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Table of Contents Thanks to all of TJD's 2003-2004 Fair Share Congregations Paying Our Dues: An Expectation of Membership Thomas Jefferson District Communications Guide UUA General Assembly - June 24-28 - Long Beach, CA |
Chalice Lighters by Marjorie Gelbin, TJD Chalice Lighter Chair Another record-breaking call has been completed with a check for $20,263 delivered to the Hillsborough, NC, congregation at the Leadership Conference in Norfolk, Va., October 2003. Steve Mahaly, Hillsborough Congregation President, and Jean-Michel Margot, Vice President, accepted the check on behalf of a grateful congregation and their new minister, The Rev. Robin Renteria. The call letter for the new minister at the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship, Morehead City, NC, was mailed at the end of October. Please respond to this call with equal enthusiasm. With more than 2,000 Chalice Lighters, we should be able to realize more than $20,000 per call . . . but only if you respond! The Chalice Lighter Committee met in Greensboro in December and prepared all 65 Chalice Lighter Canvass Packets for mailing in January. All Chalice Lighter Coordinators should have received their packets in order to present a Canvass Sunday and encourage new members to join this vital district program. In addition to all of the resource material in the packets, we also have included the latest member list for updating. A continual problem for our mailings is the number of letters returned as undeliverable. We still have more than 100 incorrect addresses. Since the Chalice Lighter Coordinators are the only ones who know the changes in their congregations, we are asking them to please update their member lists and return them to the district office along with enrollment forms and evaluations as soon as your Canvass Sunday has been presented. The Chalice Lighter Committee is continually encouraged by the commitment of so many UUs in the T.J. District to assist congregations financially. Check it out! Perhaps you, too, are now eligible for Chalice Lighter funds: Respectfully submitted, |