Conference Schedule
Sunday, May 5
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Vendor Set-up in lobby
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Combined choir rehearsal in Sanctuary
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Bishop Jones meets with ordinands, upstairs Café, Community Life Center
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm -Registration open in Community Life Center Lobby
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Opening Worship in Community Life Center (Rev. Jeremy Smith preaching, message: “Awaken”)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm – Refreshments, sponsored by ILI
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Clergy Session in Sanctuary
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Laity Session in Community Life Center
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Ordination rehearsal in Sanctuary
Monday, May 6
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Registration / Coffee and Fellowship, Community Life Center
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Morning Worship in Community Life Center (Dr. Kimba Evariste, Rev. Dr. Jessica LaGrone)
10:30 am - 11:00 am - Break / Refreshments, Community Life Center Lobby, sponsored by Venture Life Coaching
11:00 am - 12:30 pm - Worship and Business Session, Bishop Jones presiding (Guest Speakers: Gene Floore, Rev. Steve Cordle), Community Life Center
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Box Lunches, Sanctuary Gathering Area and Community Life Center, Sponsor: Compassion International
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Clergy Spouses Luncheon, upstairs Theater, Community Life Center
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Laity Lunch and Learn, Fellowship Hall
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - 1st Breakout Sessions
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Worship, State of the GMC and Voting in Community Life Center (Connectional Officer: Rev Keith Boyette)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Dinner Break
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm - Laity Banquet in Fellowship Hall, sponsored by Asbury Seminary Foundation
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Photos of Ordinands in Traditional Sanctuary
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Dinner for Ordinands and Board of Ministry in Friendship Hall, sponsored by Stegall Seminary Scholarship Endowment Foundation
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Service of Ordination in Sanctuary (Bishop Scott Jones)
8:00 pm - Reception for Ordinands in Sanctuary Gathering Area, sponsored by SIFAT
Tuesday, May 7
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Coffee and Fellowship in Community Life Center
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Morning Worship and Voting in Community Life Center (Dr. Karl K. Stegall preaching)
10:30 am - 11:00 am - Break / Refreshments in Community Life Center Lobby, sponsored by Alliance Ministries
11:00 am – 12:00 pm - 2nd Breakout Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Box Lunches in Community Life Center Lobby, sponsored by Embrace Alabama and Florida Kids
1:30 - 3:00 pm - Sending Forth Service in Community Life Center (Rev. Dr. Lester Spencer preaching)
3:00 pm - Adjournment
4 pm - General Conference Delegates Meeting, room 909/911, Community Life Center