
SCJUMC Agenda (PDF)
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(All meetings will be in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, unless otherwise noted.)
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
- 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. — College of Bishops (Board Room)
- 12:00 Noon — Host Committee Luncheon (Osage Room)
- 3:00 p.m. — Nominations Committee – Bishop Robert Schnase (Maple Room)
- 4:00 p.m. — Secretarial Training – Bishop Robert Hayes (Willow Room)
- Mission Council called session (Osage Room)
- Episcopacy Committee (Board Room)
- 6:30 p.m. — Episcopal Family Dinner Bishop (Jones Home)
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
- 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. — Episcopacy Committee (Board Room)
- 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 P.M. — Nominations Committee (Maple Room)
- 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. — Bishops’ Spouses Activity
- 10:00 a.m. — Registration opens
- Committee on Journal – Bishop Gary Mueller (Birch Room)
- Training of Tellers – Bishop Scott Jones (Osage Room)
- 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Jurisdictional Committee Meetings:
- Courtesies and Privileges – Bishop Janice Huie (Cypress A)
- Conference Boundaries – Bishop Mike Lowry (Cypress B)
- Petitions and Resolutions – Bishop Earl Bledsoe (Redbud A)
- 3:30 p.m. — Orientation and practice using voting devices (Plenary Ballroom)
- 4:00 p.m. — Press Briefing – Bishop Michael McKee (Eagle F)
- 5:30 p.m. — Rehearsal for Holy Communion & Memorial Service (First UMC)
- 6:30 p.m. — Buses load to First United Methodist Church (Outside Plenary Hallway)
- 7:00 p.m. — Holy Communion and Memorial Service First UMC
- Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, Presiding
- Bishop Scott Jones, Preaching
- 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. — Reception honoring Episcopal families (Meredith Hall)
- 9:30 p.m. — Buses load to return to Hyatt Hotel
Thursday, July 14, 2016
- 7:30 a.m. — Prayer Room open all day (Oak Room)
- 8:00 a.m. — Morning Worship: Rev. Amy Lippoldt (Plenary Ballroom)
- Eleventh Session South Central Jurisdiction, (Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, presiding)
- Organization of the Conference (David Severe, Secretary)
- Welcome and introductions (Bishop Scott Jones)
- Structure and Rules Report # 1 (Andrew Ponder Williams)
- Committee on Episcopacy Report # 1 (Don House)
- Episcopal Ballot # 1
(Ballots shall be taken at the direction of the presiding officer, following Rule #20. A recess will follow each ballot.)
- Episcopal Ballot # 1
- Episcopal Message (Bishop Mike Lowry)
- Report of Ballot # 1
- 10:15 a.m. — Recess (30 minutes)
- 10:30 a.m.
- Conference Session (Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, presiding)
- Ballot # 2 – report of ballot and recess
- Ballot # 3 – report of ballot and recess
- Ballot # 4 – report of ballot and recess
- Laity Address (Leah Taylor)
- Conference Session (Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, presiding)
- Noon Lunch — (Laity Luncheon in the Riverview Ballroom)
- 2:00 p.m. — Conference Session (Bishop Robert Hayes, Jr., presiding)
- SMU Report and Election of Trustees (Dr. Gerald Turner)
- Jurisdiction Youth Ministry (JYMO)
- Ballot # 5 and recess
- Ballot # 6 and recess
- Ballot # 7 and recess
- Ballot # 8 and no recess
- 3:00 p.m. — Break (30 minutes)
- 3:30 p.m. — Lydia Patterson Institute Report (Socorro de Anda)
- Finance and administration Report # 1 (Jada Hodgson)
- Report from the Mission Council (Jim Welch)
- Report of the Jurisdictional Treasurer and vouchers (Bill Junk)
- Executive Director’s Report (David Severe)
- Introduction of New Executive Director, Rev. Brian Bakeman
- Ballot # 9 and recess
- Ballot # 10 and recess
- Ballot # 11 and no recess
- 4:45 — Order of the day — Celebration of Disciple Bible Courses
- 5:00 p.m. — Dinner
- 7:00 p.m. — Conference Session (Bishop Robert Schnase, presiding)
- Volunteers in Mission Report (Larry Norman, & Audrey Phelps)
- Finance and Administration Report # 2 – Budget (Bill Junk & Jada Hodgson)
- Ballot # 12 and recess
- Ballot # 13 and recess
- Ballot # 14 and recess
- United Methodist Women (Edna Hickman)
- United Methodist Men (Kenneth Tielke)
- Courtesies and Privileges Report
- 9:30 p.m. — Evening adjournment
— Perkins School of Theology Ice Cream Social
Friday, July 15, 2016
- 7:30 a.m. — Prayer Room open all day (Oak Room)
- 8:00 a.m. — Morning Worship, Rev. Junius Dotson (Plenary Ballroom)
- Conference Session (Bishop Scott Jones, presiding)
- Journal Report # 1
- Ballot # 15 and recess
- Ballot # 16 and recess
- Ballot # 17 and recess
- Korean Ministry (Rev. Chung Kim)
- Special Report on Mission 21 Study (Bishop Mike Lowry)
- Committee on Conference Boundaries
- Committee on Nominations Report
- Presentation of Ecumenical Representatives (Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey)
- 9:40 a.m. — Break (20 minutes) (Committees on Investigation and Appeals organize.)
- 10:00 a.m. — Order of the day – Service Honoring Retiring Bishops (Bishop Gary Mueller, presiding)
- 11:00 a.m. — Conference Session (Bishop Earl Bledsoe, presiding)
- Presentation of Bishops’ spouses (Don House)
- Greetings from the Council of Bishops (Bishop Robert Fannin, SEJ)
- Committee on Petitions and Resolutions
- Ballot # 18 and recess
- Ballot # 19 and recess
- Ballot # 20 and no recess
- Noon Lunch — (Old and new Mission Council luncheon) (Osage Room)
- 2:00 p.m. —
- Conference Session (Bishop Mike Lowry, presiding)
- Ballot # 21 and recess
- Ballot # 22 and recess
- Mt. Sequoyah Report (Dewitt Smith)
- Perkins School of Theology Report (William Lawrence, Dean)
- St. Paul School of Theology (Nancy Howell, Acting Dean)
- Journal Report # 2
- Ballot # 23 and recess
- Ballot # 23 and no recess
- Conference Session (Bishop Mike Lowry, presiding)
- 5:00 p.m.– Recess
- 5:30 p.m. — Dinner for Bishops and Delegates (Red Bud A B C)
- 6:00 p.m. — Order of the Day Area Host Celebration (Century II Center)
- 8:30 p.m.
- Conference Session (Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, presiding)
- Ballots, as required
- (As soon as last Episcopal election is completed, we will be in recess until the Episcopacy Committee is ready to make their final report.)
- Episcopacy Committee Report: Assignment of Bishops (Don House)
- Conference Session (Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, presiding)
- Courtesies and privileges Report
- Adjournment of 2016 Jurisdictional Conference business
Saturday, July 16, 2016
- 7:00 a.m.– Area Breakfasts (Each delegation to make their own arrangements.)
- 8:30 — Rehearsal for Consecration Service (First United Methodist)
- College of Bishops formal photo session
- 10:00 a.m. — Buses load for First United Methodist
- 10:30 a.m. — Service of Consecration of new Bishops (First United Methodist)
- Presiding: Bishop Michael McKee
- Preaching: Bishop Robert Hayes, Jr.
- Reception for new Bishops (Meredith Hall)
- Noon — Adjourn
- (Buses will load for the Hyatt 20 minutes after adjournment.)