Welcome Sister Churches!<\/a><\/h4>\nAs part of our celebration, we welcomed four new churches into our historic fellowship:<\/p>\n
Congregational Church of East Sumner<\/a>
\nSumner, Maine<\/p>\nFirst Church in Pembroke<\/a>
\nPembroke, Massachusetts<\/p>\nWest Congregational Church<\/a>
\nTaunton, Massachusetts<\/p>\nFirst Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Center<\/a>
\nSt. Johnsbury Center, Vermont<\/p>\nWe are THRILLED to welcome these fellow Followers of the Way!<\/p>\n
THE CONGREGATIONAL LECTURER<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mimi.jpg\")
Rev. Dr. Mary E. Biedron is the Senior Minister of North Congregational Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and has been active in local, statewide, and national fellowships among churches affiliated with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Methodist Theological School in Ohio, M.Div (1999) and D.Min (2015). Her dissertation explored the historical practice and contemporary possibilities for discernment in Congregational churches.<\/p>\n
Lecture Topic:\u00a0\u201cThe Great Crossing, Then and Now\u201d<\/strong>
\nAs we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims\u2019 Great Crossing to North America, it\u2019s important to reflect on the beliefs, theological assertions, and self-understanding that they brought with them, and those that they had to leave behind. What can this tell us, as we confront a different, but just as profound, kind of Great Crossing? What are the beliefs, assertions, and understandings that we need to carefully take along, and what do we need to leave behind\u2026and how do we make those choices in an authentically Congregationalist way?<\/p>\nCongregational Lecture<\/a><\/p>\nTHE BIBLE LECTURER<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clark-david.jpg\")
David Clark, PhD, and his family moved to Minnesota in 1988 to teach at Bethel Seminary. He has served in senior leadership in a church and at Bethel University. Dr. Clark just retired from his last role as VP and Dean of Bethel Seminary. During his years as faculty, he wrote eight books and dozens of articles and contributed as a member of several boards, including the national board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Dr. Clark now serves the wider church through consulting and public speaking.<\/p>\n
Bible Lecture #1\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bible Lecture #2 <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bible Lecture #3<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Our 2022 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held June 25-28\u00a0 in Wichita, Kansas. Click here<\/a> to view a promotional video previewing our visit!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nFrom 2021
\nVirtual Annual Meeting
\nand Conference<\/span><\/h3>\n(Click or tap bullet items to view)<\/p>\n
\nFinance<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Budget Presentation 2021<\/a><\/li>\n
- Budget Narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2021 Annual Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Board of Directors Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Congregational Foundation\u00a0Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Dean of CFTS\u00a0Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Director of Development & Communications\u00a0Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Historian Report<\/a> &\u00a0Necrology<\/a><\/li>\n
- Leadership Council Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ministry Council Reports<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Growth Ministry Council\u00a0Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mission and Outreach Ministry Council\u00a0Report<\/a><\/li>\n
- Vitality Ministry Council Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pre-Recorded Workshop ~ List<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- The Congregationalist Magazine in the 21st Century<\/a><\/li>\n
- Repairing A Broken Bible<\/a> ~Notes<\/a><\/li>\n
- Social Action and the Spirit of Jubilee<\/a><\/li>\n
- Self-Care in Ministry<\/a>: Running the Race Through the Land of Chaos<\/li>\n
- Lay Ministry Overview<\/a><\/li>\n
- BABES @ Worship: Talking to Kids About Racial Justice<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Lead a Mission Trip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Annual Meeting Workshops (Recorded Live) ~ List<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Write-On!<\/a><\/li>\n
- Reading and Praying the Scriptures with Our Ancestors<\/a><\/li>\n
- Understanding and Engaging the Younger Generation in Christian Mission<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lay Ministry Class on Spiritual Formations<\/a><\/li>\n
- What is an Ecclesiastical Council?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Missionary Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Love Worth Sharing (Haiti)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Fishers of Men (Mexico)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Congregational Church of Myanmar — Video 1<\/a> — Video 2<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mission School of Hope (Cameroon)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Seafarer’s Friend (Massachusetts)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Word Alive (Ghana)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Videos from 2021 Annual Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Business Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bible Lecture #1<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bible Lecture #2<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bible Lecture #3<\/a><\/li>\n
- Congregational Lecture<\/a><\/li>\n
- Missionary Presentations<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lay Ministry Program Overview<\/a><\/li>\n
- Chat with Executive Director Ashley Cleere<\/a><\/li>\n
- Overview of New Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nSumner, Maine<\/p>\n
First Church in Pembroke<\/a> West Congregational Church<\/a> First Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Center<\/a> We are THRILLED to welcome these fellow Followers of the Way!<\/p>\n Lecture Topic:\u00a0\u201cThe Great Crossing, Then and Now\u201d<\/strong> Congregational Lecture<\/a><\/p>\n Bible Lecture #1\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bible Lecture #2 <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bible Lecture #3<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Click or tap bullet items to view)<\/p>\n Finance<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 2021 Annual Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ministry Council Reports<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Pre-Recorded Workshop ~ List<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Annual Meeting Workshops (Recorded Live) ~ List<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Missionary Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Videos from 2021 Annual Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Our 2021 Annual Meeting and Conference was held as a a Virtual meeting. Below you will find documents and videos related to that wonderful event. Welcome Sister Churches! As part of our celebration, we welcomed four new churches into our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,41,51,63,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-meetings-conferences","category-church-resources","category-clergy-resources","category-events","category-featured-church-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5858,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/5858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPembroke, Massachusetts<\/p>\n
\nTaunton, Massachusetts<\/p>\n
\nSt. Johnsbury Center, Vermont<\/p>\nTHE CONGREGATIONAL LECTURER<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Rev. Dr. Mary E. Biedron is the Senior Minister of North Congregational Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and has been active in local, statewide, and national fellowships among churches affiliated with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Methodist Theological School in Ohio, M.Div (1999) and D.Min (2015). Her dissertation explored the historical practice and contemporary possibilities for discernment in Congregational churches.<\/p>\n
\nAs we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims\u2019 Great Crossing to North America, it\u2019s important to reflect on the beliefs, theological assertions, and self-understanding that they brought with them, and those that they had to leave behind. What can this tell us, as we confront a different, but just as profound, kind of Great Crossing? What are the beliefs, assertions, and understandings that we need to carefully take along, and what do we need to leave behind\u2026and how do we make those choices in an authentically Congregationalist way?<\/p>\nTHE BIBLE LECTURER<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
David Clark, PhD, and his family moved to Minnesota in 1988 to teach at Bethel Seminary. He has served in senior leadership in a church and at Bethel University. Dr. Clark just retired from his last role as VP and Dean of Bethel Seminary. During his years as faculty, he wrote eight books and dozens of articles and contributed as a member of several boards, including the national board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Dr. Clark now serves the wider church through consulting and public speaking.<\/p>\nOur 2022 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held June 25-28\u00a0 in Wichita, Kansas. Click here<\/a> to view a promotional video previewing our visit!<\/p>\n
\nFrom 2021
\nVirtual Annual Meeting
\nand Conference<\/span><\/h3>\n\n
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