We Need Your Help at General Conference April 22nd - May 2nd

UMCMA will be present at General Conference to promote the legislation that the Association passed in July 2007 and to be an obvious campus ministry presence. UMCMA members are urged to attend General Conference for all or a portion of the time to help monitor legislation and promote campus ministry. UMCMA has 10 rooms reserved for those who will be helping with the legislative process – and this can be YOU!

If you are willing to come and give 8 hours a day for UMCMA legislation, you can stay in one of the rooms for $60 a night (per person/double occupancy). If you work for 4 days, you pay for 3 nights and get the 4th night free. {The $60 rate is available for UMCMA members whose dues are current.} The rooms are available from April 22 through May 2. The hotel is the closest one to the convention center, literally across the street. Students can also attend if they are will to help with UMCMA needs. Limited scholarships for both campus ministers/chaplains and students are available for workers. Scholarship Application

Worried you don’t know what to do? There will be orientation and briefings each day in the UMCMA Hospitality room at the hotel for those who are helping. You will be provided with tasks and assignments that will help you be an effective voice for campus ministry. We will also need persons to hand out campus ministry promotional materials, so there are jobs of all nature. The Hospitality Room will also be open regularly for campus ministers, chaplains and friends to gather.

The primary need is to monitor the legislative committees which occur primarily during the early sessions of the gathering. The legislation you voted on last summer is crucial to the future of campus ministry. It is critical that campus ministry be present and visible at General Conference. UMCMA members (and your friends), please consider attending and helping even if it is only for a few days – it will make a difference!

If you can’t attend General Conference, you can still help by contacting your delegation and urging them to support UMCMA legislation and helping them to understand why it is important to the future of student ministry. Actually, ALL UMCMA members need to contact their delegates and urge support of your legislation.

To reserve rooms, contact Leslie Long at: lalongokc@sbcglobal.net