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February 2019

Current Newsletter
and Message from the Tuscarawas District Superintendent, Rev. Benita Rollins

From the DS...2019 Special Session of General Conference

As each of us pray and discern for the upcoming 2019 Special Session of General Conference I would like to share with you some resources from the East Ohio Conference website to review.

At this link http://www.eocumc.com/gc/ you will find a video message from Bishop Tracy S. Malone that acknowledges the anxiety and the uncertainty that many people are feeling as we prepare for the 2019 Special Session of General Conference.

You will also find:

• A side-by-side comparison of the three Plans
• The Mission, Vision, and Scope article that shaped the Commission’s work
  
• The Final Report from the Commission on a Way Forward that outlines the work of the Commission and contains details on each of three proposed plans
  
• The Wespath explanation of the Pension/Economic impacts of the Commission on a Way Forward Plans
  
• The Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate (ADCA), the official journal of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church
  
• Learn which legislative petitions are in harmony with the pur-pose of the Special Session and which are not, per rulings from the General Conference Committee on Reference

To assist delegates with the preparations for the Special Session, the Council of Bishops asked the Judicial Council for a declaratory decision regarding the constitutionality of the three plans contained in the report of the Commission on a Way Forward. Below, you can read in their entirety:

• Judicial Council Decision 1366
  
• UMNS article “Court: One Church Plan largely constitutional”
• A statement from the Council of Bishops
• A statement from the Moderators of the Commission on a Way Forward

Other recommended reading resources:

• The Anatomy of Peace
• Be Strong and of Good Courage
• Wonder, Love, and Praise - Sharing a Vision of the Church

Blessings,
Benita

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