Program for the 151 st Session of the North Carolina Annual Conference November 19-23, 2014 York Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 201 Tyson Street Greenville, North Carolina 27834 The Reverend D Andre W. James-Daniels, Host Pastor The Reverend EC Dobson, Presiding Elder, New Bern District The Reverend Avery C. Brown, D. D., Presiding Elder, Beaufort District The Reverend Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., Host Presiding Elder Mrs. Devieta Moore, Associate Missionary Supervisor Mrs. Shirley M. McCoy, Missionary Supervisor The Right Reverend W. Darin Moore, Presiding Prelate Notes: Ministers are to be vested and robed in white for The Communion Service. Ministers are to be vested and robed in black for The Episcopal Address and The Sunday Services. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM The Communion Service The Communion Message The Reverend Presiding Elder, District York Memorial AME Zion Church, Washington District and Conference Choirs The Holy Communion Bishop W. Darin Moore, Celebrant Presiding Elders, Con-Celebrants Organization of the Conference Dates and Places of the 2015 Check-up Meetings Date and place of the 2015 Annual Conference Report of the Rules Committee Report of the Credentials Committee The Seating of the Delegates Roll Call and Registration 12:00 Noon Noonday Worship Worship Committee The Episcopal Address -- Bishop W. Darin Moore 1:00 PM Lunch 2:30 PM Devotion Worship Committee 1
Reports of Presiding Elders Presiding Elders: The Rev. Joseph L. Walton, Ph. D., Presiding Elder on Special Assignment The Rev. E. C. Dobson, New Bern District The Rev. Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., Washington District The Rev. Avery C. Brown, D. D., Beaufort District The Treasurer s Report Election of The Conference Treasurer 4:00 PM Lay Academy with Mrs. Virginia Gaddy, presiding 6:00 PM Dinner Evening 7:00 PM Welcome Program York Memorial AME Zion Church The Reverend D Andre W. James-Daniels, Pastor The Annual Worship Annual Sermon The Reverend Closing Prayer Thursday, November 20, 2014 Morning 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Devotion Worship Committee Reading of the Minutes The Conference Secretary Bible Study The Reverend Reports: Pastors and Delegates Conference Evangelists 12:00 Noon Noonday Worship Worship Committee The Sermon - The Reverend 1:30 PM Lunch 3:00 PM Devotion Worship Committee Replace all reports that do not have recommendations requiring votes with The School of the Prophets or a Teaching Session. Reports will be submitted to the secretary for electronic distribution. 2
5:00 PM Dinner Evening 7:00 PM The Christian Education Hour The Education Sermon The Reverend Friday, November 21, 2014 8:00 AM Prayer Breakfast Meditation The Reverend The Women s Home & Overseas Missionary Society Mrs. Shirley M. McCoy, Presiding 10:00 AM The Missionary Convocation Mrs. Shirley M. McCoy, Presiding District Presidents Reports 12:00 Noon Noonday Worship Worship Committee The Sermon The Reverend 1:30 PM Lunch 2:30 PM Devotion Worship Committee Reading of the Minutes -- The Conference Secretary Replace all reports that do not have recommendations requiring votes with The School of the Prophets or a Teaching Session. Reports will be submitted to the secretary for electronic distribution. 5:30 PM Dinner Evening Place to be determined 7:00 PM The Candlelight Service The Sermon The Reverend Visiting Preacher s Choir and/or The Conference Choirs Saturday, November 22, 2014 Place to be determined Morning 8:00 AM Breakfast Christian Education Assembly 8:30 AM Registration by Districts 9:00 AM Devotion -- VCYC Officers 3
9:30 AM Christian Education Program Presentation of the Bishop Worship Music New Bern, Washington, and Beaufort District Youth Choirs Sermon The Reverend Holy Communion 1:00 PM Lunch 2:30 PM Devotion Worship Committee Reading of the Minutes The Conference Secretary Reports: Conference Trustees Admissions Committee Conference Examiners Holy Orders Committee Disciplinary Questions??PM Celebratory Concert Sunday, November 23, 2014 Place to be Determined 9:00 AM Church School -- Conference Director of Christian Education and Local Superintendent in Charge 10:45 AM Ecclesiastical Order -- Chief of Protocol 11:00 AM Worship -- The Reverend D Andre W. James-Daniels, Presiding York Memorial The Sermon The Right Reverend W. Darin Moore Necrology Moment The Reverend David L. Simmons Ushers Grand March Report of the Courtesy Committee The Charge The Reading of Appointments The Official Closing of the Conference Closing Hymn -- The Right Reverend W. Darin Moore 4
APPENDIX North Carolina Conference Boards and Committees Boards Appeals The Reverends Dr. Avery C. Brown, Irvin Hickman, Dr. C. C. Satterfield, Jr., Dr. Laticia H. Godette, William White, Dr. Joseph L. Walton, and EC Dobson Christian Education The Reverends (Chair is open due to Dr. Cox s leaving), Dr. Margaret Blackmon, Paula McCullough, Melinda Moore, Robert Kelley, Dr. Patricia Dowtin; Renate Lee (conference director), Sarah Tootle, Alice Sutton, Brenda Bryant, Almira Tootle, and Jalexys Smith Conference Trustees Bishop W. Darin Moore; The Reverends David L. Moore, Dr. Joseph L. Walton, Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Brian Cornelius, Philip Jones, Irvin Hickman, Bobby Simmons, David Simmons, Dr. Amy, Dr. Margaret Blackmon, Curtis Oden, Lester A. Jacobs, Robert Kelly; Johnny Tripp Evangelism The Reverends Katie Chapman, Brian Cornelius, Morris Ellison, Lynward Chadwick, Mary Gooding, Cynthia Smith, Vicki Reels, Reginald Bradshaw and Reginal Rountree Home Missions/Church Extension The Reverends Dr. Joseph L. Walton, Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., (conference director), Dorothy Jones Michael Burden; Sheila Johnson, Almira Tootle, Glenda Little and Sharon Flloyd Lay Activities The Reverends Dr. Robert Little, Jr. (advisor), Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., and Dr. Joseph L. Walton; Virginia Gaddy (conference president), Margaret E. Brown, Flora Keyes, Timmery Bryant, Doris Foy; Wallace Teel, Johnny Tripp, Hank Dobson, Gwendolyn Slade, Ludwell Smith, Gloria Keyes, Eddie Lawton, and Lelia Becton Ushers The Reverend Brian Cornelius (advisor), Delores Thomas, Barbara Hammonds, Marlena Daggs, and Marie Joyner Chief of Protocol The Reverend Brian Cornelius Assistant Chiefs of Protocol The Reverend Robert Kelley The Reverend Andrew Collins 5
Committees Admissions The Reverends Dr. Amy Ciceron, Bobby Simmons, Julian Pridgen, Lester A. Jacobs, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Melinda Moore, Florence Pender, Dr. William Snow, and Christina Grady Audit The Reverends Dr. Avery C. Brown, Cynthia Smith, Josie F. Clark, and David Simmons Budget and Apportionment The Reverends Dr. Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, David L. Moore, Dr. Amy Ciceron, Julian Pridgen, Dr. C. C. Satterfield; Virginia Gaddy, Marian McLean, Eddie Lawton, and Wallace Teel Conference Studies The Reverends Dr. Margaret Blackmon, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Dr. William Snow, and D Andre W. James-Daniels. There is no representation from the New Bern District. Conference Workers Linda Daugherty, Joan Atkinson and The Reverends Sandra Rhodes, Thomas Locust, Philip Jones, and Annette Hoskins-Satterfield Courtesy Henalmol Hickman, Jacqueline Redding, Patricia Battle, Brenda Bryant; The Reverends Dr. Laticia Godette, Josie F. Clark and Vera Price Credentials The Reverends Dr. Joseph L. Walton, Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Lester A. Jacobs, Jr., Vicki Reels, Florence W. Pender, Joyce Bell, and Gwendolyn Haddock Finance The Reverends Leddia Chapman, Irvin Hickman, Philip C. Jones, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Glenda Lodge, Florence Pender, Brian T. Cornelius and Andre Greene Holy Orders The Reverends Dr. Joseph L. Walton, Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Roscoe Linton, Dr. C. C. Satterfield, Jr., Katie Chapman, Mary Gooding, Melinda Moore, Lester A. Jacobs and Dr. Robert Little, Jr. Music Carole K. Downing, Patricia Jones, Jonathan Tootle, William Humphreys, Calvinette Sheppard and Thelma Dillahunt (emeritus) 6
NAACP The Rev. Dr. Patricia Dowtin (coordinator), Albert Burgess, Lottie Hickman and Joan Atkinson Necrology The Reverends David Simmons, Bobby Simmons, Katie Chapman, Roscoe Linton; Renate Lee, Mary Holmes, and Helen Barrett Public Relations The Reverends Doris Petteway, Melinda Moore, Andrew Collins, Dr. William Snow, Lynn Bolden and Barbara Hubbard; Sherri Coleby, and Doris H. Harris (emeritus) Rules The Reverends D Andre W. James-Daniels, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Willie D. Jones, Brian Cornelius, Doris Tomberlin, Milton Sanders, Shannon Sabsook, Cynthia Woolford; Marian P. McLean and Andrea Becton India The Reverends Katie Chapman, Florence Pender, EC Dobson, Dr. Joseph Walton, Dr. Avery Brown, Dwain Murphy, Julian Pridgen, Dr. Margaret Blackmon; Patricia Murphy, and Barbara Walton State of the Church The Reverends Reginald Bradshaw, Irvin Hickman, Roger Raynor, Don Roberts, Dorothy Dixon, Curtis Oden, Katie Chapman and Pamela Dillahunt; Margaret E. Brown State of the Country The Reverends Frances Hill Boomer, Cynthia Smith, Vicky Reels, Bobby Simmons, Melinda Moore, Triva Mason, Gethsemane Hill, Angelia Gooden; Wallace Teel Virgin Islands The Reverends Dr. Joseph Walton, Dr. Avery C. Brown, EC Dobson, Lester A. Jacobs, Dwain Murphy, Dr. Robert Little, Jr., Dr. Margaret Blackmon, Katie Chapman, Letishia Chapman and James Cannon Voter Registration Reverends Dr. Patricia Dowtin (coordinator), Curtis Oden; Barbara Hammonds, Virginia Gaddy, Margaret Brown, Sheila Johnson and Carmen Spicer Worship The Reverends Katie Chapman, Letishia Chapman, Triva Mason, Gwen Brooks, Joyce Bell, Nathan Morris, Thomas Fryar, Dorothy Jones, Blenda Hargett, Reginal Rountree and Lynn Godette 7