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2011 Washington Annual Conference, April 26-30, 2011, Ebenezer AME Church, Ft. Washington, MD
Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson, Presiding Prelate
Mrs. Connie S. Richardson, Episcopal Supervisor

Contacts:

The Rev. Jonathan L. Weaver
2011 Washington Annual Conference (AME Church), Public Relations Chairperson
jonathanwea@gmail.com
301-249-7545

Sister Patricia Matthews
2011 Washington Annual Conference (AME Church), Public Relations Coordinator
padima@msn.com
301-568-9127 

The 61st Session of the Washington Annual Conference of the 2nd Episcopal District
Tuesday April 26 – Saturday, April 30, 2011

 The Washington Annual Conference, of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church hosts its 61st Session under the dynamic leadership of the Presiding Prelate for the Second Episcopal District, The Right Reverend Adam J. Richardson, Jr. and the Episcopal Supervisor for the WMS, YPD, and Clergy Families Organization of the Second Episcopal District, Dr. Connie Speights Richardson. The 61st Session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26 – Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7707 Allentown Road, Fort Washington, Maryland 20744, where the Reverend Drs. Grainger and JoAnn Browning are the Pastors. This year’s theme: The Call to Vigilance: Continuing a Prophetic Ministry Focus: AIR (Attention, Intention, Retention) A Ministry of and for Young Adults.

The Reverend Dr. Louis-Charles Harvey (Potomac District) is the Host Presiding Elder and the Reverend Dr. Goodwin Douglas (Capital District) is the Associate Presiding Elder. The Conference Coordinator is the Reverend Dr. Ronald E. Braxton, Pastor of Metropolitan AME Church, in Washington, DC.

Join us as we come together to worship, educate, fellowship and celebrate the 61st Session of the Washington Annual Conference. For more information, please log-on to:

http://washingtonannualconference.org/.

The 61st Session of the Washington Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ‘Conference-At-A-Glance’

Monday, April 25, 2011
Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) Convention
Martin’s Crosswinds, Greenbelt, Maryland
 
8:30 a.m. WMS Opening Session
12:00 p.m. Annual Luncheon, Martin’s Crosswinds, Greenbelt, MD
2:00 p.m. Business and Institutes
7:00 p.m.  Missionary Witness and Night in White

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Women in Ministry
8:30 a.m. Women in Ministry Prayer Breakfast
Women in Ministry Meeting and Elections

Pre‐conference Episcopal Meetings
1:00 p.m. Presiding Elders and Conference Finance Committees
2:30 p.m.  Board of Examiners meets with Bishop
3:30 p.m. Bishop in private consultation with pastors and preachers by appointment
5:00 p.m. DINNER

7:00 p.m. Opening Worship Service (Black Vestments) – The Rev. Samuel E. Hayward, III, Keynote Preacher, Hemingway Memorial AME Church
9:30 p.m. Organization of Annual Conference
Roll Call, Transfers
Lay Delegates Seated/Credentials

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
8:30 a.m. Devotion and Meditation
9:00 Conference Institute
10:00 Conference Business

Organization of Annual Conference Continued:
Election of Conference Functionaries
Conference Bounds
Committee Assignments Completed
Presiding Elders’ Summary Reports
Board of Examiners’ Report
Pastors’ Reports

12:00 p.m. Ecumenical Service – The Rev. Jasper Williams, New Salem Baptist Church, Keynote Preacher
1:30 p.m. LUNCH
2:45 p.m. Conference Business
Election of General Conference Delegates
5:30 p.m. DINNER
7:00 p.m. Men’s Night (The Emmaus Walk) and Sons of Allen Report – The Rev. Alan Gould, Sr., Keynote Preacher, Allen Chapel AME Church-Silver Spring

Thursday, April 28, 2011
6:00 a.m. Early Morning Prayer Call
8:30 a.m. Devotion and Meditation
9:00 a.m. Conference Institute
10:00 a.m. Conference Business
Reading of Minutes
Pastors’ Reports
Ministerial Efficiency
Request(s) for Superannuation
12:00 noon Midday Refreshing
1:30 p.m. LUNCH
3:00 p.m. Devotion

Conference Business
Administrative Committee Reports
Conference Adjustments
Conference Trustees
Properties and Deeds
Abandoned Property
Abandoned Property
Missions, Circuits and Stations
Church Growth and Development
Ministries to Youths
Annuity Investments and Insurance
Legislative Task Force
Christian Education
Church School
5:00 p.m. DINNER
7:00 p.m. Lay Witness Night and Lay President’s Report – Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Keynote Speaker

Friday, April 29, 2011
8:30 a.m. Devotions and Meditation
9:00 a.m. Conference Business
Reading of the Minutes
Literary Reports
State of the Country
State of the Church
Social, Civic and Political Action
Ecology, Temperance and Health
Economic Development
Evangelism
Ministry beyond the Walls
Christian Stewardship
The Church and Technology

10:30 a.m. Memorial Service and Memoirs and Necrology Report
11:00 a.m. Service of Ordination and Holy Communion (White Vestments) – Bishop McKinley Young, Keynote Preacher, Presiding Prelate of the 11th Episcopal District
1:30 p.m. LUNCH
3:00 p.m. Conference Business

Devotion
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Women in Ministry
RED, Inc. and Kittrell Development Initiative
Administrative Reports
Treasurer, Finance Committee, and all Financial Reports
Unfinished Business
Disciplinary Questions

5:00 p.m. DINNER
7:00 p.m. Youth Revival and YPD President’s Report – The Rev. Kenya Smith, Keynote Preacher, Ebenezer AME Church

Saturday, April 30, 2011
9:00 a.m. Church School
10:30 a.m. Closing Worship Service (Black Vestments) – Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., Presiding Plate of the 2nd Episcopal District

Conference Business
Report of the Statistician
Resolutions
Commissioning Service
Presentation of Certificates
Reading of Appointments
Benediction

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