Focus Groups
1. Bread Breakers, Monday, May 22, at 7 a.m.
Come for breakfast and hear about a dynamic new food ministry! To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
2. Drew Theological School, Monday, May 22, at 7 a.m.
Come join us for breakfast. All are welcome! To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
3. Extension Ministry Dinner, Monday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m.
All clergy in extension ministry are invited join in an evening of fellowship and dinner. The cost for dinner ranges from $28 to $33. To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
4. Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century, Monday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m.
SBC21 will host a gathering for lay and clergy people of African descent. To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
5. Hispanic Latino Committee, Monday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m.
Join us to celebrate our Hispanic/Latino pastors’ new appointments and elders commissioned and ordained in 2022 and in 2023. Also, we will celebrate retirements, pastoral transitions to serve in other conferences and more. The National Plan of Hispanic Latino Ministry will subsidize a substantial part of the cost for this dinner. To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
6. UM Stewardship Foundation, Tuesday, May 23, at 7 a.m.
Join the UM Stewardship Foundation of Greater New Jersey for a great, FREE cup of coffee or tea and a Danish. A Wespath Institutional Investment Team representative will join our own “Stewardship Foundation” staff to speak to us. Stop by to be “blessed and caffeinated” during a time of fellowship and an opportunity to learn more about how the Foundation serves local congregations. To attend you must sign up when you register for the Annual Conference.
Conference members to eat, meet in diverse focus groups
Members who register for GNJ’s Annual Conference, May 21-23, will be able to chat and chew during a variety of breakfast and dinner focus groups, mostly on Monday, May 22.
Bread Breakers will introduce members to “a dynamic new food ministry” over breakfast, while Drew Theological School gathers its many alumnae and guests for breakfast also. Clergy serving in Extension Ministry, beyond the local church, will dine together Monday evening. So will “lay and clergy people of African descent,” as guests of the Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century Initiative (SBC21).
GNJ’s Hispanic Latino Committee will also host a dinner Monday to celebrate Hispanic/Latino pastors’ new appointments and elders commissioned and ordained in 2022 and in 2023, along with retiring clergy and pastors moving to other conferences. The National Plan for Hispanic Latino Ministry will subsidize much of the dinner’s cost.
Finally, GNJ’s UM Stewardship Foundation invites members to stop by its area to be “blessed and caffeinated” on Tuesday, at 7 a.m., when it offers “a great, FREE cup of coffee or tea and a Danish.” A Wespath Institutional Investment Team representative will join Stewardship Foundation staff to talk about benefits.
To attend any of these focus groups, members must sign up when they register for Annual Conference. See the list and times of focus groups.