Sunday, October 6        2-4 pm       Woodfords Church

DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AT WOODFORDS.

WE WILL MEET AT WESTBROOK-WARREN UCC, 810 Main Street, Westbrook

DOWNLOAD/PRINT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORTS HERE

Retired clergy of Cumberland Association are invited to a luncheon gathering at 11:45am on October 14 at the Stevens Avenue Congregational Church UCC, 790 Stevens Avenue, Portland. 

October 18-19

Pilgrim Lodge, West Gardiner

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

(maineucc.org/annual-meeting)

Download and/or print the most current list HERE

…from the Dean of the Maine School of Ministry— 
Rev. Dr. Malcolm Himschoot

The Maine School of Ministry runs five classes a year for anyone who wants to learn more about theology, including the heritage, practices, and possibilities of Christian faith. Our classes are taught by passionate practitioners and scholars of ministry, with experience across the globe and around the state. We match advanced certificate students in our program with mentored practice internships, and contribute to leadership development across the United Church of Christ.

Upcoming Courses & Offerings

Fall 2024: Applied Theology – Experiencing God in Story and Music – Fee $350

Hebrew Bible – Reading and Interpreting the Book of Exodus – Fee $350

January Term 2025: UCC History, Theology, and Polity – Fee $350

For more information, go to maineucc.org/mesom/

2024 Fellowship Dues for the Maine Conference will be $19.39/member.   Conference Dues fluctuate year to year by the federally-established COLA rate, unless changed by special vote of the Conference at Annual Meeting.  

2024 Fellowship Dues for the Cumberland Association are  $1.95/member.  

2024 Fellowship Dues for each church are calculated on the number of members reported as of December 31, 2023.  Membership MUST be reported to the UCC via the UCC Data Hub by each church.  If you do not file your statistics with the UCC data hub, your church’s dues will be calculated on the most recent statistics filed.  Data hub reporting is done in January or February each year. The Maine Conference Midweek News, which comes out on Wednesdays, will feature directions during January and February–or go to the Conference website: maineucc.org.

2024 DUES – Association churches should have received invoices for 2024 Conference and Association dues, which are due on May 15 th. If your church did not receive an invoice for 2024 dues, please contact Deb DeLong at the email address below.

Debra DeLong is the new Association Treasurer. All Maine Conference and Cumberland Association dues  (also Scholarship Fund donations) should be sent to Deb at her address -152 Puritan Drive, Westbrook, ME 04092. Her email address is djgdelong@gmail.com. Checks should still be made payable to the Cumberland Association but mailed to Deb’s home address.  

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, the standard mileage rate for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) is 67 cents per mile for business miles driven. The tax-deductible mileage rate for volunteers (not employees) driving in service of charitable organizations:  $.14/mile (set by federal statute, not the IRS, and does not change annually).