2024 Desert Southwest Annual Conference
June 13-16, 2024
DAILY PROCEEDINGS, CONSENT CALENDAR, RECOMMENDATIONS, LEGISLATION, AND REPORTS
On Consent Calendar
(Recommendations that are grouped under one heading and decided upon as a single item will be listed and linked here.)
- EXAMPLE: Council on Finance and Administration Recommendation No. 2 – Special Days and Causes
Recommendations for Consideration at Annual Conference
(These items require a majority vote to pass.)
- EXAMPLE: Conference Nominations Report
Legislation
If time does not allow for these to be addressed during the plenary session, they may be referred to Covenant Council by a motion from the floor.)
- EXAMPLE: Resolution or Rule Change from a Conference Committee
Reports
Reports from Conference Committee Chairs are linked below, simply click on the title to view the report.
Administrative
- EXAMPLE: Board of Trustees
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