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Annual Conference 2008 Legislative Committees

View Legislative Committee assignments by clicking here (Word document).

According to its Standing Rules, the Kentucky Conference utilizes Legislative Committees to expedite the business of the Conference.  The Legislative Committees will meet from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. (ET) on Monday, June 2.  Each committee will consider a group of assigned reports.  Within the reports you will find the ministry of our conference.  Your input and participation in the Legislative Committee are important.  The work of the Legislative Committee provides recommendations to the larger conference body. 

Our experience indicates that the legislative committees allow us to shorten the length of Annual Conference and that individual reports are given more attention in the Legislative Committee. Additionally, many more persons actively participate in the legislative process through the committee system than in the full body. 

This year you are invited to share your preference for the committee on which you will serve.  (Presenters will be automatically assigned to the appropriate committee.)  We will make every effort to honor your preferences; however, we cannot guarantee them as the committees need to be of similar size.  Please register your preferences by completing the online survey no later than March 31. Click here to indicate your preference for a Legislative Committee. The survey has been closed. Committee assignments have been made.

You can also fill out and mail in the form you received in the first Annual Conference packet. Mailed requests must be postmarked by March 31st. MAIL TO:  Sue Deibel, Kentucky Conference, 7400 Floydsburg Rd, Crestwood, KY 40014. Committee assignments have already been made.

Legislative Committees

• Administration (Archives & History, Board of Pensions, Council on Finance and Administration, Credit Union, Equitable Compensation, Good Samaritan Foundation, Kentucky United Methodist Foundation, Trustees)
  
• Advocacy (Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns, Native American Ministries, Religion & Race, Special Needs, Status & Role of Women), Justice & Mission Team,  Kentucky Council of Churches
  
• Camping & Retreat Ministry (Aldersgate, Kavanaugh, Loucon & Ruggles), United Methodist Men, United Methodist Women
  
• Connectional Ministries, Discipleship (Disciplemaking, Christian Education/Small Groups), Conference Evangelists, Lay Ministry (Board of Laity, Lay Speaking)
  
• Episcopacy Committee & Residence, Primary Task, Communications
  
• Higher Education (Colleges--Kentucky Wesleyan, Lindsey Wilson, Union; Wesley Foundations--Eastern, Kentucky, Ky State, Louisville, Morehead, Northern, Western), Ministry with Young People
  
• Justice Groups (Children & Poverty, Church & Society, Refugees/Immigration, Restorative Justice), Mission Sites (Hillcrest-Bruce, Ida Spence, Lighthouse, Mountain Mission, Nathaniel, Portland, Wesley House)
  
• Mission Groups (Advance Specials, Disaster Response, East Africa/Kentucky Partnership, Health & Welfare, Mission Personnel, Volunteers in Mission), Health & Welfare Institutions (Homes for Children & Youth, Lewis Memorial Home, Methodist Hospital, Norton Healthcare, Wesley Manor, Wesley Village)
  
• New Church & Congregational Development (African American, Asian & Hispanic Latino/a Ministries, Ethnic Local Church Concerns)
  
• Ordained Ministry (Board & Work Teams, Preacher's Aid Society, Ramseyer Fund)