Thanks to the college chaplains and campus ministers in North Carolina, Annual Conference members experienced a great time of fellowship, beautiful music, and delicious ice cream on the evening of the opening day of Annual Conference 2024! Simply Delicious Creamery parked their food truck outside the convention center and fed the masses. While waiting for their turn to choose strawberry or salty caramel, people chatted with friends old and new.
Inside the Emerald Ballroom, North Carolina Conference-related authors met fans and signed copies of their books. The books ranged from children’s books to graphic novels to Lenten studies to an in depth look at women in the early Methodist movement. The NC Conference is full of talented folks!
This year, campus ministers and college chaplains added a new activity for the 2024 Ice Cream Social which had the crowd buzzing! Karaoke! Bishop Shelton and friends sang “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” originally recorded by Whitney Houston. Other folks sang their “ABCs easy as 1-2-3” and “Heard It Through the Grapevine.” The weather made for a beautiful night of fun and fellowship!