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.

November 2009:

The following items are included in our November HAMilton PACKage mailing. Each pastoral charge within Hamilton Conference receives a copy of HAMPACK. (The November edition was mailed on the 3rd.) 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 – VOCATIONS: A brochure from the desk of Lorna MacQueen, Conference Minister - Faith Formation for Discipleship. For church leadership.

• CONTACT: A newsletter for Hamilton Conference Pastoral Charges. For copying and distribution to members and adherents of the congregation.

• SPIRIT FILLED PATHS: A flier, registration form, and return envelope for a workshop, January 29 & 30, 2010, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Hamilton with Alice Mann from the Alban Institute. Sponsored by the Hamilton Presbytery Ministry Development Council with support from Hamilton Conference. For ministry personnel, Official Board, posting.

• DIRECTORY CHANGES & UPDATES: Recent updates for the Hamilton Conference 2009-2010 directory. For ministry personnel or church secretary. E-mail Janet Macaulay: jmacaulay@hamconf.org to receive this document.

• ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS GIFTING: An Advent activity for the Make a Difference with an extra 10 Cents a Day campaign. For ministry personnel, worship planners, CE Committee, UCW.

• EXTRA MEASURES: Information about the Extra Measures Initiative. For Outreach or Mission & Service Committee.

• ARC (ASSOCIATES RESOURCING THE CHURCH): A flier about workshops in Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership offered through ARC. For ministry personnel, official board.

• JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM: Notice of a Christmas event at Five Oaks, Dec. 1 and 2, 2009. For posting.

• FIVE OAKS BROCHURE, PROGRAMME FLYER: A list of winter and spring 2010 events at Five Oaks. For ministry personnel, Sunday School teachers, youth group, Outreach or Mission & Service Committee, posting.

• CAN LEAD FORUM: A brochure about and educational event for people in ministry with youth, January 25-27, 2010 at the Lamplighter Conference Centre in London, Ontario. For ministry personnel, youth leader.

• PLANNED GIFTS: An information update about Planned Giving. For church secretary to put in church bulletin.

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

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