SPRING CONVOCATION

Noon – lunch for those who are present and registered, served until 12:45 (at no charge) 

    1:00 Opening worship – Centering moments

                  Presenter – Rev Dr Jeremy L Williams – 

Pastor, Hill Chapel CMEC, Plano, Texas

    1:40 Business session

    1:50 FIRST PLENARY SESSION – “Under Cyber Attack”

                  Presenter – Rev. Tanesha Hollingshed 

                                             Cybersecurity Instructor, Keller I.S.D. and University of 

                                                    North Texas (UNT)

                                                    Local Preacher, Morning Chapel CMEC,Fort Worth, Texas

    2:30 SECOND PLENARY SESSION – 

Conversations that Matter:  “Perspectives on Israel and Gaza”

                  Presenters

                                    Rev Dr Clarence J Ford, Jr – Moderator

                                            Pastor, Christian Chapel Temple of Faith, Dallas, Texas

                                    Rabbi Nancy Kastan – 

                                     Reformed Jewish Rabbi and Chief Relationship Officer of

                                            FAITH COMMONS

                                    Rev Dr Kai Horn El Amin – 

                                       Chair of Religion Department and Coordinator of

                                                Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Lane College,

                                                Jackson, Tenn.

                                    Rev Dr Valencia E Edner

                                    Pastor, Carter Metropolitan CMEC, Fort Worth, Texas

        4:00  GENERAL SESSION, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC.

        4:30 Dinner Recess

         7:00 Evening worship

                           Worship Leader – Pastor Clarence J. Ford, Jr.

                           Preacher – Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson

                            Senior Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church

                                    Guest Church:  Smith Chapel AME Church, Dallas, Texas

                                    Rev. Mittie C. Muse, Jr., Pastor

9:00 Centering moments

              Music Coordinated by Eighth District Music and Arts Team

             Meditation – Rev. C. Ulysses Neal, Sr.

                    [A review of the book, Uproar:  Calm Leadership in Anxious Times]

   10:00 THIRD PLENARY SESSION – “The Success of the Black Church

During the COVID Pandemic”

                           Presenter – Dr. Richard Watkins

                                    CME Church’s leader for the program against COVID-19

coordinated by the Congress of National Black Churches

                                         Member, St. Joseph CME Church, Chapel Hill, N.C.                                  

11:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS / EPISCOPAL DIST./CONNECTIONAL CONCERNS 

                  Connectional Youth and Young Adult Conferences

                           Dr. Linda R. Barnett  – Episcopal District Director of Christian Education

and Formation

Ms. Kali James – Connectional Young Adult Vice President for 8^th

Episcopal District 

                  Leadership Training Institute

                           Rev Dr Jeremy L Williams, Dean

                  Jamaica Annual Conference 

                           Bishop Lawrence Reddick or Ms Beverly Ross 

                  Annual Conference Information for Texas Regions

                  2024 UNITY SUMMIT – Dallas, Texas

                           Committed Dates:  August 26, 2024-Sept. 5, 2004

11:40 Financial reports of Presiding Elder Districts 

                  CENTRAL TEXAS REGION

                           North Tyler District – Rev. Dr. Orenthia D. Mason

                           Tyler District – Rev. James G. Oakry, Jr.

                  EAST TEXAS REGION

                           Greenville-Texarkana District – Rev. Diana Casteel

                           Longview-Marshall District – Rev. Kenneth Cain

                  SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGION

                           Beaumont-Nacogdoches District – Rev. Milton Proctor, Sr.

                           Houston District – Rev. Jonathan L. Jones, Sr.

                  DALLAS-FORT WORTH/NORTHWEST TEXAS REGION

                           Northwest District – Rev. Dr. Linda R. Barnett

                           Fort Worth District – Rev. Dr. Drexel N. Mithchell, Sr.

                           Dallas District – Rev. Dr. Russell O. Fuller, Sr.

    Noon  CLOSING WORSHIP

Music from 8^th District Music and Arts Ministry

                  MESSAGE – Rev. Pansy R. Washington

                           Administrative Assistant, Sixth Episcopal District, Atlanta GA.

     1:00      BENEDICTION – Bishop Reddick