Costs, Unless Otherwise Noted, Include
Conference Cost
Costs, unless otherwise noted, include:
Conference fees, lodging and 6 meals.
Epworth by the Sea is now a wireless internet campus
Pitts and Booth, (more centrally located)
Double Room:$ 125 per person
Single Room:$ 210 per person
Robertson building(newer, w/ bayside view)
Double Room:$ 145.00 per person
Single Room:$ 235.00 per person
Commuting:$ 65.00 per person
(No room/no meals, but meals can be purchased individually from Epworth)
Note: no more membership fees!
Check with your presbytery to determine availability of scholarships for conference registration cost.
***It is the registrant’s responsibility to assure full payment before registration can be confirmed or secured. ***
Cancellation policy is as follows:
More than two weeks’ notice: full refund
Less than two weeks: full, less $75;
Less than 72 hours: no refund.
Emergency Contact Number while at Conference: 912-638-8688
Please note:
The deadline for registrations is Tuesday, April 10, 2013.
Conference Schedule
( Schedule subject to change before Conference)
Monday
2:00-3:50pmRegistration
4:00 pm. Welcome & Icebreakers
5:30 -6:30pmSupper
6:30 -7:15pmGroup Pictures, Announcements, & Devotional
7:15 pmKeynote Address
Tuesday
7:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am Devotion and Announcements
9:00-10:20 amWorkshop I
10:30-11:50amQ & A Panel
12:00 pmLunch
1:10-2:30pmWorkshop II
2:30-3 pmChoir Practice
3:00 pmFree Time
5:00-7:00pmDinner at Epworth
Wednesday
7:30 amBreakfast
8:40- 10:00amWorkshop III
10:00-10:30 amCheck-out
10:30-10:45amBusiness Meeting & Awards
10:45-12:00pmThornwell, Worship, Communion & Installation of Officers
12:00 noonLunch
NOTE: NEW ITEM- Missional Track- PREREGISTRATION Required
A free will offering for the Thornwell Home and School for Children will be taken during the Communion Service on Wednesday morning.
Directions to Epworth: St.SimonsIsland is 80 miles from Savannah, GA and from Jacksonville, FL., 12 miles from I-95, and 13 miles from Brunswick/Glynco airport. Follow St. Simons Causeway from Brunswick to Sea Island Road. Go left at light. Take first left at Hamilton Road then right on Arthur J. Moore Drive.
“Responding to God’s Call”
Keynote by Rev.Dr. Frank Colclough, Sr.
1 Samuel 3:10 “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Workshops:
- “Stewardship: A Matter of the Heart” Discussion of stewardship as spiritual discipline providing context for generous giving.Rev, Dr. Frank Colclough, Sr.-Honorably retired from New Harmony Presbytery where he served as Associate Exec Presbyter.
- “Book of Order/ PCUSA Polity” Providing polity guidance and training to allow more familiarity with our Book of Order. Rev. Heahwan Rim- Transitional Exec of the Synod of South Atlantic, serving on the Advisory Committee on Constitution PCUSA.
- ”Spiritual Care of Healthy Congregations” Helping people respond to God and one another by focusing on cultivation of healthy spiritual disciplines. Rev. Ken Meeks- Exec Presbyter of North East Georgia Presbytery
- “The Holy Spirit”Understand the role of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of congregations with biblical illustrations from both Testaments. Rev. Dr. Fred Terry- Retired pastor of Keystone Presbyterian in Odessa, Florida, and former chief of chaplains at Bay Pines VA Medical Center
- “Helping Declining Churches” Explore ways to lead congregations to vibrant life including people of all ages. Rev. Maggie Lauterer-Pastor at Montreat Presbyterian Church in NC, formerly led Burnsville NC Presbyterian.
- “Missional Track- Bivocational Ministry” relating to smaller membership congregations. Interested attendees will meet over Monday night dinner, a workshop period and noon meal on Tuesday with Rev. Herb Codington. PREREGISTRATION required for this option-mark registration form. Registrants will be sent the book “The Work of the Bivocational Minister” to be read prior to the Conference.
ASC Conference Registration Form
May 6-8, 2013
MISSIONAL TRACK ATTENDEE- YES ______
MARK Choice Above- You must mark here if you are attending the NEW Missional Track so we can send you the book to read ahead of time.
Name______
Address______
______
Church______
Presbytery______
First Time Attending [ ] Pastor [ ] Laity [ ]
Phone: Home ( ) ______
Work ( ) ______
Email______
Are you willing to share contact information with other attendees? Yes ____ No ____
Double Room ____ or Single Room ____
P & B Lodging ____, Robertson lodging ____, Commuting ____
Special Needs: Handicapped Room [ ] 1st Floor [ ]
Close to Meeting Room [ ]
Roommate Preference: ______
(Roommate assigned if dbl room with no preference)
Amount enclosed: $______
Emergency Contact:
Name______
Phone______
Make checks payable to “ASC”.
Detach and mail this form with check by April 10stto:
Maurine Resch
PO Box 248
Blythe, GA30805
706-373-9480 email:
History and Goals
The Association of Smaller Congregations (ASC) of the Synod of South Atlantic, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was organized in April 1987 by a group of visionaries led by the late Rev. Foster Edwards, a Presbyterian minister in the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
This group sought to create an organization which would:
- encourage and support smaller congregations,
- promote awareness of the unique strengths and needs of smaller congregations,
- provide opportunities for fellowship, education, and creative thinking and sharing between smaller congregations, and
- facilitate communication between churches, presbyteries, and governing bodies.
All churches and their members within the ecclesiastical bounds of the Synod of South Atlantic, having 200 or fewer members are considered as members of the ASC.
It is the hope of every member of the board that our organization will serve to support the life and ministry of the smaller congregations in the Synod of the South Atlantic. We hope to do this through worship, fellowship, education and prayer for the people of these congregations and for their pastors.
Website:
Association of Smaller
Congregations
Synod of South Atlantic
PC (USA)
26th Annual Conference
“Responding to God’s Call”
May 6-8, 2013
Epworth by the Sea
St.SimonsIsland, GA