Ministerial Association Annual Meeting 2018

By Sarah Hammersborg, Chair, PacNWC Ministerial Association

Something I am so grateful for is the fact that as a clergy in the Pacific Northwest Conference, I am part of the ministerium of other clergy, pastors, and chaplains who support and encourage me. The wealth of resources and creativity amongst the ministerium is amazing. I also know and have experienced the prayer support and help when ministry gets tough. The ministerium and the individuals in it are family in a way. Just as families do, we celebrate the victories, grieve the losses and hardships, and need to come together for conversations. This April, for our annual meeting of the ministerium, we will have an opportunity to do just that. On April 27, we will gather as a ministerium for conversation, celebrations, and our annual meeting.

In the morning, we invite all credentialed clergy to join us for conversation together about the things we celebrate, lament, and share with one another the how we are navigating ministry and the difficulties that come with it. The Ministerial Association (MA) team has heard to from the ministerium the desire and need for conversation together. Think of it as a family conversation where we listen to each other with open hearts and minds, share with one another our hopes and fears. Ministry is not an easy calling, so together we can support and hear from one another and continue to live into the call Christ has for his church!

After our time together in the morning for conversation, we will join together for the annual meeting of the ministerium. That time has some business to attend to, but throughout it we celebrate the ministry that God has done in the past year and look to the work He is doing in the coming year. We celebrate and affirm those presented for ordination, we vote in new positions for the MA and Committee and Ministerial Standing, and hear from one another the work being done in the Pacific Northwest Conference. We hope that all clergy will join us this year on April 27. Please send a greeting if you are unable to attend.

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