Membership

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a0785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>l</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="l"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="l"><U>l</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conference Schedule"><U>Conference Schedule</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mailin Registration"><U>Mail-in Registration</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Join NNECA"><U>Join NNECA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="From the President"><U>From the President</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NNECA Board Members"><U>NNECA Board Members</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Hotel Registration 38"><U> Hotel Registration - 38</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registration"><U>Registration</U></A>   |   <B>Membership</B>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Start a Clergy Association"><U>Start a Clergy Association</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Diocesan Association Bylaws"><U>Sample Diocesan Association Bylaws</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NNECA Bylaws"><U>NNECA Bylaws</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NNECA History"><U>NNECA History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clergy Support"><U>Clergy Support</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LEAVEN"><U>LEAVEN</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Contact Us"><U> Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highlights of NNECA 37 "><U>Highlights of NNECA 37 </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0a1d2b03.jpg"> <bR> <div>       <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Start a Clergy Association"><U><U>Start a Clergy Association</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NNECA Bylaws"><U><U>NNECA Bylaws</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Diocesan Association Bylaws"><U><U>Sample Diocesan Association Bylaws</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="l"><U><U>l</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0867eb00.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Membership</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> When you are part of a Clergy Association . . . . . .</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1. You contribute to raising the level of clergy morale and give hope and encouragement to your brother and sister clergy.</div> <bR> <div> 2. You learn about the important issues and developments which affect your ministry and your future.</div> <bR> <div> 3. You establish an effective vehicle for making important clergy needs known to your Bishop and other diocesan leaders.</div> <bR> <div> 4. You develop confidence and satisfaction in taking a pro-active, not a reactive, stance toward improving the functioning of the Body of Christ in your own diocese and in the larger Episcopal Church.</div> <bR> <div> 5. You support continuing education programs for clergy in your diocese.</div> <bR> <div> 6. You help new clergy become integrated into your Diocese.</div> <bR> <div> 7. You help clergy in your diocese to be connected with other clergy across the church through the National Network of Episcopal Clergy Associations.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >8. You support communication amongst clergy through </FONT><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LEAVEN"><U><I>LEAVEN</I></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >the National Network's newsletter.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> 9. You impact decisions being made at the national level by the Church Pension Group, the Church Deployment Office, other agencies of the national church, and every three years by the General Convention.</div> <bR> <div> 10. You assert solidarity with other clergy in Christ's Church.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>(adapted from the Nov. 1992 newsletter of MECA (Massachusetts Episcopal Clergy Association). </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>