Bishop John Schol.
This year’s conference for the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference will be held between Thursday May 28 through Saturday May 30 at the Wildwood Convention Center in Wildwood. 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. This year, we will be electing delegates to the Jurisdictional and General Conference of the denomination.
The 2015 Annual Conference adjourned on Saturday morning (5/30). Further information about the conference will soon be posted on this site.
During the weekend, Delegates to Annual Conference posted some pictures and updates on our website. To view these posts, click the following button:
Posts from Annual Conference
To view a report about last year’s conference, Click Here
This year’s theme is “Fish”
“Throw your net on the other side of the boat and you fill find some”
(John 21:6).
Some of the items on the daily agenda are shown below:
- 10:00 AM Opening worship. Our offerings for the Missions Fund will be taken during this service. This fund will be used to continue rebuilding homes across New Jersey which were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
- 11:30 AM In separate sessions, the Clergy and Laity will hold elections for delegates to next year’s General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference. This balloting will continue at various times throughout the annual conference.
- 3:00 PM Bishop Schol’s Episcopal Address
- 4:30 PM Consider and vote on various pieces of conference legislation.
- 7:45 AM Communion on the beach
- 8:30 AM Praise and Worship and Teaching Speaker
- 9:30 AM Presentation and voting on Conference Budget
- 10:45 AM Service of Remembrance (honoring clergy and laity who have died in the past year).
- 12:00 PM Lunch followed by balloting sessions
- 2:00 PM Workshops. Members break out into one of seven available workshops dealing with various topics of church vitality and growth. Also during this time, members may participate in the Stop Hunger Now Mission Project.
- 7:00 PM Service of Ordination
- 7:45 AM Communion on the beach
- 8:30 AM Praise and Worship Service and Teaching Speaker
- 9:30 AM Service of passage (retiring pastors) and Reading of Clergy Appointments
- 10:30 AM Discussion and voting on resolutions to be presented for consideration by the General Conference
- 1:00 PM Adjournment
Please be in prayer for the decisions and “Holy Conferencing” which will take place during this conference in Wildwood. Although only clergy and lay members can vote on legislation and delegates, all are welcome to event at the convention center in Wildwood. Jeremy Andrade, Larry Bakely, and Pastor Jim are our representatives.
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VIDEO – To view a Live Stream of the conference while it’s in session.
Please be in prayer for the decisions and “Holy Conferencing” which will take place during this conference in Wildwood. Although only clergy and lay members can vote on legislation and delegates, all are welcome to event at the convention center in Wildwood. Jeremy Andrade, Larry Bakely, and Pastor Jim are our representatives.
