Homehttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/en-US2010-09-10T19:50:54ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Lectionary Planning Calendar Added to Downloads Pagehttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/9/7/lectionary-planning-calendar-added-to-downloads-page.htmlAdministrator2010-09-08T00:18:54ZClick HERE.

]]>Where Do Our Apportionment Dollars Go?http://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/9/7/where-do-our-apportionment-dollars-go.htmlAdministrator2010-09-07T19:06:41ZWhile the information is below, you can download a PDF version HERE.

 

WHERE DO OUR APPORTIONMENT DOLLARS GO? 2011


Connectional Clergy Support - $266,899 (35%)

 

  • Superintendent and Bishop compensation, health, pension
  • Equitable Compensation – helps struggling Alaska churches pay their pastor’s salaries
  • Mission Aid – helps struggling Alaska churches meet their clergy health and pension benefits
  • Korean Mission Superintendent – our small share of support for the Western Jurisdiction superintendent

Connectional Administration - $202,464 (27%)

  • Conference Benefits Officer
  • Conference Administrative Assistant compensation, health, pension
  • Annual Conference in June Conference Journal
  • All Conference Administrative Committees
  • Jurisdictional and General Conference

 

World Service and Conference Benevolence - $275,132 (36%)

  • World Service – for UM missionaries, general church agencies
  • Director of Connectional Ministries compensation, health, pension
  • Fall/Winter Rendezvous Travel Campus Ministries at UAF and APU
  • All Conference Program Committees Church and Community Worker in Willow
  • Regional Program Councils

 

Other General Conference Apportionments - $18,568 (2%)

  • Ministerial Education Fund – funds return to Alaska for clergy continuing education
  • Black College Fund
  • Africa University Fund

 

Where does the money come from?

  • Apportionments from local churches – $655,038 (86%)*
  • Other - $108,025    (14%) GBGM / Advance (Parish Partners) / Reserves / Rental Income / Investment Income

Grand Total = $763,063

*Not all churches are able to give 100% of their apportioned amount. The average percentage for all churches runs around 91%.


More detail can be seen in our 2011 budget which is in our journal in pdf format on our conference web page. www.alaskaumc.org

]]>Biblical Literacyhttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/9/6/biblical-literacy.htmlAdministrator2010-09-06T18:22:00ZA PDF for you and your church.

 

Romans 12 PDF

]]>New!!! 2010 Conference Journal & Statisticshttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/9/1/new-2010-conference-journal-statistics.htmlAdministrator2010-09-01T21:30:03ZDOWNLOAD JOURNAL HERE


DOWNLOAD STATISTICS HERE

 


]]>New "Safe Sanctuary (Child Protection)" Pagehttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/8/30/new-safe-sanctuary-child-protection-page.htmlAdministrator2010-08-31T06:38:06ZYou can find a new "Safe Sanctuary" page on the website with examples of child protection policies produced by two of our churches: Jewel Lake Parish and Turnagain UMC.  We also have a downloadable document from the Alaska Conference on Safe Sanctuary Policy and Procedures.

 

]]>Download the August Aurora Witness (Click Image)http://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/8/10/download-the-august-aurora-witness-click-image.htmlAdministrator2010-08-10T08:32:14ZINSIDE:

  • Thank You from El Porvenir
  • Church is a Verb Sunday
  • 10-Fold event from the GBGM
  • Reflection from Bishop Grant Hagiya
  • New Motorcycle Group.
  • Much More

 

]]>Interim Pastor Applicationhttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/7/28/interim-pastor-application.htmlAdministrator2010-07-29T04:09:14ZThe Alaska Conference is always looking for clergy who would like to fill interim positions in the "Last Frontier."  We know that there are clergy who are gifted in these areas and clergy who have been called by God to this specialized ministry for the sake of the church.

If this is something you feel that God is leading you towards, we invite you to fill out one of our INTERIM PASTOR APPLICATIONS.

You can also find the application on our CONFERENCE DOWLOADS link to the left.

]]>June 2010 Aurora Witness Newsletterhttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/6/16/june-2010-aurora-witness-newsletter.htmlAdministrator2010-06-16T21:34:27ZCLICK ON THE PICTURE TO DOWNLOAD

  • Report from Annual Conference

  • Pics from Annual Conference

  • "Church Is A Verb Sunday" Ideas

  • New Conference Mission Statement

  • New Conference Logo

 

]]>Superintendent Report From Annual Conference 2010http://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/6/7/superintendent-report-from-annual-conference-2010.htmlAdministrator2010-06-07T17:33:06ZThere have been several reports for the report by Superintendent Dave Beckett at the 2010 session of the Alaska United Methdodist Conference's Annual Conference gathering.  You can download the full text here.  The first few paragraphs are printed below.

When God called me out of my 8th grade science classroom in Atlanta in 1979 it wasn’t to the superintendency. I was on a graduate school track to one day be a principal or teach at the college level. Back then as I prepared to leave my students and colleagues at Floyd Middle School to head back to Ohio for seminary I never did see my call to ordained ministry as any more important than my call to be a Christian layperson teaching middle school science. Nor is what the bishop has asked me to do as your superintendent anymore important than the ministry offered by the laity and clergy of the Alaska Conference.

Truth be told, I never really aspired to this job. Part of the reason for coming to Alaska nearly 19 years ago was to escape the ecclesiastical ladder in my home conference of West Ohio. But I was aware that this might be a possibility. Like Jonah who ran away from where God was calling him, I even started a big fish rumor that what we really needed was an experienced superintendent who could learn Alaska. What I can tell you now is that I was wrong. After 18 years of life and ministry in Alaska it has been a gift to go to our churches and know some of the people, the history, and community.

A VIM leader went to Nome last summer and told me that it is a place of extreme poverty and third world conditions. A month later I flew to Nome for the first time and said to myself, “This is Alaska.” Isn’t it interesting when you look at Alaskans, not through the lens of a visitor, but through a lens of many years of living with Alaskans as one of them. One of our pastors heard his parishioner say when he learned of my appointment, “Finally, someone who understands who we are.” I hope I never forget who you are as United Methodist Alaskans.

So we are here to catch a vision from God of new places for new people....

 

 

]]>New Alaska Conference Logo Approvedhttp://www.alaskaumc.org/home/2010/6/5/new-alaska-conference-logo-approved.htmlAdministrator2010-06-05T23:57:03ZContemporary cross design.   Organic.  Expresses movement.  Alludes to our tradition.  Looks to our future. 

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