Petition Index: 30051- 30100
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30051-HE-355.7-D Replace the word "effective" with "active" 30052-FO-65.C-D Retain prohibition against same gender service 30053-HE-355.1-D Eliminate mandatory retirement clauses 355.1,409.1 417, 430.1, 714.3, 1506.3c 30054-HE-412-D Nonre-elected C.C.bishops return to original A.C. as traveling elders 30055-FO-304.3-D Remove the words "self avowed" 30056-LC-214-D Exclude from UMC membership all fornicators, adulterers, and homosexuals 30057-LC-217-D Express dissension internally and not publically or in the secular media 30058-FO-117-D UM seminaries to comply with Am. with Disabilities Act by 2011 with no exceptions 30059-FA-824-D$ Arriving at estimated jurisdictional episcopal budgets 30060-FA-825-D$ Jurisdictional episcopal budget distributed to each A.C. and each A.C. apportion to each church 30061-HE-326.3-D Clergy education requirements to include mission history and experience 30062-FA-611.3-D$ Budgeting procedure change--WSF not combined with other local church apportionments 30063-FA-616.1-D$ Benevolences & WSF apportioned separately 30064-LC-249.13-D D.S. to notify local churches amounts apportioned for gen'l church, jurisdictional and conf. funds 30065-FA-612-D Annual Conference approve General Church apportionment 30066-HE-331.1-D Chargeable offense to conduct same-sex unions even if state allows it 30067-FA-811.5-D Delete 811.5 30068-DI-NonDis-O Support Chrysalis with funds, and staff at all levels of the church 30069-DI-NonDis-O Support Emmaus with staff & funds at all levels of the church 30070-CS-NonDis-O City dwellers deserve equity and spiritual care 30071-FO-65.G-D Keep present language regarding homosexuality and same gender unions in Book of Discipline 30072-FA-610-D Add words from 806.12 denying funds to gay caucus' to paragraph 610 30073-GM-1318.9-D Delete financial support for Church Women United 30074-HE-315.6-D Change Local Pastor educational requirements plus add a second educational option 30075-HE-306.3-D Process for licensing & ordaining clergy defined for GBHEM 30076-FA-NonDis-O Clergy compensation packages be above national poverty level 30077-FO-65.G-D Replace "practice of homosexuality" with "oral and/or anal sex" 30078-FO-66.C-D List of abuses children need protection from to include emotional abuse 30079-HE-315.4-D Clergy candidate actively persue M.Div with intent to become ordained 30080-HE-326.1-D Student local pastor probationary membership requirement 30081-DI-1115.7-D Provide support services for Association of Conference Directors of Lay Speaking Ministries 30082-GJ-2616.3-D Sec'ty of Judicial Council publish declaratory decisions on UM internet web site & Newscope 30083-FO-65.G-D Retain current language not condoning practice of homosexuality but God's grace is available to all 30084-IC-638.1-D Nominate buildings, locations, structures for designation as historic or heritage landmarks 30085-FA-2512.7-D Conference archives & history and trustees should work on policy statement together 30086-LC-2548.3-D When abandoning a church,D.S. and trustees to notify chair of conf. archives and history 30087-IC-1712.2-D Make Maryland location an official heritage landmark of the UMC 30088-GJ-268.1-D Change date of Heritage Sunday from April to May 30089-DI-273-D Certified lay preacher training, certifying, assigning and supervising 30090-HE-365.2-D Lengthen time for associate members to meet transition requirements 30091-CO-603.8-D Annual conference may designate person as the chancellor 30092-CO-507-D Replace "ordained minister" with "clergy member" to allow all to petition General Conference 30093-DI-661.5-D Include certified lay preacher courses taken and completed 30094-HE-311-D Deacons and associate members may participate as an elder 30095-FO-65.G-D Faithful Christians disagree on homosexuality 30096-IC-NonDis-O$ Support funding of the Igniting Ministry campaign 30097-FA-NonDis-O$ Raise money for Russian seminary and church growth 30098-CO-604-D Allow annual conferences to adopt other compensation plans 30099-LC-273-D Add the words lay preacher to section on lay speakers 30100-CO-661.3-D Add certified lay preachers continuing education to committee on lay speaker responsibilities
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