2024 Desert Southwest Annual Conference
June 13-16, 2024
Tucson Convention Center, 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
REGISTRATION RATES
$199 Registration Feb 15-May 15
$299 Late Registration May 16-Jun 1
REGISTRATION
Select from the items below to access. The Lay Member to Annual Conference form includes change requests and alternate information.
- Annual Conference Registration (Due June 1)
- Childcare Registration (Due June 1)
- Hotel Reservation
- Ministry Fair Table Request (Due April 15)
- Orientation to Ministry Registration (Due June 7)
- Vendor Table Request (Due Apr 15)
- Youth Registration included in Annual Conference Registration
DRAFT SCHEDULE
- Pre-Conference Briefing: May 15
- Opening & Devotional: June 13, 9 AM
- Clergy Session: June 13, 10:30 AM
- Laity Session: June 13, 10:30 AM
- Plenary June 13, 1:30-3:30 PM
- Ministry Fair: June 15, 11 AM-Noon
- Memorial at Convention Ctr: June 13, 4 PM
- Ordination Rehearsal at Catalina: June 13, 6 PM
- Plenary: June 14 & 15, 9-5 PM
- Ordination at Catalina UMC: June 15, 7 PM
- Plenary: June 16, 9 AM
- Closing Worship: June 16, ending at Noon
2024 QUICK LINKS
- Annual Conference Home Page
- AC2024 Logo (Black & White Square)
- AC2024 Logo (Full Color Square)
- Church Story Submission (Due May 15)
- Conference Lay Leader Nomination (Due Mar 31)
- Journal Web Page
- Lay Member to Annual Conference Form (Due Apr 30)
- Mission Project totals to Billie Fidlin (Due June 5)
- Parliamentary Procedures
- Pre-Conference Report Submission (Due Apr 30)
- Resolution Submission by Conference Board or Five People (Due Apr 30)
- Subscribe to Conference News
- Template for Pre-Conference Report
- Template for Resolutions
- Voting Platform
HOTEL PARKING INFORMATION
Doubletree by Hilton Tucson Downtown Convention Center is located at 280 S Church Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701, with direct indoor access from the hotel to the convention center.
- Self Parking = $12/day
- Valet Parking = $16/day
Both rates include in/out privileges.
TUCSON CONVENTION CENTER (TCC) PARKING
- Click here for the “Where to park map”
- Parking Garage
- Parking Lots B & C (closest to front entrance of TCC)
Annual Conference News
Annual Conference Accessibility
Here's how the 40th Session of the Desert Southwest Annual Conference, held June 13-16, 2024, at the Tucson Convention Center, will incorporate accessibility this year for in-person participants and live stream observers. Although the Sessions Committee (the Annual...
2024 Ministry Fair – You’re invited!
The 2024 Desert Southwest Annual Conference will include a Ministry Fair once again! This year, every church ministry, every conference or district committee, and every specialty task force are invited to host a table in Tucson during the Annual Conference. Click here...
In case you missed it, here’s the Annual Conference hotel reimbursement news
The Desert Southwest Conference reserved a block of rooms at the Doubletree by Hilton in Tucson, adjacent to the Tucson Convention Center, where Annual Conference will be held this summer. The room rate is $159/night ($30 more than the first sold-out block) using the...
Help for the Samaritans of Green Valley/Sahuarita
Recently Rev. Sandy Stratton Johnson reached out to inquire if the Conference Asylum and Border Ministries Fund was available to assist in her work to bring humanitarian aid to people crossing our southern border. This fund is current and will be financially...
Episcopal Nominations Process for 2024
It is almost time for the next round of episcopal elections. In our jurisdiction, we have two bishops retiring, so we expect to elect two new bishops. However, decisions that will be made at General Conference could decrease that number. Keeping that in mind, the...
Nomination information for Conference Lay Leader
The Conference Lay Leader is not an ordained individual. This person is elected by the Laity of the Annual Conference every four years. This year, a Conference Lay Leader must be elected during the Laity Session in June. Our current Lay Leader, Alberta Farnsworth, is...
Annual Conference Deadlines, Hotel Updates, and Draft Schedule
DEADLINES February 28, 2024, is the last day to submit petitions or rule changes as described in the linked list below. If you are working on one, you have until midnight on February 28 to turn it in. Only those submitted within the deadline will be included in the...
2024 Annual Conference in-person and live streamed
The 40th Session of the Desert Southwest Annual Conference will take place at the Tucson Convention Center on June 13-16, 2024. Voting members will be 100% in-person this year. The event will be live streamed and available at https;//dscumc.org/ac. The recordings will...