregations are offering to God their loaves and fishes through the support of food pantries at their church or in their community. With the support of the Superintendency Committee and the Leaders of the sub-districts, I propose that during this coming season of Lent (March 5- April 19) every church in the district conduct a food drive to support the local church food pantry or local community food pantry. I ask that each church weigh the food they collect during Lent and report to the district office the number of pounds of food collected and the pantry it was delivered to. If you want to include a picture of the food collected that would be great. We will report back to you the total amount of food raised across the district and the number of pantries that benefited by our collaborative efforts. This is something we can all do. Let s see what God can and will do with our fishes & loaves! David S. Naglee

6 District Calendar of Events JANUARY 1 New Year s Day District Office Closed 5 Epiphany Sunday 6 District Office Reopens 7 District Training for End of The Year Rockmart First 7:00 pm 8 Retired Clergy Luncheon TBA 12 Rome Area Sub-District Training Rome First UMC 3-5pm 14 Extended Cabinet 19 Human Relations Sunday Special offering 20 Martin Luther King Holiday-District Office Closed Cabinet Consultation at Epworth 27 District Board of Bremen First 6:30 pm 30 Move/Stay Forms Due in District Office FEBRUARY 3 District Clergy Hope UMC 10:00 am 8 District Clergy Make Up Trinity 10:00 am 9 Scouting Ministry Sunday 9 Carrollton Area Sub-District Training Carrollton First 3-5 pm 11 Extended Cabinet 12 Retired Clergy Luncheon 11:30 TBA 13 District Finance District Office 6:00 pm 13 District Union District Office 7:30 pm 16 Douglasville Area Sub-District Training Douglasville 1 st 3-5 pm 19 Extended Cabinet 20 DCM-District Connectional Ministry Team Pleasant Hill 6:30 pm 23 Housing and Homeless Special Offering 24 District Superintendency Office 11:30 am MARCH 3 BOM LP and Transfers Meeting 4-6 Cabinet First Look at Appointments 5 Ash Wednesday 9 Daylight Savings Time Begins 10 District Nominations District Office 6:00 pm 12 Retired Clergy Luncheon place TBA 11:30 am 20 District Committee on Ordained Place TBA 30 One Great Hour of Sharing Special Offering APRIL 1 Extended Cabinet 2-3 Appointive Cabinet 3-6 PAUMCS-Professional Assoc. of Church Secretaries National Ashville, N.C Appointive Cabinet 11 Retired Clergy Luncheon Place TBA 11:30 am 13 Palm/Passion Sunday 20 Easter Sunday

7 21 District Office Closed for Easter 28 District Board of Bremen First 6:30 pm 29 District Committee on Ordained Shepherd of the Hills 9:00 am