Sunday Evening, June 3
5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Registration @ First UMC, Baton Rouge
7:00 p.m. Pre-Service Music
7:30 p.m. Memorial/ Communion Service @ First UMC, Baton Rouge
Bishop Dan E. Solomon, Preaching
Monday Morning, June 4
6:45 a.m. Morning Prayer @ RiverCenter Fountain (Sponsored by UMM)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration At RiverCenter
(Lobby/1st Floor on River Road side)
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Committee Meetings
(See listing for location of Boards & Committee)
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. New Member Orientation for Lay & Clergy
RiverCenter Room 7
10:00 a.m. Clergy Session (Old State Capital Building)
Laity Session (RiverCenter Exhibition Hall West)
12:00 Noon Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. Gathering Music - RiverCenter Exhibition Hall West
1:30 p.m. Processional - Consecrating the Space
RiverCenter
1:45 p.m. The Convening of the 2007 Session of the Louisiana Conference
Prayer
Welcome
Greetings from Dignitaries
Roll Call
Rules of Order for Conference Sessions
Adoption of Agenda
Introduction of Theme
Report of the Episcopacy Committee
2:20 p.m. The Episcopal Address - Bishop William W. Hutchinson
3:00 p.m. First Ballot*
3:25 p.m. Introduction of Petitions/Resolutions
3:30 p.m. Business Session
Report of Board of Ordained Ministry #1
5:00 p.m. Greetings from Iliff School of Theology from
Dr. David Tickett, President
Greetings from Educational Opportunities
Bob Duncan
Announcements
Adjournment
5:30 p.m. Dinner/Alumni Dinners
7:00 p.m. Pre-Service Music @ RiverCenter Theater
7:30 p.m. Service of Ordination & Commissioning
(Reception @ Old State Capital Building)
Bishop William W. Hutchinson, Preaching
Tuesday Morning, June 5
6:45 a.m. Morning Prayer @ RiverCenter Fountain (Sponsored by UMM)
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Laity Breakfast at The City Club
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Late Registration at RiverCenter
8:30 a.m. Ballot
8:45 a.m. Bible Study - Dr. Marjorie H. Suchocki
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Business Session
Prayer
Report of the Committee on the Journal
9:50 a.m. Announcements
Greeting from Lydia Patterson by
Dr. Socorro Brito de Anda, President
10:00 a.m. Equitable Compensation
Report of the Publishing House
Report of the Wesley Center Board of Trustees
Report from LA UM Foundation
10:30 a.m. Report of Board of Ordained Ministry #2
Recognition of Retirees, Passing of the Mantle
11:20 a.m. Report of the Conference Board of Trustees
11:35 a.m. CFA Report #1
Report of the Statistician
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Retirees Luncheon @ First UMC, Baton Rouge
1:15 p.m. Gathering Music
1:30 p.m. Business Session
Prayer
Ballot
1:45 p.m. Address to the Conference by the Conference Lay Leader
2:15 p.m. Report of the Conference Ministry Team - Ministry Fair
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Report of the Children's Home
Presentation of Eagle Award
4:00 p.m. Report of the Board of Pensions
4:15 p.m. Report of the Rules Committee
4:45 p.m. Committee of Petitions #1
5:15 p.m. Greetings/Announcements
Bishop Albert F. Mutti, Global AIDS
5:30 p.m. DINNERS
7:00 p.m. Pre-Service Music
7:30 p.m. Congregational Reaffirmation of The Baptismal Covenent
(In the RiverCenter Exhibition Hall West)
Wednesday Morning, June 6
6:45 a.m. Morning Prayer @ RiverCenter Fountain (Sponsored by UMM)
8:15 a.m. Gathering Music
8:30 a.m. Ballot
8:45 a.m. Bible Study - Dr. Marjorie H. Suchocki
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Business Session
Prayer
Report of the Committee on the Journal
9:50 a.m. Report of the Nominations Committee
10:05 a.m. Greetings
Rev. Lloyd Rollins, Africa University
Bishop Brian Jennings, South Africa
10:15 a.m. CFA Report #2
11:00 a.m. Committee on Petitions #2
12:00 Noon Lunch
Awards Luncheon @ First UMC, Baton Rouge
1:15 p.m. Gathering Music
1:30 p.m. Business Session
Prayer
Ballot
1:45 p.m. Report on Katrina/Rita Response
Mission Zone
Greetings from Willie Burman,
Mexico VIM Director
Greetings from Richard Bauman,
District Superintendent from Beaumont
2:35 p.m. The Fixing of Appointments
2:40 p.m. Invitation to 2008 Session of Annual Conference
2:45 p.m. Service of Sending Forth and Deconsecrating of Space
3:00 p.m. Departure
*Balloting to continue throughout the session as announced by the Bishop
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