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How to Keep Your Congregation Informed about General Conference:

1. LINK
On your church website, link to: http://www.ngumc.org/communications/general_conference_2008/ 

2. SUBSCRIBE
Sign up for the General Conference e-mail offered by the North Georgia Conference Communications Office. The e-mail (which will be sent daily April 23-May 2) will offer:

• Breaking news relevant to our conference
• News of the day
• Photos
• North Georgia angles to global and national news
• Interviews with members of North Georgia’s delegation

3. PROMOTE
Download our bulletin insert about the General Confernce e-mail to encourage your congreation to sign up for the free daily e-mail. Use the insert during Sunday worship, pass it out at Wednesday night supper, make it available to your Sunday school class, or give it to members of your Administrative Council.

• Download the Insert (PDF)

4. EXPLAIN
Be sure your congregation knows the basics:

• Who: Nearly 1,000 United Methodist delegates from around the world (including 14 lay and 14 clergy from North Georgia)
• What: Gather to make updates to the Book of Discipline and the Book of Resolutions, to worship, and to be in conversation about some of the most important issues facing the church today.
• When: April 23 - May 2
• Where: Fort Worth, Texas
• Why: The General Conference Session is an extremely important meeting in the life of our church. As the top policy-making body of the international United Methodist Church, General Conference is the only body that officially speaks for the denomination.