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