Association Capacity Task Force
Association Capacity Task Force (ACTF)
Listening Sessions:
The last 2 Association Capacity Listen Sessions occurred in September 2024 on Zoom. Both sessions were recorded - you can watch them anytime on YouTube:
9-19 session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZgWb6Ht-yM
9-21 session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EtMlOlTUPM
History: The Association Capacity Task Force (ACTF) formed in the fall of 2022 in response to requests from many of our associations for assistance to continue functioning effectively with limited volunteers.
Goal: Evaluate and recommend improvements to the current Association organization and structure to more effectively meet association responsibilities and continue to support our local churches and clergy.
Recommendation: Vote to implement “Conference Acting as Association model” by each association in the New Hampshire Conference to form the Granite State Association.
Key Documents
Click Below to view files ahead of the listening sessions (above)
Association Capacity Task Force (ACTF) Files
Proposed Timeline:
By mid-November: Fall Association Meetings with Vote
By end of January: Prepare nomination slate for all positions
February 2025: Worship service at Prepared-to-Serve to celebrate our Associations’ long legacy
By end of March 2025: Participating Associations transfer all assets to Conference
March 31, 2025 11:59 PM: Participating Associations cease operations and are dissolved
April 1, 2025 Midnight: Participating Associations form the Granite State Association and begin
operating under the new model
ACTF Team Members:
Rev. Shayna Appel, Congregational Church of Amherst
Rev. Larry Brickner-Wood, First Congregational Church of Wakefield
Rev, Gail Doktor, Jackson Community Church
Rev. Mark Koyama, United Church of Jaffrey
Rev. Sara Marean, Associate Conference Minister
Marcie Miller, First Congregational Church & Society of Rindge, NH
Rev. Gayle Murphy, Congregational Church of North Barnstead
Rev. Dr. Deborah Roof, First Parish Congregational Church
Rev. Gordon Rankin, Conference Minister
Rev. John Torrey, The Church of Christ at Dartmouth