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Annual Conferences 2004 Updates
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2004 Annual Conference Reports - UMNS
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Membership stands at 101,267, down 1,653, Worship
attendance stands at 68,694, down 2,783.
Membership stands at 86,072, down 2,512 from the
previous year. Worship attendance stands at 43,060,
down 749.
Membership stands at 68,422, down 1629. Average
worship attendance is 45,273, down 135.
Membership stands at 157,454, up 553 from
the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
47,500, down 845.
Kansas West Annual Conference
Membership stands at: 87,520,
down 762 from the previous year. Average attendance
stands at: 37,197, down 737 from the previous year.
New Mexico Annual Conference
Membership stands at 40,653, down 1,068 over the
previous year. Worship attendance stands at 17,776,
down 227.
Membership stands at 190,472, up 483 from
the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
77,914, up 439.
Membership stands at 242,057, up 237 from the
previous year. Worship attendance stands at 100,123,
down 1,029.
Membership in the Peninsula-Delaware
Conference stands at 94,262, down 623 over the
previous year. Average worship attendance stands at
36,006, up 570.
Membership
stands at 60,525, down 3,895 from the previous year.
Worship attendance remains steady at 16,318.
Missouri Annual Conference
Membership stands at 176,251, down 1,861 from the
previous year. Worship attendance stands at 84,457,
down 1,232 from the previous year.
As
of Jan. 1, Oklahoma Conference membership stood at
248,364, a decrease of 2,265; worship attendance for
2003 averaged 62,191, a decrease of 1,160; church
school enrollment stood at 85,068, a decrease of
556; and church school attendance for the year
averaged 33,860, a decrease of 1,009. During 2003,
the conference received 7,013 members. Of that
number, 2,679 were by profession of faith.
Dakotas Annual Conference
Current membership stands at 43,684, down
625 from the previous year. Worship attendance
stands at 23,116, down 244.
New York Annual Conference
Membership
stands at 129,696, up 802 from the previous
year. Worship attendance stands at 34,824, down
6,428.
North Texas Annual Conference
Membership stands at 159.014, down 2,276
from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
62,483, down by 112. According to the statistician’s
report, North Texas Conference churches actually
received 11,654 new members (8.2 percent) in 2003
over 2002, and 4,039 came by profession of faith,
more than any other year of the past decade. Most
obvious reason for the decline in membership – after
seven straight years of growth – was that more than
twice as many names as usual were dropped from
church rolls by Charge Conference action (6,683
compared to 3,265 in 2002).
Southwest Texas Annual Conference
Membership stands at 120,428, down 487. Worship
attendance stands at 51,000, down 147.
Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference
Membership stands at 146,813, up 94 from the
previous year. Worship attendance stands at 67,624,
down 83 from the previous year.
Memphis Annual Conference
Although church school enrollment in the
Memphis Conference is up by 970 from the previous
year, membership stands at 89,920, down 1,178 from
the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
36,038, down 493.
North Alabama Annual Conference
Membership stands at 157,862, down 1,408
from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
74,066, up 227.
North Carolina Annual Conference
Membership stands at 234,056, up 1,356 from
the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
89,950, down 38.
South Georgia Annual Conference
Membership stands at 139,917, down 1,419
from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at
53,537, up 145.
Previously Reported in NIC
VOICE Annual Conference Reports Update #1:
Membership stands at
105,351, down 942 from the previous year.
Worship attendance stands at 51,459, down 623
Membership stands at
202,302, down 2,532. Worship attendance was down
3 percent.
Membership stands at
79,895, down 1,566 from the previous year.
Worship attendance stands at 25,027, down 613.
Membership stands at
1,367, up 3 over the previous year. Worship
attendance stands at 747, down 63.
Membership stands at
4,044, down 88 from the previous year. Worship
attendance stands at 2,594, down 28.
Membership stands at
7,774 confessing members, down 112, and 4,985
baptized members (up 144).
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New Press Articles
NOT all union with God is in the church
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
... embodied in those laity and clergy who serve in Christ's name
among the hurting, wounded and dying in our communities," United
Methodist Bishop
Kenneth Carder ...
"The church as a sign, foretaste and instrument of God's
healing creation is embodied in those laity and clergy who serve
in Christ's name among the hurting, wounded and dying in our
communities," United Methodist Bishop Kenneth Carder of
Mississippi told the denomination's governing body a few weeks
ago.
METHODIST conference rakes in $1M for area businesses
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
... More than 1,200 members of the Louisiana United Methodist
Conference began the slow trek home Saturday afternoon as the
four-day Annual Conference
came to a ...
METHODISTS to take stance on gambling (Troy
Annual Conference)
The Saratogian - Saratoga,NY,USA
... The Troy Annual Conference is the governing body for Methodist
churches from Cobleskill east into Vermont, north into the
Adirondacks and west
to Amsterdam. ...
METHODISTS' growth praised (North
Carolina Annual Conference)
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville NC,USA
... state of the church address at the North Carolina Annual
Conference. ... Edwards said, the North Carolina Conference now
leads the United Methodist
Church in ...
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA
... More than 300 United Methodist pastors in Indiana were
"erroneously omitted" for 15 ... from the 688 churches in the South
Indiana Annual
Conference meet today and ...
RETIRING United Methodist Bishop Fannin honored
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
- United Methodist Bishop Robert E. Fannin, honored with a
"Distinguished Evangelist" award for his 12 years of leadership,
heads into retirement with a ...
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville
NC,USA
... Delegates to the North Carolina Annual Conference had three
choices:
stay at the Crown Theatre or meet next summer at Methodist College
or
in the Greenville ..
MEETING venue topic for Methodists (North
Carolina Annual Conference)
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville NC,USA
... The Cumberland County Crown Center and Methodist College will
try to convince delegates at the North Carolina Annual Conference to
stay put.
RELIGIOUS conference gives troops voice
(Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference)
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
... easy to do with the "connectional" nature of United Methodist
churches,
Morwell ... That's the reason for the business end of the annual
conference,
Meister said. ...
The Saratogian -
Saratoga,NY,USA
... The Troy Annual Conference is the governing body for
Methodist churches
from Cobleskill east into Vermont, north into the Adirondacks and
west
to Amsterdam. ... United
Methodist Church leaders from around the region plan
to vote this morning on
a resolution condemning slot machine-like video lottery
terminals such as the ones at Saratoga Gaming and
Raceway.
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville
NC,USA
... state of the church address at the North Carolina Annual
Conference.
... Edwards said, the North Carolina Conference now leads the United
Methodist
Church in ...
News 14 Carolina -
Raleigh,NC,USA
The annual United Methodist Church Conference gathers clergy and
delegates to set policy, a budget, and elect leaders. About 1400 ...
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in Lawrence County also
closed. The North Alabama Annual Conference ended Wednesday at
Birmingham-Southern
College with ...
... Today, Fannin will read the
ministerial appointments for his last United Methodist annual
conference at Birmingham-Southern College. ...
Methodists Reach Out to Haitians (Wyoming
(not the state of Wyoming) AC)
Scranton
Times, PA - Jun 6, 2004
... Church in Haiti,
four representatives from the Methodist's Wyoming Conference
... The Wyoming Conference, which closed its annual
conference on Saturday in Scranton ...
Methodists set to meet (Louisiana
AC)
The Lafayette
Daily Advertiser, LA - Jun 5, 2004
LAFAYETTE — Increasing health
insurance costs tops the four-day agenda for delegates attending the
United Methodist Annual Conference this week at the
...
UNITED Methodists to consider health issues
Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City,KS,USA - Jun 4, 2004
... in active lives. United Methodist Bishop Fritz Mutti, Topeka, will
preside over the meeting's business sessions. The rising costs ...
Minnesota church delegates back union (Minnesota
AC)
Minneapolis
Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Jun 3, 2004
The Minnesota Annual
Conference, the yearly gathering of representatives from the state's
400 United Methodist Churches, approved the resolution Thursday
...
South Georgia AC, Daily On-Site Report
Highlights from the Minnesota Annual Conference
<snip>
Continuing a
process started at last year’s session, conference members participated
in a service of confession and reconciliation, acknowledging the racism
that has divided the church. Last year—following the lead of General
Conference 2000—the annual conference engaged in a service of
repentance. During the past year, churches studied the book Steps
Toward Wholeness: Learning and Repentance. Preaching at the service,
the Rev. Vance Ross, a staff member of the United Methodist Board of
Discipleship, dared worshipers to dream Jesus’ dream of hope and
reconciliation.
Members further
affirmed church unity after the Minnesota delegates to the United
Methodist General Conference described their experience at the 10-day
meeting. They led annual conference members in reciting the Unity
Resolution and singing “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds,” as General
Conference delegates did on their last day of meeting.
The Unity
Resolution, which General Conference delegates passed overwhelmingly in
the wake of rumors that the denomination was splitting, reads: “As
United Methodists we remain in covenant with one another, even in the
midst of disagreement, and affirm our commitment to work together for
our common mission of making disciples throughout the world.”
Further
emphasizing their unity despite differences of opinion, the conference
passed a resolution that calls “on all people of faith to recognize that
we can agree to disagree on issues (such as, but not limited to,
abortion, gun control, public funding of sex education, civil rights for
homosexuals, incarceration of nonviolent offenders and war)” and “to
enter into dialogue and holy conferencing on these issues.”
The church also witnessed
its faith to society at large. After extended debate, members stated
their support of the right of employees of Walker Methodist Health
Center in Minneapolis to organize, and directed the bishop to offer
assistance in mediating the conflict between Walker management and
employees who wish to organize.
<snip>
Highlights from the Dakotas Annual Conference
<snip>
During the June 5 proceedings,
some clergy and lay members and visitors wore rainbow stoles reflecting
the General Conference Watermarked Witness in support of inclusion in
the denomination.
<snip>
June 3-June 5
Following are
Annual Conference 2004 reports from ten (out of 13 annual conferences) in
the Northeastern Jurisdiction.
New England
Conference, UMC
Annual
Conference 2004
June 9-12 at Gordon College,
Wenham MA
During the presentation by the General Conference
delegation, the slow pounding of a drum signaled a break in the report for
an otherwise silent protest. Many persons came down the center aisle, went
across the front of the chapel, and returned up the sides. Several persons
carried two coffins. This was a protest against the supposed unity found at
General Conference, in a time when many issues remain unresolved and highly
contested -- among them, the issues of homosexuality and United Methodist
clergy. At the end of the brief demonstration, the two coffins, covered with
banners bearing the word ""Peace" remained at the front of the chapel, just
before the worship center. (click above link to see related
picture)
Troy Annual Conference
172nd Session
Troy Annual Conference
Healing
Waters
June 9 - 12, 2004
Prime Hotel and Conference Center
Saratoga Springs City Center
Saratoga Springs NY
NEW: Daily Connection
reports from Annual Conference are online
(in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
Daily Connection, Friday, June 11
Daily Connection, Saturday, June 12
Legislation presented to conference,
click here
(For a printable PDF copy,
click here)
North Central New York Annual
Conference
Annual Conference Audio!
-6/1/04 - Listen to
Audio of the Annual Conference Session at Moore Multimedia, inc.'s Live
Stream Archive at
www.mmilive.com.
Annual Conference Update
- 5/26/04 - Share these
bulletin inserts with your church that includes many of the major happenings
of Annual Conference.
Wyoming Annual Conference
The Daily Voice
Daily summaries of the activities during the annual sessions of The
Wyoming Annual Conference. These summaries are presented in pdf format. You
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader and can find a link to download the latest
version on the Daily Voice index page.
Wyoming Conference The Daily Voice
The Daily Voice is a publication produced by Wyoming Conference
Communications during the Sessions of The Wyoming Annual Conference. It
presents highlights of events taking place while we are in session. Lay
Members and Pastors often use The Daily Voice as the basis for reports
to their congregations.
The paper is printed and distributed to all in attendance at the
Annual Conference Session. The version for the final day of the Session
is posted only on this website.
Eastern Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Methodist Church
Eastern
Pennsylvania Annual Conference (preconference information)
Annual Conference 2004 preview
5/28/2004
Delegates of the nearly 500 churches of The Eastern Pennsylvania
Conference will come together at Annual Conference on June 17-19 at
Messiah College in Grantham, PA. Following in the shadow of General
Conference 2004, 1200 delegates will vote on 24 resolutions, pass a
budget, and worship together.
Resolutions for 2004 Annual Conference
5/3/2004
By clicking on these links, you may read each resolution to be presented to
Annual Conference at Messiah College, June 17-19.
Read
more »
Greater New Jersey Annual Conference
(preconference information)
Annual Conference 2004
Registration, Transportation, Legislation, Reports, Directions,
Appointment Changes
and more.
June 17-19
Atlantic City Convention Center,
Atlantic City, NJ
Recommendations
to be presented at the 2004 Annual Conference (a .pdf
file - open in Acrobat Reader 5.0)
Additional
Recommendations (received by Conference Sec'y.
after deadline)
Peninsula Delaware Annual
Conference
2004 Annual Conference
Central Pennsylvania Annual
Conference
Annual Conference 2004
Annual
Conference 2004
Photo Gallery
*all Daily Links are in PDF
format
Thursday Daily Link | Friday Daily Link | Saturday Daily Link
Baltimore-Washington Annual
Conference
Annual
Conference 2004 Daily Connection On-Line
Today's Annual Conference Reports
Western Pennsylvania Annual
Conference
2004 Annual
Conference Coverage
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Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Friday, June 11, 2004
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Saturday, June 12, 2004
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