The Woodlands United Methodist Church is honored to host again the 2008 Texas Annual Conference on Sunday, May 25 through Wednesday, May 28. During these 4 days, representatives from hundreds of United Methodist churches will gather to meet, conference and worship together.
This page contains general information for the 2008 Texas Annual Conference. Please call our reception desk at 281.297.5900, or visit the Texas Annual Conference website for more information.
Confessing Movement Luncheon (Wesley Hall)
Monday, May 26th • 11:30 a.m.
Please contact Terry Loughridge for more information.
Friends of Asbury Dinner (Asbury Hall)
Tuesday, May 27th • 6:00 p.m.
Please contact Terry Loughridge for more information.
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2008 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA:
Sunday, May 25, 2008
3:00-6:00 pm Registration (Marriott Waterway)
7:00 pm Service of Remembrance
Rev. Matt Idom
Communion
Opening of Annual Conference 2008
(TWUMC-Sanctuary)
9:00 pm Service of Remembrance Reception
(Wesley Hall)
SCHEDULED SUNDAY EVENTS
If needed Cabinet Meeting Room (Galaway Conf. Rm.)
If needed Core Leadership Team (Rehearsal Rm. A)
Set-up Displays beginning at 3 PM (TWUMC-Gym)
Set-up DOVE System beginning at 3 PM (TWUMC-D205)
Set-up TAC Worship Planning Team (Music Library)
2:00 pm UMW Program Committee Meeting (TWUMC-D209)
4:00 pm BOM Executive Committee Meeting (TWUMC-D206)
5:00 pm Olan Mills (TWUMC-B210)(until 7:30 pm)
5:30 pm New Visions New Voices ("The Loft" Green)
5:45 pm Board of Ministry Dinner (Jones Library)
9:00 pm Service of Remembrance Reception (Wesley Hall)
Monday, May 26, 2008
7:00-8:30 am Boards, Divisions, Commissions, Committees, Ministry Teams
8:00 am Registration (Clergy-TWUMC-Atrium)
(Laity-Marriott Waterway until noon/after 1pm TWUMC-Atrium)
9:00 am Laity Meeting (Marriott Waterway)
9:30 am Clergy Meeting (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
11:00 am Lunch Break
1:00 pm Opening Celebration of TAC 2008 (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
Processional [15]
Call to Order & Holy Conferencing (Bishop Huie)
Welcome (Bishop Huie) [5]
Episcopal Address (Bishop Huie) [25]
Cote d'Ivoire Union Choir [15]
Roll Call (Gail Harrelson) [5]
Greeting (Ed Robb) [3]
Board of Ordained Ministry (Chuck Simmons) [30]
Retirement DVD #1 [4]
2:42 pm Break
2:53 pm Annual Conference Business Session
A Moment of Humor #1 [3]
Presentation of Consent Calendar (Rick Goodrich) [5]
General Conference Report (Jim Welch & Don House) [15]
Texas Methodist College Association (DVD) [3]
Conference Lay Leader's Report (Leah Taylor) [10]
Report - Committee on Episcopacy (Jim Bankston)[5]
Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (Eleanor Colvin) [3]
Core Leadership Team Report & DVD (Jack Steele) [10]
Methodist Retirement Communities (DVD) [3]
Introduction of new MRC-CEO
Report of the Evidences of Fruitfulness Task Force (Nancy Kellond) [10]
Retirement DVD #2 [4]
Chancellor's Report (Gib Walton) [10]
Wiley College (DVD) [3]
Cokesbury Presentation [3]
Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (Earl Bledsoe) [3]
Five Practices "Risk-Taking Missions" (DVD) [6]
Lakeview Task Force Report (Barber, Day & Idom) [10]
United Methodist Men Anniversary (DVD) [6]
Nominations-First Report (Rick Goodrich) [14]
Mt. Sequoyah DVD [3]
Closing Prayer [1]
5:03 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Worship - Rev. Prof. Peter Storey
Cote d'Ivoire Union Choir (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
SCHEDULED MONDAY EVENTS
If needed Cabinet Meeting Room (Galaway Conf. Rm.)
If needed Core Leadership Team (Rehearsal Rm. A)
All Day Celebration Women's Ministry-Prayer Room (Chrysostom Chapel)
All Day Cokesbury Bookstore (2nd floor)
All Day Conference Office (Lenox Parlor)
All Day Displays (TWUMC-Gym)
All Day DOVE System (TWUMC-D205)
All Day Group Health Benefits-Q&A
With Providers (TWUMC-D214)
7:00 am Olan Mills (TWUMC-B210) (until 7:30 pm)
7:00 am Extension Ministries Leadership Team (Offsite location)
7:00 am UMM All-District Board Meeting (TWUMC-D206)
7:30 am Friends of Duke Divinity School Breakfast (Jones Library )
8:00 am BOM Candidates Gathering (Robb Chapel)
9:00 am Youth Council Workshop #1 (TWUMC D-207)
9:00 am Youth Council Workshop #2 (TWUMC D-209)
9:00 am Youth Council Workshop #3 (TWUMC D-211)
10:00 am Clergy Spouse Association Meeting (TWUMC D-206)
11:15 am Breaking the Silence Luncheon (Marriott Waterway)
11:30 am Confessing Movement Luncheon (Wesley Hall)
11:30 am Clergy Spouses Luncheon (Asbury Hall)
Noon Fellowship of Older Adult Ministries Luncheon (Aldersgate Hall)
Noon TCU Alumni Luncheon (Jones Library)
Noon UMW Luncheon ("The Loft" Worship Gym)
1:30 pm BOM Candidates Gathering (Robb Chapel)
5:00 pm Friends of Wesley Foundation Banquet Double Dave's Pizza
5:30 pm Fellowship of Extension Ministers Reception (TWUMC D-206)
5:30 pm Junior Ambassador's Dinner ("The Loft" Summit)
5:30 pm Perkins Alumni & Friends Dinner (Aldersgate Hall)
5:30 pm TAC Awards Banquet (Wesley Hall)
8:30 pm Spotted Owl Gathering ("The Loft" Summit)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
8:00 am Registration-Clergy & Lay (TWUMC-Atrium until noon)
8:00 am Morning Bible Study-Dr. John C. Holbert [45]
8:45 am Break
9:00 am Annual Conference Business Session (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
Opening Prayer [1]
Courtesies (Rick Goodrich) [2]
Retirement DVD #3 [4]
Group Health & Pensions (B.T. Williamson) [18]
Retirement DVD #4 [4]
Methodist Mission Home (DVD) [3]
Methodist Children's Home (DVD) [3]
Center for Clergy Excellence (B.T. Williamson) [25]
Retirement DVD #5 [4]
C F & A (Don House) [20]
Lon Morris College (DVD) [3]
Equitable Compensation Report (Jay Jackson) [15]
Retirement DVD #6 [4]
10:46 am Break
11:00 am Retirement Celebration [60]
12:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Annual Conference Business Session
Opening Prayer [2]
A Moment of Humor #2 [3]
Plenary (Rev. Prof. Peter Storey) [55]
3:00 pm Workshops [75]
5:00 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Ordination & Commissioning Service
Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
9:00 pm Ordination & Commissioning Reception (Wesley Hall)
SCHEDULED TUESDAY EVENTS
If needed Cabinet Meeting Room (Galaway Conf. Rm.)
If needed Core Leadership Team (Rehearsal Rm. A)
All Day Celebration Women's Ministry-Prayer Room (Chrysostom Chapel)
All Day Cokesbury Bookstore (2nd floor)
All Day Conference Office (Lenox Parlor)
All Day Displays (TWUMC-Gym)
All Day DOVE System (TWUMC-D205)
All Day Group Health Benefits-Q&A With Providers (TWUMC-D214)
7:00 am Olan Mills (TWUMC-B210) (until 7:30 pm)
7:00 am Associate Members/Local Pastor's Meeting (TWUMC D-208 )
7:00 am Clergy Women's Breakfast (Asbury Hall)
7:00 am Southwestern University Breakfast (Jones Library)
7:30 am Order of Deacons Breakfast (Aldersgate Hall)
Noon Black Methodists for Church Renewal ("The Loft" Worship Gym)
Noon Candler School of Theology Lunch (TWUMC D-206)
Noon Laity Luncheon (Wesley Hall)
Noon Peace with Justice Luncheon ("The Loft" Hangar)
Noon Retiree Luncheon (Christ UMC-Woodlands)
Noon TAC Ministry Assistant's Luncheon ("The Loft" Summit)
12:15 pm Celebration Women's Ministry Luncheon (Asbury Hall)
12:15 pm Lon Lunch & Awards ("The Loft" Green Room)
2:00 pm Local Church Business Administrator's Reception (Jones Library)
5:00 pm UMW Executive Board Dinner (Jones Library)
5:30 pm Small Membership Church Gathering (Aldersgate Hall)
5:45 pm Ordination & Commissioning Dinner (Wesley Hall)
6:00 pm Friends of Asbury Dinner (Asbury Hall)
9:00 pm Ordination & Commissioning Reception (Wesley Hall)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
8:00 am Morning Bible Study-Dr. John C. Holbert [45]
8:45 am Break
9:00 am Annual Conference Business Session (TWUMC-Sanctuary)
Bracketed numbers indicate minutes allowed for each report. Please note your position on the agenda, and move toward the chancel area before your report is called.
Opening Prayer [1]
Courtesies [3]
UM ARMY (DVD) [3]
Conference Advance Special (Richard Laster) [3]
College Pastoral Interns (DVD) [3]
Risk-Taking Missions in the TAC (DVD) [20]
Nomination Second Report (Rick Goodrich) [13]
Methodist Hospital (DVD) [3]
Risk-Taking Missions in the TAC (DVD) [20]
Resolutions (Rick Goodrich) [10]
A Moment of Humor #3 [3]
Nothing But Sweat (DVD) [3]
Cote d'Ivoire Partnership (Earl Bledsoe) [10]
10:35 am Break
10:45 am Sending Forth Service - Rev. Velosia Kibe
Cote d'Ivoire Union Choir
Consecration of Cote d'Ivoire Nets Team
Blessing of Appointments
12:00 pm End of TAC 2008 Conference
SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY EVENTS
7:00 am Olan Mills (2nd Floor) (until noon)
If needed Cabinet Meeting Room (Galaway Conf. Rm.)
If needed Core Leadership Team (Rehearsal Rm. A)
Until Noon Celebration Women's Ministry-Prayer Room (Chrysostom Chapel)
Until Noon Cokesbury Bookstore (2nd floor)
Until Noon Conference Office (Lenox Chapel)
Until Noon Displays (TWUMC-Gym)
Until Noon DOVE System (TWUMC-D205)
Until Noon Group Health Benefits-Q&A
With Providers (TWUMC-D214)
7:00 am Fellowship of Hispanic Pastors (TWUMC D-206)
7:00 am "Risk Taking Mission & Seth Mokitimi Seminary"
Reception (Jones Library)
Noon Board of Ministry Meeting (Aldersgate Hall)
Noon Christian Educators Fellowship Luncheon
(Christ UMC--The Woodlands)
12:30 pm Cote d'Ivoire Corp. & TAC Rep. Lunch Meeting (TWUMC D-206 )
2:00 pm Seminary Intern Training (TWUMC D-207)
The Woodlands UMC • 2200 Lake Woodlands Drive • The Woodlands, Texas 77380 • 281.297.5900