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Center for Clergy Excellence

What is the Center for Clergy Excellence?

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Upcoming Clergy Excellence Events 

TAC Wellness Program announces new clergy incentives

The Group Health Benefits Committee is pleased to announce that clergy attending a 2010 TAC Day of Wellness with Methodist Hospital will receive a rebate of the increase in their 2010 GHB personal contribution from 2009.  Clergy who have previously attended a Day of Wellness are also eligible for the rebate.  For info about the GHB Wellness Rebate, click here. 

15 opportunities to attend a 2010 Day of Wellness!

There will be 15 dates in 2010 to attend a Day of Wellness with Methodist Hospital, including 6 in East Texas. For a list of dates and locations, click here. Registration for 2010 TAC Days of Wellness is available online through Methodist Hospital. To register, click here. 

College Students interested in Pastoral Ministry?

Encourage them to apply for a summer 2010 College Pastoral Internship!

$3000 stipend; free housing; great pastoral experience; applications due February 15.

For more information or to apply, click here.

Elders’ Retreat, March 2 – 4, 2010 at Lakeview

Retreat theme is the ministry of healing through preaching.  Retreat leaders will be Dr. James Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church in New York City, and Bishop Janice Riggle Huie. To register by February 24, click here.

Young clergy age 40 and under invited for Lunch with Bishop Huie immediately following Elder’s Retreat at Lakeview.  RSVP to Barbara Eoff beoff@txcumc.org by February 25.

Young Clergy Family Retreat, Camp Cho Yeh, April 16 – 18, 2010

Register by March 15 for a weekend of family fun and discussion focusing on parenting issues prevalent in clergy families.  For further info and registration form, click here.

Escape, relax and spend time with your spouse!

Three day marriage renewal retreats are available for all TAC clergy and spouses.  You furnish transportation – all else is courtesy of the Soderquist Center.  Space is limited.  For more info or to sign up, contact Barbara Eoff at beoff@txcumc.org. 

If you anticipate relocating this year, save these 2010 Itinerancy and Relocation Event dates  (these events are required for all relocating TAC clergy and first-time TAC clergy appointments):

…”You Say Goodbye…I Say Hello” for current TAC clergy –

Saturday, April 17, 2010 at FUMC Longview or

Saturday, April 24, 2010 at The Woodlands UMC.  For a brochure, click here.

…”I Say Hello” for newly appointed TAC clergy (who will not be attending Licensing School) –

Monday, June 21, 2010 at the UM Service Center (Chapel).  For further info, click here.

Save the date!  Clergy Gathering at Lakeview September 20 – 22, 2010

Focus: Learning and sharing spiritual disciplines which nourish our souls

Guest Speaker: Rev. Grace Imathiu