2012 Annual Conference
2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 31 - June 2, 2012
First United Methodist Church, Lubbock
1411 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79401-3207
The One Hundred Third Session of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference will be held Thursday, May 31 to Saturday, June 2, 2012. This will be our last Annual Conference Session with Bishop Max Whitfield.
We will start at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 31, with the Clergy and Laity Sessions. There will be a Bishop’s Celebration Dinner on Thursday, May 31, at 6:30 p.m. We will end with the Ordination, Commissioning, and Recognition of Orders Service, which will start at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at First United Methodist Church.
Our Conference Teacher and Pastor will be Rev. Jorge Acevedo. Jorge is the Lead Pastor at Grace Church, a multi-site, United Methodist congregation in Southwest Florida (Cape Coral, Fort Myers Shores, and North Fort Myers). This church has grown in its weekend attendance from 400 to over 2600 in the past thirteen years. Grace Church is recognized as having one of the largest and most effective recovery ministries in America with over 800 people involved in weekly recovery ministries. Jorge is a 1984 graduate of Asbury College where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Bible. He is also a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree. He was the 2001 recipient of the Denman Evangelism Award from the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church given to a pastor for excellence in evangelism. In 2007 Jorge was named the Distinguished Alumni of the Year at Asbury Theological Seminary. In 2009, the Foundation for Evangelism named Jorge the 2009 Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church.
Links and forms will be added as they become available.
2012 Annual Conference Hotel List
Hotel Tax Exempt Form
For the Denman Award Nomination Forms, please click here
The following is a working agenda but will give you an idea of the flow for Conference. Please note all events will be held at First United Methodist Church. All Business Sessions will be held in the Sanctuary with most meals being held in the Christian Life Center (CLC):
Wednesday, May 30
Cabinet Meeting with Meal, Room 206, 8:00 a.m.
Extended Cabinet Pictures, 10:30 a.m.
Registration, CLC Lobby, 1:00 p.m.
Board of Ordained Ministry, Conference Service Center, 2:30 p.m.
CF&A Meeting, Main Building, Room 10, 2:30 p.m.
Extension Ministers’ Meeting with the Bishop, Chapel, 4:00 p.m.
Display Set Up, CLC Hallways, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 31
Registration, CLC Lobby, 8:00 a.m.
Display Set Up, CLC Hallways, 8:00 a.m.
Clergy Session, Memorial Hall, 11:00 a.m.
Ordination, Commissioning, Recognition of Orders
Pictures to follow Clergy Session
Laity Session, Sanctuary, 11:00 a.m.
Clergy Spouses’ Tea, Parlor, 11:00 a.m.
Luncheons
All Conference Lunch, Memorial Garden, 12:00 noon
Conference at Worship, 1:30 p.m.
State of the Church, Bishop D. Max Whitfield
Communion
Break, 3:00 p.m.
Conference at Business, 3:30 p.m.
Break, 5:30 p.m.
Dinners
Bishop’s Celebration, CLC, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 1
Health Screening for Health Flex Participants
CLC, Upstairs, Rooms 204 and 205, 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Registration, CLC Lobby, 7:00 a.m.
Breakfasts
Laity Breakfast, CLC, 6:45 a.m
Associate/Lay Supply/Local Pastor/Provisional Breakfast, Rooms 18 - 19
Board of Pension and Health Benefits, Room 23
Conference at Business, 8:30 a.m.
Break, 10:30 a.m.
Conference at Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Memorial Service
Luncheons
Conference Claimants, CLC, 12:15 p.m.
Small Church, Memorial Hall, 12:15 p.m.
Conference at Business, 1:30 p.m.
Teaching Session One, eaching Pastor: Rev. Jorge Acevedo
Courtesies and Announcements
Break, 3:30 p.m.
Conference at Business, 4:00 p.m.
Licensing of new local pastors
Retirement Recognition
Quadrennial Board Organization
Board of Ordained Ministry, Sanctuary, 5:00 p.m.
Ordination Rehearsal, Sanctuary, 5:30 p.m.
Dinners
United Methodist Women, CLC, 5:30 p.m.
Conference at Worship, 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Jorge Acevedo, Preaching
McMurry Reception, CLC, 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 2
Health Screening for Health Flex Participants
CLC, Upstairs, Rooms 204 and 205, 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Breakfasts
Women in Ministry, CLC, 7:00 a.m.
Commission on Equitable Compensation, CLC, 7:00 a.m.
Conference at Business, 9:00 a.m.
Teaching Session Two, Teaching Pastor: Rev. Jorge Acevedo
Courtesies and Announcements
Break, 11:00 a.m.
Conference at Worship, 11:30 a.m.
Service of Recognition of Orders, Recognition of Associate
Members, Commissioning, and Ordination
Bishop D. Max Whitfield Preaching
Close of Conference, 1:00 p.m.
Reception for Ordinands, Memorial Garden, 1:00 p.m.
Other Meals and Activities
Friday, June 1
Asbury Alumni Lunch, Wesley Foundation, 12:15 p. m.
More information will be posted as it becomes available!
