Over the next three days, the laity and clergy of the North Carolina Annual Conference will worship and deliberate together in what John Wesley called “holy Christian conferencing.” The theme for the quadrennium has been “A Future With Hope” and the 2010 theme is “Living for Jesus.”
Bishop Al Gwinn will preside over the conference with the assistance of Conference Lay Leader Emily Innes and Conference Secretary the Rev. Jerry Bryan.
Members of the Conference and guests will enjoy the preaching of the Rev. Dr. Richard Hays, Professor of New Testament and interim dean of Duke Divinity School. Friday evening’s Laity Celebration will feature Dr. Tom Morris, philosopher and member of Wrightsville Beach UMC. Joining the celebration will be the African Children’s Choir, headquartered in Uganda.
This year’s session of Annual Conference is only three days long. In an effort to be good stewards of our resources, the Conference Secretary and Communications offices put the vast majority of reports online for members to print out before coming to Conference. The Rev. Bryan said, “This resulted in a savings of almost $30,000.” Service projects are a focus of this year’s gathering with five opportunities in Greenville this week. A food packaging project will occur Thursday at the Hilton. The other four will be elsewhere in Greenville on Saturday afternoon. The special offerings this year are the Central Conference Pension Initiative, Nothing but Nets, and Laity Ministries.
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