AC09 Schedule (Updated)

The North Alabama Annual Conference
140th Session
June 4- 6, 2009
Bishop William H. Willimon, Presiding


Thursday, June 4th 
 
Noon             North Alabama United Methodist Family Picnic (ClearBranch Campus)
2:00 pm        Registration Open to 5:00 pm
2:00 pm        Bishop Meets with Ordinands to go over Ordination Questions (TBD)
3:30 pm        ATEM Gathering (ClearBranch Family Life Center)
4:00 pm        Constitutional Amendment Discussion Group (Worship Center)
5:30 pm        Memorial Dinner (Huffman UMC)—
                               By Invitation Only for Families of Deceased Clergy & Spouses
7:00 pm        Memorial Service (Huffman UMC)—Dr. T. Michael Morgan
 

Friday, June 5th 
 
7:00 am         Registration Begins

FRIDAY MORNING SESSION
 
8:00 am         Ordination Rehearsal (Worship Center)
8:45 am         Gathering Music (Worship Center)
9:00 am         Opening Worship—William Bostick & Wade Langer
                        Call to Order of the Annual Conference—Bishop William H. Willimon
                        Organization of Conference
10:00 am       Clergy Executive Session—Worship Center
                        Laity Session—Family Life Center
12 noon          LUNCH BREAK 
 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
 
1:15 pm         Gathering Music
1:30 pm         Afternoon Session Begins—Worship Center

  • Adoption of Consent Agenda
  • Balloting on Constitutional Amendments
  • Central Conference Pension Initiative
  • Lay Ministries Team & Laity Address
  • Higher Education & Campus Ministry
  • Priorities Report from the Office of Connectional Ministries
  • Council on Finance and Administration
  • Board of Pensions
  • Board of Ordained Ministry Report
  • Recognition of Retirees and Spouses
  • Licensing of Local Pastors
  • Committee on Nominations
  • Cabinet Resolutions on Closed Churches
  • Statisticians Report
  • Center for Congregational Development & Denman Evangelism Award

5:00 pm         Dinner Break
5:30 pm         ARMS Dinner—Family Life Center
 

FRIDAY NIGHT ORDINATION SERVICE
 
7:00 pm         Ordination Service—Bishop William H. Willimon
                        Special Offering for Ishe Anesu Project of Zimbabwe
8:30 pm         Ordination Reception (Tents)
 
 

Saturday, June 6th

SATURDAY MORNING SESSION
 
7:15 am        Commissioning Service Rehearsal (Worship Center)
8:00 am        Gathering Music
8:15 am        Communion Service
8:45 am        Committee on the Episcopacy
9:00 am        Mark DeVries, Youth Ministry Architects
10:30 am      Break
11:00 am      Commissioning Service—Bishop William H. Willimon
12 noon         Lunch Break
                        Laity Luncheon—Family Life Center
 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
 
1:15 pm        Gathering Music
1:30 pm        Dr. Rene Rochester, President of Urban S.E.T. Inc. 
                                (Strengthening, Educating and Training)
3:00 pm        Break & Reception for the Willimon’s
3:30 pm        Eddie Hammett & Randy Pierce 
                       (Reaching People Under Forty While Keeping People Over Sixty)
5:00 pm        Missions and the Advance
5:15 pm        Sending Forth—Rev. Carrie Kramer Vasa
                        A Celebration of Young Adult Mission Teams and
                       the Advance Special Ministries of North Alabama
                       Worship Band: Rush of Fools

 
SATURDAY NIGHT
7:00 pm          Concert with Rush of Fools (ClearBranch)