 Our Conference Executive Committee met on January 28, 2016. We wanted to give you the highlights of that meeting.
1. Elder Ricardo Graham spoke on the process of selecting a new Conference president. That meeting will take place February 24-25, 2016.
2. Native American Ministries are focusing on the medical work and expect to see good response and membership growth among their population in the coming months.
3. Regional Ministries are developing more interaction with other ministers in the Conference, and also plan to focus on health throughout the coming year, along with a stronger outreach to the youth, and maintaining their very successful summer day camp.
4. Hispanic ministries is emphasizing elder training and putting all the members to work in the church and expect to see membership explode.
5. Prison ministries is working to equip members to reach out to prisoners in their areas.
6. The Youth Rush program is actively recruiting for the 2016 summer program
7. T.H.R.I.V.E. Team is currently working in the Ogden and just completed a very successful free health clinic for the disadvantaged in the area.
8. The Adventist Community Services "Center of Influence" being developed in the old Conference office property is becoming a wonderful outreach to the Reno/Sparks community. Currently housing a successful thrift store with the food bank opening there soon. The Northern Nevada Food Bank is interested in moving their offices to that location.
9. The Asian-Pacific Ministries are committed to serious evangelism and have considered church plants for three different language groups in our Conference - Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean.
10. Women's Ministries is gearing up for the October retreat.
11. The SALT (Soul Winning and Leadership Training) Team from Southern Adventist University is scheduled for a strong evangelistic thrust in the Salt Lake City area in October with Dr. Carlton Byrd of the Breath of Life program as the speaker.
12. Our current membership as of December 31, 2015 is 10,167 - we have passed the 10,000 mark, praise the Lord.
13. The 2016 Conference Budget was approved
14. Tithe and offerings are up in most churches across the Conference
15. Nevada-Utah Conference delegates to the Pacific Union Constituency Session in August were selected. They are (one pastor and three lay persons):
Ryan Hablitzel - Pastor - Ogden/Logan/The Community Vineyard District Greg Constantino - Wasatch Hills SDA Church - Salt Lake City Bob Moskiman - Mountain View SDA Church - Las Vegas Arlene Hill - Riverview Adventist Church - Reno Since the Executive Committee Session, a committee made up of head elders or other church delegate to select a Supplementary Committee to join the Conference Executive Committee in the process of selecting a new president, according to the Nevada-Utah Conference bylaws. I have attached a spreadsheet identifying both the Executive Committee and the Supplemental Committee for your information (here). If you have significant input to the selection process, please contact one of these Committee Members with your concern to be considered. We hope to keep you more informed about what is happening here in the Conference office. Please pass this information along to your congregations. After all...it is all done in support of the churches and pastors in the field where the "REAL" work happens. Blessings! Michelle Ward Communication Director Nevada-Utah Conference 10475 Double R Boulevard Reno, NV 89521 | 
