FAIRFIELD WEST
ASSOCIATION
of
The Connecticut Conference
of
The United Church of Christ
2015-2016
ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2016
at
Second Congregational Church
139 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 869-9311
The Rev. Michael Ciba
Southwest Regional Minister
Table of Contents
Call to the
Annual Meeting
3
Annual Meeting
Agenda 4
Minutes of the
May 6, 2015, Annual Meeting
5
Regional Minister’s
Report
6
Moderator’s
Report
7
Fairfield West Association Delegates
To the General Synod 7
Treasurer’s
Report
8
Audit Committee
Report
8
Proposed Budget
9
Committee on
Church and Ministry Report 10
Registrar’s
Report 11
Committee on
Church and Ministry Nominees 19
Nominating
Committee Report 20
Call to the Annual Meeting
To the Ministers and Delegates of the Churches of the
Fairfield West Association:
This is a call to the Annual Meeting of the Fairfield West
Association, to convene at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Second Congregational
Church of Greenwich. We will gather at 5:30 PM in the parish hall for a time of fellowship
followed at 6:00 PM by a buffet dinner.
Directions to the church are at 2cc.org.
We will then move to the chapel
for a business meeting in which officers and committee members will be elected
for the coming year and a vote will be
taken to accept the Unified Fitness Review proposal and By-laws revisions which
were sent to you in an earlier mailing.
The program following the
business agenda will be: A music and college admission solution for
youth participation in churches, 2016 (Hint:
you gotta get the parents on board, too) presented by Shawn Garan,
Youth Director at Second Congregational Church.
Ministers are asked to share
copies of this notice with their church’s lay delegates to the association and
to invite them and other interested church members to attend this meeting.
Please let us know how many
are coming from your church.
22 Meadow Drive phone:
(203) 661-1685
Cos Cob, CT 06878
Annual Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
5:30 PM
Registration and Fellowship
6:00 PM
Buffet dinner, followed by Business Meeting and Keynote Speaker
Business Meeting
Opening
Prayer –
Calling
of the Roll – Jeffrey Hemmings, Scribe
Establishment
of a Quorum
Consent
Agenda
Acceptance of:
· Minutes of the May 6, 2015,
Annual Meeting
· Reports: Regional Minister,
Moderator, Audit Committee, Treasurer,
Committee on Church and Ministry, Registrar
Acceptance
of 2016-2017 Budget
Remarks
from the Regional Minister – Rev. Michael Ciba
Election
of Officers and New Members of the
Committee of Church and Ministry – Beth Rollins, Chair
Unified
Fitness Review Committee
Amendment
to the By-laws
Other
Business
Keynote Speaker – Shawn Garan, Youth Director at Second Congregational
Church
A Music and College Admissions Solution for Youth
Participation in Churches, 2016
Closing
Prayer
Adjournment
Minutes of the May 6,
2015, Annual Meeting
Vice Moderator Rev. Holly Adams opened the meeting at 6:31PM,
thanking everyone for attending. The Scribe called the roll. The
Consent Agenda was mentioned: minutes of the 2014 Annual Meeting, 2014 Budget,
and any Committee Reports. A motion was made and seconded to accept the
Consent Agenda as presented. Approved
The Proposed Budget for 2015 was presented. A motion was
made and seconded to approve. Approved
Regional Minister Rev. Michael Ciba expressed gratitude to those
clergy and lay people who continue the work of Jesus Christ on behalf of the
Connecticut Conference staff and the National setting. He spoke about the
Connecticut Conference as resource to the churches. "How do we do the work
that God calls us to do?" The Conference is there to help the
churches. Churches are connected through Associations; they need to partner in
ministry.
Beth Rollins gave a report on the proposed slate of Committee on
Church and Ministry vacancies and new officers. A motion was made and seconded
to approve the slate as presented. Approved
The Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton spoke re: the Silver Lake
Conference Center and its importance for youth. She urged clergy who have not
been there to go. There is an Open House there on May 17 from 2-4PM. Clergy
Camp is next week and the Golf Tournament (benefitting Silver Lake) is on June
8 at the Wallingford Country Club.
Jack Davidson gave a presentation on 'church versus sports' and
shared some of his successes.
The meeting closed with a prayer at 7:35PM
Jeffrey Hemmings
Scribe
Regional Minister’s
Report
The first and second chapters
of the Acts of the Apostles highlight two different aspects of church
life. Chapter 1 is internally
focused. After the disciples say
farewell to the one who brought them together, they gather in the upper
room. They pray and worship. They retell and relearn the recent history of
their community in order to more fully understand what God calls them to
do. They elect new leaders and wait for
the next, new thing to happen. The focus
is completely internal.
In chapter 2, the Holy Spirit
enters their company in a dramatic way.
Together, the disciples leave their comfort zone to go out into the
streets of the city and experience the new ways that God is working in their
community. They discover that they have
the capacity to speak in new ways so that the folks around them can understand
who God is and what God is doing. An
increasing number of believers gather together in community to worship, pray,
learn, serve, and advocate. The focus of
chapter 2 is external, but through this external focus the community itself
grows stronger.
As the Church of Jesus Christ
in the United States in the early 21st century, we face challenges,
confusion, and uncertainty about who God calls us to be and what God calls us
to do. In this anxious situation, it is
tempting to focus primarily on ourselves, like the church in Acts 1: to pray and worship, tell and retell the
story, and dwell on our own organizational well-being. This is necessary for the church, but it is
not sufficient. Everything in chapter 1
sets the stage for chapter 2. It’s
important, especially in these times, not to get stuck in chapter 1.
If we focus primarily or
exclusively on ourselves, we risk losing sight of the reasons God calls the
church together in the first place: to
share God’s good news with the world by living our love of God, our neighbors,
and ourselves in the places we live and work and learn and play. If we do this, we not only live God’s mission
and purpose. We also end up
strengthening our communities.
The mission of the Connecticut
Conference is to help local churches vitally engage in God’s mission in their
communities and develop leaders for the church and the world, so that together
we can become the church God needs in today’s world. Local churches, associations, and Conference
leaders and staff engage in this common mission. I am delighted and honored to join with you
in this creative ministry. Together,
let’s figure out how we can participate in what God is already doing in the
world around us.
Blessings for the day and season
of Pentecost.
Michael Ciba
Senior Regional
Minister
Connecticut Conference
United Church of Christ
Moderator’s Report
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
This past year, the Executive
Committee set itself an unprecedented challenge: to foster interdependence and to make an
impact on the 17 churches of the Fairfield West Association. “Where have I heard that before?” you are
wondering. For the last two years, that
has been the CT Conference’s goal for all Connecticut churches. We felt it was an important role we could
take on, and so we re-purposed the Association’s Executive Committee to engage
with our churches as active participants (and models) of interdependence.
First, we did some research
to understand the universal needs of all churches. After prioritizing the topics to a manageable
amount, we planned a forum so that specialist leaders of our churches could
begin to build relationships with each other and share solutions for their
mutual needs. On February 20th,
we hosted a Leadership Saturday forum at the Darien Congregational
Church. Eleven out of 17 churches were
represented by 33 lay leaders and clergy.
We broke into groups of lay leaders representing Finance, Deacons,
Trustees and Moderators, and a fifth group of clergy. In just two hours of frank and in-depth
conversations, there was sharing, problem-solving, and creative thinking that
prompted all participants to “demand” a repeat performance on a regular
basis. Much was learned that day by our
coming together in a spirit of sharing.
At the heart of the learning was the recognition that by thinking and
acting interdependently, we strengthen each other and ourselves.
That in itself was the single
largest achievement of the Executive Committee this year: that we can
make an impact on our 17 churches, and the Committee will continue to find
creative ways to do so. It has been a
joy-filled privilege to be your Moderator in this year of challenge and
innovation.
May God’s blessings be upon
you and your congregations in the years to come.
Lovingly,
The Reverend Holly Adams
Fairfield West
Association Delegates to
the General Synod,
Baltimore, 2017
Rev. Daniel England - Greens Farms Church (first year,
Clergy Delegate)
Erika Foster - First Congregational
Church of Norwalk (first year, Lay Delegate)
Rev. Maxwell Grant - Second Congregational Church,
Greenwich (second year, Clergy Delegate)
Derek O’Brien - United Congregational
Church, Norwalk (second year, Young Adult Delegate)
Treasurer’s Report
We
began this fiscal year with a cash position of $29,439.51. We received payments of $11,643.50 in dues
(three churches elected to pay reduced dues) and earned $5.74 in interest on
our savings account (In March, the Executive Committee agreed not to transfer
funds from our saving account to a Cornerstone certificate of deposit. Doing so would make funds unavailable for
fifteen months while producing a relatively insignificant increase in interest
income).
The
Executive Committee wants to point out that funds are available for tuition
assistance for FWA seminary students and education-related debt relief for
ordained FWA clergy who are recent (within ten years) seminary graduates or
requests for financial assistance to pay for programs related to professional
development. Applications are available
from the Chair of the Committee on Church and Ministry.
The
Leadership Saturday program held in May cost the Association $283.50.
The
Association was pleased to support the Friends of the Conference drive,
National Youth Event, and Silver Lake.
Association
dues will remain at $1.50 per church member.
Each summer, the Connecticut Conference provides us with the current
membership numbers, as reported in the Yearbook. The proposed budget, which appears on the
next page, was prepared using this amount.
The Committee also voted to approve the proposed budget for presentation
to the Annual Meeting.
At
the end of March, the Association had a combined checking and savings account
cash balance of $31,909.92.[1] As always, our financial records are
available for your inspection.
I
attach the proposed budget for 2016-2017 and recommend its approval.
William
H. Peltz
Treasurer
Audit Committee
Report
The Executive Committee
established a temporary Audit Committee and charged it with the responsibility
of examining the Association’s financial accounting, reporting, and controls
and systems. This Committee approves the
processes and safeguards employed by the Treasurer, without recommendation, and
verifies the accounting and accuracy of the Association’s financial reports for
the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
Jean Bruder
Beth Rollins
Proposed Budget
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2015-2016
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2016-2017
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Actual*
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Proposed
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INCOME
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Dues
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$11,643.50
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$11,000.00
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Bank Interest
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$5.74
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$5.00
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Fund from Cash Balance
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$245.00
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Total Receipts
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$11,649.24
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$11,250.00
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EXPENDITURES
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Annual Meeting
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$0.00**
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$1,200.00
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Committee on Church
and Ministry
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$1,882.24
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$1,500.00
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Friends of the
Conference
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$250.00
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$250.00
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General Synod
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$4,191.92
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$4,000.00
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Scholarship Fund
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$4,000.00
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$4,000.00
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Workshops and Programs
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$433.50
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$300.00
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Other (incl.
administration, National Youth Event)
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$783.19
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Total Expenses
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$11,540.85
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$11,250.00
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*Through April 1, 2016
**May 2015 Annual
Meeting expenses were paid in the 2014-2015 fiscal year; at the time of this
report, there have been no expenses for the May 2016 Meeting.
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Committee on Church
and Ministry Report
Since last May, the Committee on Church and Ministry for the
Fairfield West Association (COCM) has had substantial contact (either by
meeting or phone) with ten candidates for ministry who are currently part of
the In-discernment status with the Committee. In addition, we have had
occasion to meet with seven ministers who are part of the FFW
Association. We also participated in several installations of ministers,
joyous occasions all.
In addition we completed the fitness review that occupied us
during 2014 and 2015. We also took action to embrace the United Fitness
Review process established by the Connecticut Conference, a vote about which
will happen at the Annual Meeting this year.
The Committee on Ministry has worked well together on the
various issues and has, I believe, proved helpful in guiding those
in-discernment with us. Since many of the current COCM members are
cycling off the committee or are otherwise not able to serve any more, the
Association owes them many thanks for the hours they contributed to the COCM
this past year. Thanks are also due to Michael Ciba, our regional
minister, for his wise advice and counsel about the sometimes complex matters
of procedure we are bound to follow. He has also proved a valuable friend
and co-worker in the Committee’s meetings.
Thanks, too, to the Executive Committee who has been steadfast
in its support of the COCM.
Rev. Daniel England
Chair, Committee on Church and Ministry
Registrar’s Report
Ministers With Full Standing Church
Abbott, Douglas W. AP Wilton Congregational Church
165-A Bison Lane
Stratford CT
06614-1094
p.d.abbott@snet.net
Adams, Holly P United Congregational
Church
275 Richards Avenue of
Norwalk
Norwalk CT
06540
revholly@optonline.net
Ahlberg, Ralph E. RT Immanuel, UCC
52 Missionary Road Hartford,
CT
Cromwell CT
06416
Allan, Mark PD Christ Church on Quaker Hill
17 Church Road Pawling,
NY
Pawling NY
12564
revmallan@comcast.net
Beckwith, Ivy UC Congregational Church of New
23053 Brick Mill Run
Canaan
Westlake OH 44145
beckwithi@ucc.org
Brown, Gary P. RT First Congregational
Church
11365 E. Lake Road Stamford
Hammondsport NY
14840
Carmichael, Faith Y. RT Saugatuck Congregational Church
PO Box 32 Westport
Van Hornesville NY 13475
DenUyl, Richard P First Congregational
Church
11 Forest Avenue of
Greenwich
Old Greenwich CT 06870
richardd@fccog.org
De Simone, Susan R. RT First Congregational Church
419 Pintail Court Stamford
Chestertown MD 21620
Edele, Blaine P Union Memorial Church
58 Church Street Stamford
Stamford CT 06906
England, Daniel B. UC Green’s Farms Congregational Church
291 Jeniford Road Westport
Fairfield CT 06824
Errgong-Weider, Gregory A. RT United
Congregational Church
312 Las Maria Norwalk
North Port FL
34278
Evans, Ronald T. RT First Congregational Church
607 Leyden Lane Darien
Claremont CA 91711
ronaldthomasevans@gmail.com
Forte, Amy PS Green’s Farms Congregational
77 North Avenue Church
Westport CT 06880 Westport
Garner, Chapin P Congregational Church
23 Park St. of
New Canaan
New Canaan CT
06840
chapin@godsacre.org
Grant, Maxwell P Second Congregational
Church
139 E. Putnam Avenue Greenwich
Greenwich CT
06830
Greene, Dale M. RT First Congregational Church
126 East Rocks Road of
Greenwich
Norwalk CT 06851
Halac, Karen AP First Congregational Church
55 Loughlin Avenue Ridgefield
Cos Cob CT
06807
karenh@firstcongregational.com
Hallas, Nancy G. RT Green's Farms Congregational
54 Colony Road Church
Westport
Westport CT 06880
Hambrick-Stowe, Charles P First Congregational
Church
103 Main Street Ridgefield
Ridgefield CT 06877
Hopkins, Heather S. RT United Church of Rowayton, UCC
52 Crooked Trail Norwalk
Rowayton CT 06853
Horstmann, Ed PD Round Hill Community Church
395
Round Hill Road Greenwich
Greenwich CT 06831
Hoskins, Theodore PE Saugatuck Congregational
Church
PO Box 931 Westport
Blue Hill ME
04614 (Union
Congregational Church
tedhoskins44@myfairpoint.net Isle au
Haut, ME)
Kramer, Lynne RT Second Congregational Church
40 W. Brother Drive Greenwich
Greenwich CT 06830 (Round
Hill Community Church)
Livingston, John S. P United Church of Rowayton, UCC
210 Rowayton Avenue Norwalk
Norwalk CT 06853
john@ucrowayton.org
Long, Patricia RT Congregational Church of New
Canaan
194 Nahant Road
Nahant MA 01908
revpatsylong@gmail.com
Masback,
Harold E. UC Congregational Church of New
Canaan
1 Maraldene Drive
North Haven CT 06473
Matthews, William B. RT First Congregational Church
279 Glenbrook Road Stamford
Stamford CT 06906
Montgomery, Mark AP First Congregational Church
5 Cornwall Drive of
Cheshire
Norwalk CT
06850
revmarkmontgomery@gmail.com
Naylor, Robert RT Second Congregational
Church
1 Gloucester Road, #1302 Greenwich
Hilton Head Island SC
29928
Newsome, Frank P First Congregational Church of
9 William Street Norwalk
on the Green
Norwalk CT 06851
Patton, Alison J. Buttrick P Saugatuck
Congregational Church
245 Post Road East Westport
Westport CT
06880
Rider, Jeffrey Powell P Green’s Farms Congregational
71 Hillandale Road Church
Westport
Westport CT 06880
jeffreyrider@mac.com
Rigg, Dedee Zanetti PS First Congregational Church
28 Round Hill Road of
Greenwich
Greenwich CT 06831-3742
Rogers, Kelly Hough AP Norfield Congregational Church
64 Norfield Road Weston
Weston CT
06883
Rosenberger, Dale P First Congregational Church
14 Brookside Road Darien
Darien CT
06820
drosenberger@uccdarien.org
Stevenson, Diane UC Norfield Congregational Church
276 Newtown Turnpike Weston
Wilton CT 06897
Stiers, Thomas L. RT First Congregational Church
4452 Greenbriar Boulevard of
Greenwich
Boulder CO
80305
Thomas, Arnold I. IN Charlotte Congregational Church UCC
43 Repa Road Charlotte VT
Underhill VT 05489
arnoldisidore1953@yahoo.com
Townsley, Susan UC Norfield Congregational Church
143 Partrick Avenue Weston
Norwalk CT 06851
Wilson, Bernard R. P Norfield Congregational Church
9 Parsonage Lane Weston
Weston CT 06883
Zeman, Michael PD First Congregational Church
870 Hollow Tree Ridge Road Darien
Darien CT 06820 (Talmadge
Hill Community
mz@aya.yale.edu Church)
Ministers
With Dual Standing Church
Garren, Royal P North
Greenwich
606 Riversville Road Congregational
Church
Greenwich, CT 06831 (Presbyterian
Church, USA)
Non-UCC Clergy Serving in UCC
Settings Church
Gilchrist, Jacqueline P North Stamford
31 Cascade Road Congregational
Church
Stamford CT
06903 (Amer. Baptist)
info@northstamfordchurch.org
Kelly, Jacob P Miracle Temple Church of
God, UCC
2 Trinity Place (Church
of God in Christ, NY)
Norwalk CT 06854
Manchester, Avery AP First Congregational Church
216 Brookdale Road of Greenwich
Stamford CT 06903 (United
Methodist)
Commissioned
Minister
Ainsworth, Caroline Congregational
Church of
594 Valley Road New
Canaan
New Canaan
CT 06840
Licensed
Ministers
Dolberry, Candice Wilton
Congregational Church
70 Ridgefield Road
Wilton
CT 06897
McGarry, Ken Wilton
Congregational Church
5 Silver Spring Park Raod
Ridgefield
CT 06877
ken@wiltoncongregational.org
Morello, Guy First
Congregational Church of Darien
20 Henry Street, Apt. 2507
Stamford
CT 06902
gmgmorello@gmail.com
Stambaugh, David First
Congregational Church of Darien
14 Brookside Road
Darien
CT 06820
Approved
for Commissioning Pending a Call
Mrotek, Diana Green’s
Farms Congregational
21 Marion Road Church
Westport
Westport CT 06880
Approved for Ordination Pending
a Call
Basler, Frank Saugatuck
Congregational Church
294 Brewster Street Westport
Bridgeport CT 06605
Members in Discernment
Bruce, Linda Saugatuck
Congregational Church
9 Winding Lane Westport
Westport CT 06880
Garan, Shawn Second
Congregational
139 East Putnam Ave. Church
of Greenwich
Greenwich CT 06830
Marshall, Alex Floyd Saugatuck
Congregational Church
112 Fayerweather
Terrace Westport
Bridgeport CT 06605
alex@saugatuckchurch.org
Schlorff, Daniel First
Congregational Church of
33 Virgil Street, Apt. 6 Greenwich
Stamford CT 06902
preachercomforts@gmail.com
Schofield, Jacky Second
Congregational Church of
5 Putnam Hill, 4A Greenwich
Greenwich CT 06830
Transitional
and Bridge Pastors
Coffman,
Ann Wilton
Congregational Church
70
Ridgefield Road
Wilton CT 06897
anne@wiltoncongregational.org
Westby,
Laura Congregational
Church of
23 Park
Street New Canaan
New
Canaan CT 06840
laura@godsacre.org
Young,
Meghan First
Congregational Church
108
Sound Beach Avenue of
Greenwich
Old
Greenwich CT 06870
meghany@fccog.org
Classifications
AP Associate or Assistant Pastor EW Educational Work P
Pastor of Local Church
CE Christian Education HW
Health/Welfare PD Pastor of Non-UCC Church
CH Chaplain IN Interim Pastor
PE Pastor Emeritus
CM Campus Ministry
LA Leave of Absence PS
Pastoral Counseling
CP Co-Pastor of Local Church
MY Missionary RT Retired
CW Conference Work OL Other Local SU
Supply
DW Denominational Work OP Business
or Other Professional UC Unclassified
EC Ecumenical Work
OR Other Religious Work Y Youth Minister
Boundary
Training
Fairfield West requires all clergy –
ordained, commissioned, licensed and retired (so long as one is performing even
occasional pastoral functions) – to participate in a session of boundary
awareness training every three years. To
this end the Registrar notifies those who need training of two available
sessions – in May and in November – offered by the Connecticut Conference.
Jean Bruder
Registrar
Committee on Church
and Ministry
Nominees for 2016-2017
2017
Rev.
Kelly Hough Rogers Norfield Congregational Church
64
Norfield Road (203)
807-0941
Weston,
CT 06883 kellyrogers@gmail.com
Rev.
Holly Adams United
Congregational Church, Norwalk
14
Rowayton Woods (203)
866-1494
Norwalk,
CT 06854 revholly@optonline.net
Kenneth Olson First Congregational
Church of Greenwich
2 Pratt Island (203) 656-4349
Darien CT 06820 kenerna@hotmail.com
2018
Rev. Daniel England, Chair* Green’s Farms
Congregational Church
291 Jeniford Road (203)
543-0363
Fairfield CT 06824 dengland@optonline.net
Rev. Max Grant Second
Congregational Church of Greenwich
139 E. Putnam Avenue (203) 869-9311
Greenwich, CT 06830 max@2cc.org
Rick Mapes Wilton
Congregational Church
2 Breezy Lane (203)
858-4295
Norwalk, CT 06851 mapes@optonline.net
2019
Rev. Dale
Rosenberger First
Congregational Church of Darien
14 Brookside
Road (203)
733-6879
Darien,
CT 06820 drosenberger@uccdarien.org
Diana
Beecher Congregational
Church of New Canaan
441
Scofieldtown Road (203)
329-7176
Stamford
CT 06903 beecherd@optonline.net
Carol Schwanhausser First
Congregational Church of Ridgefield
1 Stony Point Road (203)
994-6912
Westport, CT 06880 schwan4@aol.com
*Member of the Executive Committee
Nomination Committee
Report
Nominees for 2016-2017
Moderator
Robert
E. Willett Second
Congregational Church, Greenwich
24
Maple Avenue (203) 837-0864
Greenwich
CT 06830 rwillett29@yahoo.com
Vice Moderator
Rev.
Mark Montgomery First
Congregational Church Cheshire
5
Cornwall Drive (203)
856-9320
Norwalk,
CT 06850 markdmontgomery@yahoo.com
Registrar
Jean
Bruder First
Congregational Church of Greenwich
22
Meadow Drive (203)
661-1685
Cos Cob
CT 06878 gfbruder1@verizon.net
Treasurer
William
H. Peltz The
United Church of Rowayton
35
Lenox Avenue (203)
853-2498
Norwalk
CT 06854 whpeltz@gmail.com
Scribe
Sarah
Starkweather The
United Church of Rowayton
600
Hollow Tree Ridge Road (203)
247-7236
Darien,
CT 06820 sarah.starkweather@ubs.com
Former Moderator
Rev.
Holly Adams United
Congregational Church, Norwalk
14
Rowayton Woods Drive (203) 866-1494
Norwalk
CT 06854 revholly@optonline.net
Nominating
Committee Chair
Beth
Rollins First
Congregational Church of Greenwich
122
Palmer’s Hill Road #3107 (203)
637-9551
Stamford
CT 06902 rollinsbeth@optonline.net
Beth
Rollins
Chair,
Nominating Committee
[1] This report was prepared on April 1, 2016. The Association’s fiscal year ends April
30. Financial activity during the final
two weeks of this month is expected to be minimal.
