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