DIALOGUE WITH THE DELEGATION
Interview with Dr. Charlene Black - Sunday, April 27
Dr. Charlene Black, co-chair of the delegation, shares her thoughts on General Conference this afternoon.
Question: What do you think about General Conference so far? View response.
Question: How can people in the South Georgia Conference be in prayer this next week for the delegates? View response.
Question: How are things looking with the budget right now? View response.
Interview with Dr. Brad Brady - Sunday, April 27
Dr. Brad Brady, Macon District Superintendent, shares his thoughts on General Conference.
Question: What do you think about General Conference so far? View response.
Question: The first several days you were in legislative committees. Can you tell me a little bit about the process? View response.
Question: Can you share your reaction to the worship services? View response.
Interview with Rev. Robert Beckum - Monday, April 28
Rev. Robert Beckum, Vice President for Church Relations and Development at Magnolia Manor, shares his thoughts on General Conference.
Question: What do you see as some of the biggest challenges before this General Conference? View response.
Question: What are your thoughts on General Conference? View response.
Question: What does it mean to you to be representing the South Georgia Conference here at General Conference? View response.
Question: What do you think of the worship here at General Conference? View response.
Interview with Rev. Joseph Roberson - Tuesday, April 29
Rev. Joseph Roberson, senior pastor at South Columbus United Methodist Church, shares his thoughts on General Conference.
Question: Can you share about your experience at General Conference so far? View response.
Question: What legislative committee do you serve on and what were some issues coming out of that committee? View response.
Question: You stood up yesterday and spoke on an issue. Can you tell me a little about that? View response.
Question: What do you think about the future of the United Methodist Church? View response.
Question: What have been some of the highlights of General Conference? View response.
Interview with Mark Shelnutt - Tuesday, April 29
Mark Shelnutt , lay member of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Columubus, shares his thoughts on General Conference.
Question: What has been your impression of General Conference? What have been some highlights? View response.
Question: What does it mean to you to be a representative of South Georgia? View response.
Question: Has your perspective on the United Methodist Church changed because of attending General Conference? View response.
Question: What will you take away from General Conference? View response.
Interview with Lee Bush - Tuesday, April 29
Lee Bush, lay member of Bainbridge United Methodist Church, shares her thoughts on General Conference.
Question: Have you enjoyed General Conference? View response.
Question: What excites you about the United Methodist Church? View response.
Question: As a first time delegate what you learned about the General Conference session? View response.
Question: You had the privildge of sitting on the floor of General Conference and voting. What was that like for you? View response.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Hal Brady and Charlene Black as leaders of the delegation send you greetings from all 30 members of your delegation to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences. We ask that you pray for us individually and as a community.
This message begins a means to keep the entire conference informed about our work and the issues facing us as a CHURCH. We intend to have periodic updates as we continue our work.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
The General Conference delegates have selected the legislative committees on which they will serve and the other members of the delegation are asked to study and prepare to help the delegation understand the issues related to each of these committees. Teams of clergy and lay persons will read materials and bring their perspectives to the delegation for discussion. The committee assignments and the materials (paragraphs or sections in the Book of Discipline) which will be considered by the committee at General Conference are listed below:
Church and Society 1 - Mike McAfee, Richard Shinhoster
(Social Principles Preface and Preamble, Paragraphs: 160, 163-166, 628, 660, 1011)
Church and Society 2 - Roy Blackwood, Buddy Cooper
(Paragraphs: 161-162)
Conferences - Hal Brady, Lee Bush
(Paragraphs: 8-16, 23-27, 32-42, 405-407, 501-528, 580-583,585-588, 590-591, 601- 607,652,656-657,669)
Discipleship - Bill Hatcher, Don Adams
(Paragraphs: 267-271, 531, 532, 629,630, 648-650, 658, 664, 665, 669, 1101-1127, 1201-1212)
Faith and Order - Joe Roberson, Flo Sapp Martin
(Paragraphs:101-1-4, 120-141, 301-304)
Financial Administration - Robert Beckum, Miriam Hagan
(Paragraphs: 7,22, 609-627, 637-639, 651,801-819, 822, 1501-15-9, 1601-1642, 2501-2523, 2552)
General Administration - Charlene Black, Ramon Hernandez
(Paragraphs: 1-4, 17-19, 21, 59-61, 263-266, 701-724, 901-907, 2406)
Global Ministries - Sunshine Bird, Hugh Davis, Gloria Morgan
(Paragraphs: 534, 632, 646, 653-655, 667, 820-821, 1301-1326)
Independent Commissions - Jimmy Cason, Mark Shelnutt, Beverly Flowers
(Paragraphs: 5,6,530, 535, 608, 631, 640-645, 647, 661, 662, 668, 1701-1712, 1801-1808,1901-1906, 2001-2008, 2101-2109, 2301-2303, 2401-2405)
Judicial Administration - Taylor Phillips, Cindy Autry
(Paragraphs: 55-58, 635, 2601-2612, 2701-2719)
Local Church - Bob Moon, Gloria Gilmore, Marcia Cochran
(Paragraphs: 43, 44, 201-262, 2524-2551)
Ministry and Higher Education - Steve Rumford, Ronnie Wills, Matthew Martin
(Paragraphs: 20. 272, 305-369, 533, 633, 634, 663, 1401-1423)
Superintendency - Brad Brady, Robert Anderson
(Paragraphs: 45-54, 401-404, 408-427, 429-435, 636, 666)
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