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2010 AWF Annual Conference

 

 

2010 Alabama - West Florida Annual Conference Session
Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church
Montgomery, AL 
June 6-9, 2010

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ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS

The AWF Conference adopted four resolutions during the 2010 session. Click here to read all four.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Click here to view the agenda. 

WORSHIP BULLETINS

SPECIAL OFFERING


This year's AWF Conference Special Mission Offering will be given to the Central Conference Pension Iniative (CCPI). Follow this link for a list of frequently asked questions about CCPI.

  • Click here for an Annual Conference 2010 Special Offering bulletin insert
  • Click here for an informative brochure
  • Click here for a more universal bulletin insert
  • Click here for sermon starters and notes on how to incorporate into a worship service.
  • Watch CCPI Videos here

PRE-CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Click here to download an information letter regarding the 2010 Annual Conference.  If you are planning on staying at a local facility, they are listed in this letter.  Be sure and mention "Alabama-West Florida United Methodist Church Conference" when booking a room. 

2010 BROCHURE OF REPORTS

Click here to download a copy of the 2010 Brochure of Reports 

SPECIAL GUESTS  

Bishop William Morris will be the guest preacher for the following services:

  • Opening Worship (06.06.2010): "This is the Day" - Psalm 118:24 
  • Service of Ordination and Commissioning (06.07.2010): "Who's Calling" - I Samuel 3:1-8

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mickey Efird will lead Bible Studies on Monday (06.07.2010) and Tuesday (06.08.2010) mornings:

  • Monday's Session - "Is Morality Still Relevant?" Apostle Paul's dealing with Gnosticism and its moral consequences, with a focus on the extremes and looking at several passages from his letters.

  • Tuesday’s session – "What Kind of Leaders Does the Church Need?"  Paul's dealing with leadership in the church and how Christian leaders are supposed to set examples for the church; again looking at several passages in his letters.

     

 

 Rev. Grace Imathiu will lead the Teaching Moments on Tuesday (06.08.2010)

 

 

 

 

Dr. David Stevens will be the guest speaker for the Laity Banquet (06.08.2010). Dr. Stevens will deliver the 2nd Annual "Mary Ellen Bullard Leadership Address."

 

 

 

 

LIVE STREAMING
*all times are CST

Sunday, June 6: Opening Worship

Monday, June 7: Bible Study with Dr. MickeyEfird

Monday, June 7: Service of Remembrance & Holy Communion

Monday, June 7: Recognition of Retiring Clergy

Monday, June 7: Service of Ordination and Commissioning

  • Link: www.fumcmontgomery.org (click on Ordination / Commissioning service icon on the homepage of the FUMC website)
  • Time Streaming to begin: 7 p.m. (Pre-Service Concert by FUMC choirs; service begins at 7:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, June 8: Bible Study with Dr. Mickey Efird

Tuesday, June 8: First Teaching Session with Rev. Grace Imathiu

Tuesday, June 8: Second Teaching Session with Rev. Grace Imathiu

Tuesday, June 8: Laity Banquet / Mary Ellen Bullard Leadership Address featuring Dr. David Stevens, M.D., M.A.

Wednesday, June 9: Service of Sending Forth

 

ANNUAL CONFERENCE VIDEOS

Click here to view our designated "2010 Annual Conference Session" channel on our online video portal (www.awfumc.org/video). You'll find a variety of videos detailing ministries supported by the AWF Annual Conference. Following the session, you will be able to view recordings of certain conference events. To order you own copy of a conference event, use the order form below.

BC/BS HEALTH SCREENINGS

The Alabama-West Florida Conference Board of Pension and Health Benefits encourages everyone to be a part of the annual health screening at the 2010 Annual Conference session.  Our goal is to become a healthier conference by becoming more proactive in regard to our health.  The screening will be held Monday and Tuesday (June 7 & 8) from 6:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. in the Cokesbury Room at Frazer UMC. The health screening is FREE for all currently enrolled AWF Conference health plan participants.  If you are not enrolled in the conference insurance plan, you may have the screening completed for a fee of $115.  For an additional fee of $25 women may request the CA125 test. For an accurate screening, remember to FAST prior to the screening. Please take a moment to come by - it pays to take care of your health.

DISPLAY BOOTH RESERVATIONS

Reserve a display booth area by contacting the Annual Conference Registrar, Rev. Ed Deabler.

HOUSING AT HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
 

Use the registration link above to register for AC member housing at Huntingdon College.  Click here for a campus map. 

Calling All Singers: OPENING WORSHIP MASS CHOIR
 

For our opening worship service on the evening of June 6 we would love to have singers from all over the conference join the Frazer choir to make a mass chorus.  Click here for complete details.

Upper Room Prayer Line - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
 

A new opportunity is available for those attending the 2010 Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference. In addition to the Experiential Prayer Room, we will have the opportunity of praying with and for people around the United States who call in to the 24-hour Upper Room Living Prayer Center with their prayer needs. Clergy and lay volunteers from within the AWF Conference will answer the prayer telephone line from a call center at Frazer UMC during the Annual Conference session. Call hours for our location will be 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday (June 7 & 8) of Annual Conference. This is a wonderful opportunity for our annual conference to participate in this vital ministry. Volunteers are needed to answer the prayer line for 30 MINUTE SHIFTS. Someone will be in the prayer line ministry room to give instruction before your time slot starts (so please arrive a few moments early). Please prayerfully consider serving in this significant ministry and indicate the time you will serve on the form below. Please give your name and email address so that we can confirm your participation.  REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

 

 

 

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010 UMCOR KIT DRIVE
 

Click here for an informative flyer.
Bring your UMCOR supply kits to Annual Conference this year! 

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) has received plenty of health kits in response to the Haiti earthquake in January.  This has been a fantastic outpouring of support from many United Methodist churches throughout the connection, including the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference. Now UMCOR is asking for other types of kits that will be used in Haiti and other countries – specifically layette kits and birthing kits. This year at annual conference, we will make it easy for your church to respond to this latest request.  Just assemble layette kits and birthing kits, as well as school kits, and your clergy and lay delegates can deliver them to the truck in Frazer’s parking lot during annual conference. Coleman American Moving Services has graciously offered to deliver these kits to the Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, Louisiana. Any other types of supply kits are welcome, but the layette and birthing kits are in the greatest demand for UMCOR.  This is a great opportunity for Sunday school classes, UMW and UMM groups, youth groups, individuals and your whole church to continue to respond to the Haiti disaster.To find out how to pack these kits, please click here.  Please carefully follow the instructions as listed for each kit.   Click here for an informative flyer.
 

SPECIAL AWARDS

LOCAL CHURCH HERITAGE AWARD
 

An annual award, “The Local Church Heritage Award,” was established in 1988 to be given to the church most diligent in preserving its heritage during the year.   The award to be given at the 2010 Annual Conference session is for the calendar year 2009.  Following is the list of six criteria a church should meet:
1.  During 2009 the Church celebrated in a special way an anniversary and/or was placed on a state or national historic register.
2.  Church has a copy of the form “Historical Information on Churches” on file in the Conference Depository. If you do not know if we have this form, contact the Archivist, Sharon Tucker (e-mail <archives@huntingdon.edu> or phone 334-833-4413).
3.  Church has submitted the “Local Church Update” form to its annual Charge Conference.  If your church did not receive this form, contact the Archivist, Sharon Tucker (e-mail: <archives@huntingdon.edu> or phone: 334-833-4413) to get one.
4.  Church has an Historian and/or a Committee on Records. 
5.  Church has a written church history on file at the Methodist Archives Center.
6.  Church has a designated place for storing its archives and artifacts. 

Click here to download the guidelines and application for the LOCAL CHURCH HERITAGE AWARD.  Deadline to apply is May 1, 2010.

HARRY DENMAN AWARD
 

The Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference is now accepting nominations for the Harry Denman Evangelism Award in the areas of Clergy, Lay, and Youth.  The Harry Denman Evangelism Award recognizes people whose life and ministry exemplifies the teaching of Christ and the Great Commission.  Recipients of these awards, nominated by their local church and selected by the Annual Conference, live their call to “Offer Them Christ” daily as modeled by John Wesley and Dr. Harry Denman, founder of The Foundation for Evangelism that co-sponsors these awards.  To learn more about the award or to download nomination forms please click HERE. Nominations from the District Office must be delivered to Rev. Grant Parker, Chair, Division of Evangelism, Conference Board of Discipleship, no later than May 1, 2010.  If you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact Rev. Parker grant.parker@epworth-pc.org (334) 298-3186.

JANE WALKER SCHOLARSHIP
 

Click here to download the 2010 Jane Walker Scholarship Application.  Contact Rev. Libba Stinson for further details.

ALICE LEE AWARD
 

The Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) of the Alabama – West Florida Conference annually presents the Alice Lee Award at Annual Conference. The coveted award is named for outstanding Monroeville attorney and church leader Alice Lee.  Miss Lee was the first woman to chair the conference delegation to General Conference and is to date the only woman to do so. The award was established to help promote COSROW’s primary purpose of “challenging the church to a continuing commitment to the full and equal responsibility and participation of women in the total life and mission of the church, sharing fully in the power and in the policy making at all levels of the Church life.”  Click here to download an application.  Deadline is May 10, 2010

 

 

 

 

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