Annual Conference Session
June 2-4 in Tifton, GA
Adjusted Dates for the 2024 Annual Conference session announced
The 2024 Annual Conference session dates have been adjusted. The conference, originally scheduled to begin on Sunday, June 2, and conclude on Wednesday, June 5, will now adjourn on Tuesday, June 4.
The decision to adjust the dates was made after careful consideration by Bishop David Graves and conference leadership.
“After reviewing the agenda for our time together, we do not feel that the half-day originally scheduled for June 5 is necessary,” said Mrs. Meredyth Earnest, Conference Secretary. “Our recent norm has been to utilize a Sunday-Tuesday schedule in non-voting years, and we feel that this timeline still allows for adequate discussion of all matters before conference members.”
The 2024 Annual Conference session will be held at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, in Tifton, Ga. Conference will begin on Sunday evening, June 2 with an opening worship service. It is now scheduled to conclude by 5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 4, with the fixing of appointments and sending forth service. The theme for this year’s Annual Conference is “One Matters” based on Luke 15. The basic agenda can be viewed here.
Conference members are advised to make any necessary adjustments to previously-made hotel reservations directly with the hotel.
“We look forward to a successful and meaningful conference and thank all participants for their active participation on behalf of their local churches,” said Earnest.
Full Annual Conference details can be found at www.sgaumc.org/annualconference.
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What is Annual Conference?
Each year—traditionally in June for the South Georgia Conference—all clergy members and an equal number of lay members selected from the local churches attend their conference’s Annual Conference session and meet together to worship, fellowship, and conduct the business of the conference, which may last 3-5 days. During these sessions, members of the conference hear reports of past and ongoing work; adopt future goals, programs and budgets; ordain clergy members as deacons and elders; and elect delegates to Jurisdictional and General Conferences (every 4 years). The bishop presides over these meetings.