Business Book

Business Book for the 53rd District Conference, November 11-13, 2016 in Modesto

• Complete Business Book, Large 71 page PDF (6mb)
• Most files are Adobe PDF files. Help with PDF files
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Individual Files

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Business Session
  • Welcome
  • Agenda
  • Conference Time Schedule
  • Insight Sessions (room locations will add after October 26)
• From the Moderator: Logo & Theme
• Dedication of Delegates
• Officers of District Conference, includes:
  • Rules of Order on District Conference Business
  • Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance
• Old Business Items: (none)
• New Business Items:
  • Exhibit A: Approve the 2015 District Conference Minutes
    • Last year’s Business Book with exhibits referenced in minutes (large PDF)
  • Exhibit B: Ballot: from the Nominating Committee
    • Ballot Background Information
  • Exhibit C: 2017 PSWD Budget Proposal & 2018 Budget Parameters
  • Exhibit D: Closing Waterford Church of the Brethren
  • Exhibit E: Moving Cristo Sion to congregation status
• District Reports:
  • District Executive Minister’s Report
    • Recognition of Ministers’ Ordination Anniversaries
    • District Youth Advisor’s Report
  • Standing Committee Delegate
  • Nominating Committee
    • Form: Nominations from the Floor
    • Form: Ballot / Appointment Suggestions
  • District Conference Program Committee
  • Board of Administration
    • List of Board Members
    • Board Appointments: Financial Appointments, Historical Committee, Shalom Team, Task Groups, Ecumenical Council Representatives, Margaret Carl Trust, Investment Committee, Ministerial Ethics Committee.
  • Ministry Commission
    • NACC: Nurturing & Credentialing Committee
    • TRIM: Training in Ministry
    • SeBAH: Seminario Biblico Anabautista Hispano
    • Mentor Overseer
  • Stewards Commission
    • GRC: Grant Review Committee
    • Accountant’s Audit of 2015
    • Congregational Giving Chart
• Reports from Institutions with Brethren Beginnings:
  • Camp La Verne
  • Camp Peaceful Pines
  • Hillcrest Homes
  • University of La Verne
• Church of the Brethren Agencies of Annual Conference:
  • Annual Conference Moderator
  • Bethany Theological Seminary
  • Brethren Benefit Trust
  • Church of the Brethren, Inc.: Mission & Ministry Board
    • David Steele, General Secretary
    • Brethren Disaster Ministries
    • BVS: Brethren Volunteer Service
  • On Earth Peace
• List of District Conferences, Moderators, Locations
• List of District Board Chairs and Executive Ministers
• Map of Modesto Church of the Brethren (back cover)

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