HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2014 JUNE 8-11, 2014 Mary Virginia Taylor Resident Bishop, Presiding SCHEDULE AND AGENDA. Always. Yesterday Today Forever

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1 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2014 JUNE 8-11, 2014 Mary Virginia Taylor Resident Bishop, Presiding SCHEDULE AND AGENDA Always Yesterday Today Forever SUNDAY JUNE 8, 2014 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ~ Hebrews 13:8 (NIV) PENTECOST SUNDAY 2:00 p.m. Registration opens, Bethea Welcome Center 3:00 p.m. Orientation for First-Time Clergy Appointees Terrace Auditorium 4-4:45 p.m. Laity Session Stuart Auditorium 5:00 p.m. Clergy Session Stuart Auditorium 5:45 p.m. Rehearsal for Communion Servers for Sunday Evening Service 5:45 p.m. Dinner served at Terrace and Lambuth 7:30 p.m. Opening Worship Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, preaching and presiding After worship Rehearsal for Monday morning Communion servers Stuart Auditorium MONDAY JUNE 9, 2014 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. ~ Psalm 143:5-6 (NIV) 8:30 a.m. Morning Worship with Holy Communion Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. ~Isaiah 46:9 (NIV)

2 9:15 a.m. Organizing Motions Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Adoption of Agenda Setting Bar of Conference Election of Ushers/Tellers, Conference Secretarial Staff Welcome from Lake Junaluska Blessing of Hands-On Mission Kits Report from Committee on Rules and Order CFA Initial Budget Presentation Archives and History Deaconesses 125th Anniversary I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. ~ Psalm 77:11-12 (NIV) 10:15 a.m. Hymn Discipleship Team Leadership Holston Mission Team Nurture Team Children Youth Young Adults Older Adults Outreach/Advocacy Team Stewardship Team Witness Team Camping & Retreat Ministries Appalachian Trail Ministry Hispanic Ministry Team

3 I thank my God every time I remember you. ~ Philippians 1:3 (NIV) 2:00 p.m. Memorial Service Rev. William Bill J. Carter preaching 3:40 p.m. Hymn United Methodist Men United Methodist Women Lay Leader of Annual Conference Congregational Development Trustees Nominations Board of Pensions Petitions and Resolutions Board of Ordained Ministry Presentation of Local Pastor Licenses Communications Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. ~ Deuteronomy 32:7 (NIV) 7:00 p.m. The Circuit Rider s Wife The Musical After worship Rehearsal for Tuesday morning Communion servers Stuart Auditorium TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2014 In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. ~ Psalm 5:3 (NIV) 7:15 a.m. 5K Run/1 Mile Walk for South Sudan Education

4 8:00 a.m. Change for Children Offering Stuart Auditorium front entrance 8:30 a.m. Morning Worship with Holy Communion He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. ~ Isaiah 50:4 (NIV) 9:15 a.m. Holston Conference Higher Education and Ministry Emory & Henry College Tennessee Wesleyan College Hiwassee College Recognition of Wesley Foundations Francis Asbury Award 9:50 a.m. Jacqueline Gottlieb Hinton Rural Life Holston Conference Foundation Holston Home for Children Asbury Centers, Inc., Introduction to Stop Hunger Now It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. ~ Deuteronomy 5:3 (NIV) 10:45 a.m. Hymn Retirement Recognition 1:30 p.m. Stop Hunger Now Kern Youth Center 3:00 p.m. Hymn Prayer for Session Lessons from the 5th Gospel Recognition for Payment to General Church Funds Equitable Compensation Approval of Holston Conference Ministry Funding

5 Cabinet Report Minute Question #85 Where Shall Annual Conference Be Held? Interim Business Resolution Omnibus Motion Thank You and Acknowledgements Staff Recognition The living, the living they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. ~ Isaiah 38:19 (NIV) 7:00 p.m. Missions Celebration Take up Mission Offering After worship Ordination Rehearsal WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 2014 Always: Forever...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. ~ Matthew 28:20 (NIV) 8:15 a.m. New ordinands, provisionals and associates pictures Chapel sidewalk 8:30 a.m. Ordinands line up for Ordination Service 8:45 a.m. Sponsors and Cabinet line-up for Ordination Service Always: Forever Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. ~ Psalm 73:23-24 (NIV) 9:00 a.m. Service of Ordination, Commissioning, and Sending Forth Fixing of Appointments Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, preaching and presiding Lake Junaluska Singers