Join us at Troy Annual Conference 2009
Annual Dinner: Friday, June 12th
@ The Saratoga City Center - 5:30 to 7 PM
Guest Speaker: Mark Harrison
The Director of Peace With Justice Ministries
for the General Board of Church and Society
of the United Methodist Church
Join us for the annual dinner meeting! Our annual meeting will be held at 5:30pm on Friday June 12, during the Annual Conference Session at the Saratoga Springs City Center (522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY). This year we will welcome Mark Harrison from the General Board of Church & Society who will speak about Engaging United Methodists in Overcoming Global Poverty. As always, we will be electing officers, networking, and renewing memberships. Please make sure you contact Wally Davis at the Conference office (wallyd@troyac.org or 518-584-8214x10) if you plan to attend. Mark W. Harrison serves at the Director of the Peace with Justice Program. His major responsibilities are war and peace, global poverty and hunger. He also administers the agency's Peace with Justice Grant Program. His lifetime work has given him an understanding of the workings of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. He has attended numerous ecumenical and non-governmental organizations gathering. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies and a graduate degree in International Studies. He served as a Mission Intern in Botswana for the General Board of Global Ministries. He has lived in Italy, enjoys traveling and music. The Peace with Justice Program aims to make shalom visible and active in people's lives and communities. The General Conference assigned the General Board of Church and Society to implement the program and called the church to "strengthen its capacity to act as a public policy advocate" in communities and nations throughout the world.
Important Information for
Voting Members of the Annual Conference!
Go to www..unymfsa.org/ac.html to download and read a 12 page document that the National MSFA leadership has put together regarding proposed changes to the United Methodist Constitution. If you are not a voting member of Conference, please forward this information to someone who is!
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