Center for Clergy Excellence

If you will be relocating this year, register for the final 2012 ”You Say Goodbye…I Say Hello”

Itinerancy and Relocation Event on Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9 am to 1:30 pm at FUMC Conroe (this event is required for all relocating TAC clergy).  For a brochure, go to the link above. 

Advancing Pastoral Leadership (APL) Applications Now Available

TAC elders with 30 potential years of remaining service apply by May 15 for fall 2012 program start.  For program description and application, visit www.txcumc.org/apl.  Questions?  Contact Jenna Arnold, Program Assistant at jarnold@txcumc.org or 713-521-9383, ext. 319.

If you have not yet registered for Annual Conference, pre-registration closes at noon on May 17.  Registration info at:  http://www.txcumc.org/pages/detail/1415. Don’t forget!  Registration for child care at TAC 2012 is due by May 7 to avoid a late registration fee.  For links to child care information and registration, go to: http://www.txcumc.org/pages/detail/1417

TAC Clergy Women Breakfast, Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 7:00 – 8:30 am, at Annual Conference Gather to affirm and encourage one another through fellowship, music, prayers, breaking bread and sharing stories.  The cost is $25.00 and includes a hot buffet breakfast as well as a prayer booklet.  Please contact Robyn Bishop, robynbbishop@gmail.com or 281-734-1979 to register.

Clergy Excellence Annual Conference Events – Galveston Convention Center (GCC)

Memorial Service                      Tues., 6/5          7:00 – 9 pm                   Main Meeting Hall

Memorial Service Reception       Tues., 6/5          9 – 10 pm                     Ballroom, 2^nd Floor

Spotted Owl Gathering               Tues., 6/5          8:30 – 10:30 pm            San Luis, Pool Deck

GHB Providers                          Wed., 6/6          8 am – 4 pm                  Reg. Area, 1^st Floor

Retiree Worship Celebration       Wed., 6/6          11:00 am – Noon           Main Meeting Hall

Retiree Luncheon                       Wed., 6/6          Noon – 1:30 pm            Ballroom C       

Meet your Group Health Benefits Providers on Wednesday, June 6 at Annual Conference

Questions or concerns about your Group Health Benefits plans?  Representatives will be available from 8 am to 4 pm in the Pre-Function Area (registration area) on the first floor of the GCC:

Boon-Chapman PPO                                          Script Care, LTD

Humana Dental & Vision                                     Humana Medicare Advantage

The Methodist Hospital (TAC Wellness)               MHNet – EAP Program

Carlson’s Consulting                                          Group Health Benefits

UnitedHealthcare Senior Supplement & UnitedHealthcare Medicare Rx for Groups (PDP)

Are any of your parishioners considering licensed or ordained ministry?

After meeting with the candidate, please refer him or her to their District Superintendent to register for Candidacy Summit, July 26-28, 2012, at Camp Allen in Navasota, TX.  Applications are due by June 1.  Click the following link for Candidacy Summit Application. For more info, go to: http://www.txcumc.org/pages/detail/1274.

Update on the Clergy “No Limits Weight Loss Challenge!” January 1 – June 30, 2012

Check out the competition results through April at the link above!  For weight lost from Jan. – June, 2012, be sure and send in your incentive form to earn your cash incentive and be counted in the district competition.  If you have a success story from the Wellness Program, please let us know your good news!  Go to “Share your Story” at:  

http://www.mytacbenefits.org/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=13 

Escape, relax and renew with single clergy from across our jurisdiction!

A 3-day Soderquist Renew Retreat is a cross-conference event for United Methodist single clergy.   Retreats will be held at Inn on Lake Granbury in Granbury, Texas, August 21-23, 2012 and at Inn above Onion Creek in Kyle, Texas, December 4-6, 2012.  Two retreats are also available in 2013.  All expenses are paid except for travel.  Info at the link above.  Space is limited.  Contact Barbara Eoff at beoff@txcumc.org to register. 

May Clergy Birthday List

Please take the time to pray for and connect with your brothers and sisters in Christ! 

Comments?  Suggestions?  Let us hear from you!

Contact Director Rev. Gail Ford Smith gfsmith@txcumc.org

or Associate Director Rev. Taylor Meador Fuerst tfuerst@txcumc.org.