AC2024 Schedule
The 2024 Session of The Western NC Annual Conference will be held June 20-23, 2024 at Lake Junaluska, NC. All business sessions and worship services will take place in Stuart Auditorium. The schedule below will be updated as we confirm dates/times of sessions, worship services, and events.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 20
1:00pm - Laity & Clergy Workshops (More information coming soon)
3:30pm - Executive Session of Clergy Members (¶ 605.6 – “The actions of the clergy session shall be for and on behalf of the annual conference”)
4:00pm - Participating in Abundant Life - Introductory Session for Laity (First UMC Waynesville)
4:45pm - Celebration of the 2024 Ordination, Commissioning, and Licensing Classes
5:30pm - Dinner Recess
7:00pm - Laity Session, hosted by the Board of Laity
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
10:30am - Opening Worship: Service of Holy Communion
Rev. Lynda Ferguson, Pastor, First UMC, Asheboro
12:00pm - Lunch Recess
1:30pm - Conference Plenary - Business Session
3:15pm - Break
3:45pm - Bible Study led by Rev. Dr. Magrey DeVega, Pastor, Hyde Park UMC, Tampa, FL
4:30pm - Order of the Day: Recognition of Retiring Clergy
5:30pm - Dinner Recess and Connect at AC Friday Fun Night
SATURDAY, JUNE 22
8:30am - Annual Meeting of the Membership of the UM Foundation of WNC
8:45am - Conference Plenary - Business Session
10:30am - Break
11:00am - Worship Service: Celebration of Life
Rev. Ann Haywood-Baxter, WNCC Clergy, Chaplain, Boston Children's Hospital
12:30pm - Lunch Recess
2:00pm - Conference Plenary - Business Session
3:30pm - Break
4:00pm - Conference Plenary - Business Session
5:30pm - Dinner Recess
7:30pm - Worship Service: The Ordering of Ministry
Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, preaching
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
10:00am - Closing Worship Service
Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, preaching
12:00pm - Annual Conference is adjourned