The memorial service held this morning was meaningful to me. Rev. Jim Bryan from Missouri UMC in Columbia did a great job with the sermon. At this service the names of those clergy and clergy spouses who have died in the last year are read and honored. We are invited to stand when the names are read of people who have touched our lives. I'm sure it is a sign of my "experience" but I found myself having been impacted by over half the men and women who we honored today. It was a meaningful service.
In the afternoon we did our business. The main issue dealt with constitutional amendments. We talked a little but there was not a huge amount of debate (interest?). We will not know the results until all annual conferences have sumbitted their results.
We were running ahead of schedule and the bishop led us through the budget process. We approved our conference budget with an increase of around 3%. The increase is primarily due to increased health insurance costs (18%) and another item or so that we do not control (general church issues).
We are ahead of schedule and hopefully will complete our work tomorrow in a timely fashion and be home before evening. (I will probably stop in Appleton City and say hi to mom and dad - and that may lead to something to eat - so who knows?)
The evening events begin shortly. Heading to the Springfield Cardinals baseball game! It is actually a conference event!
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