2018 Annual Conference
19th Annual Conference Session
May 20 – May 22, 2018
Annual Conference is a yearly session for clergy and lay members to worship, learn about programs and conduct the business of the United Methodist Church of Greater New Jersey. During the Annual Conference session, members of the conference will hear reports of past and ongoing work; adopt future goals, programs and budgets; ordain clergy members as deacons and elders and vote on Constitutional amendments. All are welcome to the May 20-22 event at the convention center in Wildwood.
Sunday, May 20
| 1:00 p.m. | Registration Opens Exhibits and Cokesbury Bookstore |
Meeting Room 1 |
| 4:00 p.m. | Clergy Executive Session | Ballrooms |
| Laity Session | West Hall | |
| 5:00 p.m | Clergy Dinner | Ballrooms |
| Laity Dinner | East Hall | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Commissioning and Ordination Worship | West Hall |
Monday, May 21
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast on your own. Group prearranged breakfasts. Sign up by April 15. | |
| 7:45 a.m. | Communion on the Beach | Convention Center Deck Ocean Side |
| 8:25 a.m. | Praise and Worship | West Hall |
| 8:40 a.m. | Organizing the Conference | West Hall |
| 8:50 a.m. | Episcopal Address | West Hall |
| 9:30 a.m. | Legislation – 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, Nominations, Trustees Enabling |
West Hall |
| 10:00 a.m. | Making, Shaping and Engaging Passionate Disciples of Jesus Christ – Junius Dotson, General Secretary, Discipleship Ministries | West Hall |
| 10:45 a.m. | Celebration of A Future With Hope Recovery Ministry and What’s Next | West Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. | Vital Mission Partner Updates – A Future With A Future With Hope, Nehemiah Properties (Nehemiah Properties Relationship Statement), The United Methodist Stewardship Foundation of Greater New Jersey, The Centenary Fund, United Methodist Communities |
West Hall |
| 11:30 a.m. | Service of Passage | West Hall |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch | East Hall and East Deck |
| Exhibits and Cokesbury Bookstore | Meeting Room 1 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Praise and Worship | West Hall |
| 1:45 p.m. | Leadership Address | West Hall |
| 2:20 p.m. | Legislation – Budget, Shared Ministries Formula, Pension, Equitable Compensation, Discontinuance of Churches, Historic Sites, Changes to Rules | West Hall |
| 3:15 p.m. | Our Global Partners – Bishops Hector Ortiz, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico and Mande Muyombo, North Katanga Episcopal Area | West Hall |
| 3:45 p.m. | Legislation – Missional Partnerships with Puerto Rico and Tanzania, Miracles Everywhere Mission Fund Campaign | West Hall |
| 4:15 p.m. | Workshops | Assigned Locations |
| Mission Project – Rise Against Hunger | East Hall | |
| 6:15 | Adjourn for the Day |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Extension Ministry Dinner | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner | |
| Pre-arranged groups and individuals at the convention center |
Tuesday, May 22
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7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast on your own. Group prearranged breakfasts. Sign up by April 15. | |
| 7:45 a.m. | Communion on the Beach | Convention Center Deck Ocean Side |
| 8:30 a.m. | Praise and Worship | West Hall |
| 8:45 a.m. | Eliminating Poverty – Susan Henry Crowe, General Secretary, Church and Society | West Hall |
| 9:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m. |
Witness to Eliminating Poverty
Reading of the Appointments |
West Hall |
| 10:05 a.m. | Recognition of Conference Organizers | West Hall |
| 10:20 a.m. | Service of Remembrance and Communion | West Hall |
| 11:20 a.m. | Legislation – End Harm to Youth, Facilitate A Way Forward, Stay United, Gracious Accommodation | West Hall |
| Cabinet’s Brunch with Service of Remembrance Families | Meeting Room 3 | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjournment |