TABCOM 2022 (TAG2022) ANNUAL GATHERING

TABCOM Annual Gathering Registration is Live!

This season has left us with many uncertainties. Yet, one thing we can be certain of – the future of our congregations doesn’t look like the past. The good news is that amidst this crisis, there is great opportunity.
 
Register: Click here to register for this year’s Annual Gathering being held on May Friday, 6th & Saturday, 7th at the Doubletree by Hilton Leominster. There are a variety of options: in person or virtual, one day or two days, and more. And for those with financial limitations, you may enter the promo code “HardTimes” on the checkout page to receive a 50% discount off of your registration.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 6

8:30am – 8:00pm Registration
9:00am – 12:00 pm ABHMS Breakfast with Meg Biddle – Coordinator Training
12:00pm – 2:00pm Women in Ministry Lunch
12:00pm – 2:00pm Staff/ Coordinators Lunch
2:00pm – 4:00pm Partner Meetings
2:00pm – 4:00pm Cultural Liaisons Gathering
4:00pm – 5:00pm Break
5:00pm – 6:00pm Friday Night Banquet
5:30pm – 6:00pm Worship
6:00pm – 8:00pm Fresh Expressions Keynote

Better Days Ahead:  Thriving Mission on the Other Side of COVID 

Church Has Left the Building:  Revitalizing Congregations from the Outside In

 

SATURDAY, MAY 7

7:30am – 12:00pm Registration
8:00am – 3:00pm Creative Contemplation Room (available throughout the day)
8:00-9:15am Breakfast Buffet
8:00-9:15am AB Men’s Breakfast
8:00-9:15am AB Women’s Breakfast
9:15am – 9:30am Break
9:30am – 10:00am  Oceanwood Update / Break
9:30am – 12:30pm Youth Gathering
10:00am – 12:20pm Fresh Expressions

Adaptive Leadership:  Leading Change at a Pace that Can Be Absorbed 

Hybrid Church:  Embracing a Gathered and Sent Model of Ministry
12:20pm – 12:30pm Break
12:30pm – 1:00pm Saturday Lunch Banquet
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch/Business Meeting
2:00pm – 2:10pm Break
2:10pm – 3:10pm Workshop – For the Beauty of the Earth (outdoors) – Rev. Rebecca Driscoll
2:10pm – 3:10pm Workshop – Connecting Prayerfully (indoors) – Rev. Daryn Stylianopoulos & Rev. Jana Yeaton
3:10pm – 4:00pm

Worship  – Pastor Larry Kim (Central Square Church), Preacher

Rev. Annie Belmer, Facilitator
Benediction for the Journey Ahead

Rev. Dr. Mary Day Miller
4:00pm

Dismissal – Blessings on your Journeys!

COVID-19 POLICY FOR THE ANNUAL GATHERING

Masks are Required in all Annual Gathering indoor spaces, except at times of eating/drinking.

Thank you for honoring the complexities of this pandemic, and the myriad comfort levels of engagement folks feel called to in this time.

In an effort to meet in the middle, we respectfully request that all attendees mask for the health and comfort of those around them in indoor spaces. Masks can be taken down or removed for eating and drinking, but we ask that they be replaced after eating/drinking, and that they be worn for group singing. Those speakers facilitating times of worship or business, fellowship or workshopping, may take their masks down at the podium or while presenting, replacing them when returning to the gathered body. We understand and respect that there may be some who do not feel comfortable joining in meals or being in group settings – we support your agency and decisions toward your health and wellbeing, and invite you to take a meal outside or bring a lunch or dinner with you. Thank you all for agreeing to be a part of this journey together, and for all you have offered to one another of kindness, compassion and grace throughout these past two years. Masks are a small inconvenience for the wellbeing and comfort of our neighbors. I am grateful for your willingness to care for one another so well. We will request additional spacing at tables for meal times in an effort to curb the spread of any contagion other than joy 🙂

Blessings,
Daryn Stylianopoulos, TABCOM Board President