{"id":10092,"date":"2015-04-02T11:20:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=10092"},"modified":"2015-04-02T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:05:17","slug":"volunteer-marshals-and-pages-needed-for-general-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/volunteer-marshals-and-pages-needed-for-general-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Marshals and Pages Needed for General Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

PNW Editor’s Note:<\/strong> As you read\u00a0about this need, please also consider the opportunity to serve as a part of the our efforts to offer hospitality to the many people who will be visiting Portland, OR for General Conference 2016. Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Nashville, Tenn.:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Beginning April 1, volunteers can\u00a0apply online<\/a>\u00a0to serve as marshals or pages during The United Methodist Church\u2019s 2016 General Conference. The denomination\u2019s top legislative assembly will meet in Portland, Oregon, May 10-20, 2016.<\/p>\n

Approximately 150 volunteers are needed to serve as marshals and pages during General Conference. Preference will be given to applicants who can serve throughout the entire conference.<\/p>\n

Marshals are responsible for assisting visitors and special guests in the visitor and reserved seating galleries, checking credentials to make sure that only authorized persons are admitted to the bar of the conference or that of legislative committees, and other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n

Pages assist delegates, secretarial staff, bishops, members of the Judicial Council and official visitors. They distribute approved materials and deliver printed information.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel and expenses. Those interested should submit an\u00a0online application<\/a>\u00a0before the deadline of July 31. If you have additional questions, contact Dick Hooton at\u00a0revshoot@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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About General Conference<\/h5>\n

The General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church, and meets once every four years to consider revisions to church laws, as well as adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for churchwide programs for the next four years. The next General Conference takes place May 10-20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Media Contact: Diane Degnan
\nddegnan@umcom.org<\/a>
\n(615) 742-5406 (office) (615) 483-1765 (cell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PNW Editor’s Note: As you read\u00a0about this need, please also consider the opportunity to serve as a part of the our efforts to offer hospitality to the many people who will be visiting Portland, OR for General Conference 2016. Click here to learn more. Nashville, Tenn.:\u00a0\u00a0Beginning April 1, volunteers can\u00a0apply online\u00a0to serve as marshals or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":10090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[449,32,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-conference","8":"category-news","9":"category-umns"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GC2016-logo-color-trans.png?fit=700%2C365&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-2CM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10095,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions\/10095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}