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1 670 HOLSTON A NNUAL CONFERENCE XIV. INDEX Administrative Review Committee Advance Specials, Report Annuitants and Beneficiaries, Payments Report Appointments, Ministerial Asbury Centers, Inc. Organization President/CEO Report Audit Report, Balance Sheet Bishops with Special Relationship to the Holston Conference Budget Business Administrator, Certified Business of the Annual Conference Report Camping and Leisure Ministries, Report Candler School of Theology, Report Certificate of Ordination Children and Poverty, Report Children s Ministry Team, Report Christian Educators, Certified Churches of Excellence, Report Churches Receiving Special Ministries Support Clergy Session Communications Team Organization Report Conference Officers... 9 Conference Support Staff Conference-Related Staff Connectional Giving Connectional Ministries, Report Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Daily Proceedings Discipleship Team Organization Report District Boards and Committees District Superintendents Office Information Report Duke Divinity School, Report Emory & Henry Cemetery, Board of Trustees Emory & Henry College Board of Trustees President/CEO Episcopacy, Committee on Episcopal Residence Committee Equitable Compensation, Recommendations on Extended Cabinet Finance & Administration, Council on Organization Report Five Star Churches, Report Health Insurance Guidelines Historical Sessions of the Holston Annual Conference Hiwassee College Board of Trustees President/CEO Holston Conference Colleges, Inc. Board of Trustees Holston Conference Colleges, Report Holston Conference Delegation Holston Conference Foundation Organization President/CEO Report Holston Home for Children Organization President/CEO Report Investigation, Committee on Laity Session Laity, Board of Organization Report Lay Members, Directory Memoirs Minimum Compensation Commitments Ministerial Directory

2 INDEX 671 Ministers Service Records Ministry Design Team, Recommendations Missions Team Music Directors, Certified Nominations, Committee on Nurture Team Organization Report Ordained Ministry, Board of Organization Report Outreach/Advocacy Team Organization Report Pastoral Counseling Center, Report Pastoral Records Effective Members Associate Members Approved Local Pastors Pensions, Board of Organization Report Pensions, General Board of, Accounts with Personnel Resources Team Organization Report Prison Ministry, Report Program Committee Remuneration Received by Clergy Appointed to Extension Ministries Resolutions Resolutions, Committee on Roll of Remembrance Roll of the Dead Schedule and Agenda Southeastern Jurisdiction Administrative Council, Report Standing Rules Standing Rules, Committee on Statistical Tables Statistician s Report Stewardship Team Surviving Spouses, Directory Tennessee Wesleyan College Board of Trustees President/CEO Treasurer s Report Trustees, Board of Assets and Real Estate Organization Report United Methodist Men Organization Report United Methodist Women Organization Report Wesley Foundations Directors Organization Report Wesley Institute Organization Report Witness Team Financial Report Organization Report Youth Report PHOTOGRAPHS Annual Conference in Session Associate Members... 6 Awards Cabinet Conference Presentations/Activities Covenant Letters Elders Full Connection... 5 Lay Leader... 8 Opening of Conference Passing the Mantle... 4 Probationary Members... 7 Retiring Clergy and Spouses... 3 Sending Forth Service Service of Ordination Staff, Johnson City Staff, Knoxville The Annual Conference Call, First Edition Worship Leaders/Preachers

3 672 HOLSTON A NNUAL CONFERENCE XIV. INDEX OF PREVIOUS POLICIES AND RESOLUTIONS BEGINNING WITH ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION 1994 Policies: Year Page Church Development, Strategy for Ministerial Sexual Ethics Policy Parsonage Policy and Guidelines Sexual Misconduct in Clergy Professional Relationship Retired Clergy Service Records, Resume Listing Vacation Guidelines Resolutions: Year Page Banning Nuclear Bomb Testing Black Church and Community Worker, Recruitment and Employment Board of Trustees, Authority to sell CCOM Office Property, Parsonage Builders Club Buttram s Chapel, Resolution to Discontinue Cabinet Campus Ministry, Supporting Change Number of Districts to Twelve Cloning Commission on Archives and History, Record Retention Policy Commission on Archives and History, Sulphur Springs Campground Conscience and Commitment Convocation on Racism Cross-Racial Understanding Gun Safety Hate Crimes Holston Conciliation Service Holston Conference Colleges, Inc Local Church Histories Marital Separations and Divorce of Clergy Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Native Americans, Support for Ordination, Role of Laity in the Service of Partners in Crisis Pension Study Committee Property, Resolution to Declare as Abandoned and Authorize Sale of Resolution Submission Deadline Roll of the Dead Steelesburg UMC, Rescind Resolution to Discontinue Tennessee State Lottery Wesleyan Theology, In Support of Historic

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5 CUT ON DOTTED LINE CORRECTION FORM DIRECTORY INFORMATION PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING FORM TO REPORT ANY ERRORS IN YOUR NAME, ADDRESS OR OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION. TO: Raymon E. White Holston Conference Secretary P.O. Box Knoxville, TN FROM: DATE: In the 2001 Journal of the Holston Conference, page, line, my name, address, other has been listed as. The correct information is CUT ON DOTTED LINE

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