HAMilton PACKage

Did you know that subscriptions to HamPack are available for the low price of $28 per year? Receive your own copy and keep up to date on the latest news and events in Hamilton Conference! Contact Barbara Hampson at 905 659-3343, ext. 226 or e-mail: bhampson@hamconf.org.

 

April 2011:

The following items are included in our April HAMilton PACKage. Each pastoral charge within Hamilton Conference receives a copy of HAMPACK. (The April edition was mailed on the 5th.) For more information about these items check your church bulletin board or contact the Conference Office.

• DARING DISCIPLESHIP: News about resources, workshops and opportunities from the desk of Lorna MacQueen, Conference Minister - Faith Formation for Discipleship. For ministry personnel and anyone providing leadership in Christian Education.

• TOWARD DARING DISCIPLESHIP – WHAT’S THE BUZZ?: A brochure from the desk of Lorna MacQueen, Conference Minister - Faith Formation for Discipleship. For church leadership.

• UCW NEWS: A newsletter for United Church Women in Hamilton Conference. For UCW, posting.

• HAMILTON CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE: A letter from the chair of the Hamilton Conference Nominations Committee regarding upcoming vacancies in Hamilton Conference. For church leadership.

• CALLED TO LEADERSHIP – REVISITING SABBATICALS: A flier about a workshop, April 28, 2011, at Harcourt Memorial United Church in Guelph. For ministry personnel (ordered and lay).

• DIRECTORY CHANGES & UPDATES: Recent updates for the Hamilton Conference 2010-2011 directory. For ministry personnel or church secretary. (Contact Janet at: jmacaulay@hamconf.org to receive this document.)

• FIVE OAKS BROCHURE: A list of summer and fall 2011 events at Five Oaks. For ministry personnel, Sunday School teachers, youth group, Outreach or Mission and Service Committee, posting.

• FIVE OAKS: A flier about programs at Five Oaks in May, 2011. For ministry personnel, lay church leaders, posting.

Please note that there will not be a HamPack mailing in May, 2011. Watch for highlights from the 87th Annual Meeting of Hamilton Conference and the next issue of Contact in the June HamPack!

  Thanks to our volunteers from Strabane United Church for assisting with HamPack.

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