Ministers Council
Ministers Council
Spring 2010 Newsletter
News You Can Use: June 2010
Newsletter
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Message from ABCOPAD Ministers Council President, Rev. Margie McCarty:
Greetings from your Ministers Council. This letter comes with the hope that you are having a great year in your ministry. Your Ministers Council is an important part of our ministry together. Our mission statement says, “We are women and men who advocate for and covenant with each other to deepen our spiritual journey and to increase our effectiveness ...”
Whether you have been a Ministers Council member for years or are considering membership for the first time, we want to urge you to participate this year. Your presence not only helps us fulfill the overall mission expressed above, it also strengthens our capacity to provide fellowship and mutual encouragement to each other and to learn together in communities of practice.
Our local council has plans for the coming year that include a special continuing education event at the Biennial. For the first time, this event will include lay people so that together we may learn ways of strengthening our churches and ministries. We will also present our Excellence in Ministry awards to Region pastors who have demonstrated a high level of dedication to the church. The ABCOPAD Ministers Council will continue to build and strengthen the Barnabas Network to assist pastors and their families throughout the Region.
Of course, your dues are an important part of participation. Please send your dues in as soon as you can, to insure that our program planning for the year can go forward. We are confident that your membership and participation will return a value well above these amounts. Margie
List of Executive Committee members
and contact information
President
Rev. Margie McCarty
PO Box 59
Clifford, PA 18413
(570)222-2288
twopastrs@yahoo.com
First Vice President:
Rev. Rusty Horning
RR#1, Box 274
Shinglehouse, PA 16748
(814)698-2181
Rhorning@netsync.net
Second Vice President:
Pastor Kathy Griffith*
515 Morgantown Road
Point Marion, PA 15474
724-725-1692
rosiegriff@hotmail.com
Treasurer:
Pastor Lucy Temple
118 Moreland Baptist Road
Muncy, Pa 17756
(570)546-2568
mbc2lt@windstream.net
Secretary:
Rev. Bud Russell
301 Walker Road
Dover, DE 19904
(302)674-1980
budcarol.russell@gmail.com
At Large members
Pastor Ken Knapp*
HCR 65, Box 14
Herrick Center, PA 18430
skyking@nep.net
Rev. Steve Case
7 Sherwood Street
Mansfield, PA 16933-1124
(570)662-1123
fbcpastor@epix.net
Links to.....
National ABCUSA Minister's Council Site