The 2022 CME Annual Conference Schedules for Texas
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Eighth Episcopal District:
Today is Saturday, April 23, 2022. On Thursday afternoon we concluded the 2022 Session of the Jamaica Annual Conference at the Good News CME Church in the Fort Charles community, in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. We met for two days (Wednesday and Thursday), though we generally meet for three.
Over many weeks, we have been negotiating with dates and sites for the 2022 Annual Conferences in Texas. We’ve come to a point of announcing them now.
One thing we have learned during this pandemic is that many of our worship services don’t have to be as long as they have been to be effective. That lesson should not be lost as we plan the Annual Conferences. (Sometimes we have had long services because we have called as many people into its participation as we can to build the crowd, while yet knowing that having so many people participate makes the services last longer.) Perhaps we can begin to be as efficient with our time as possible.
A Tentative Annual Conference Schedule
Wednesdays
2:00 P.M. An on-site meeting period of Annual Conference Committees and Organizations
6:40 P.M. Ministers and other worship participants gather for opening session
7:00 P.M. Service of Holy Communion
Choir – Regional Laity Choir
Fridays
8:30 A.M. Centering Moments
9:15 A.M. Conference Business Session
11:30 A.M. Recess
11:45 A.M. Bible Study
1:30 P.M. Lunch Recess
2:45 P.M. Conference Business
5:00 P.M. Recess
7:00 P.M. Ordination Service
Host Church Choir, singing
9:00 P.M. Evening recess
Thursdays
8:30 A.M. Centering Moments
9:15 A.M. Conference Business Session
11:30 A.M. Recess
11:45 A.M. Bible Study
1:30 P.M. Lunch Recess
2:45 P.M. Conference Business
5:00 P.M. Recess
7:00 P.M. Evening worship – led by Women’s Missionary Society
8:30 P.M. Evening recess
Saturdays
8:30 A.M. Centering Moments
9:15 A.M. Conference Business Session
10:00 A.M. Board of Christian Education Time
11:45 A.M. Break
12:00 Noon Closing Worship
Music: Choir of Children and Youth and Young Adults
1:30 P.M. Adjournment
Dates, Sites and Hosts
2022 Texas Annual Conferences
EAST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
July 13-16, 2022
Hilton Garden Inn – Texarkana (Texarkana Convention Center)
2910 S. Cowhorn Creek Loop
Texarkana, Texas 75503
903-792-1065
Hotel Rate: $129/night
Host Church: Martin Chapel CME Church, Redwater, Texas
Rev. Michael Rush, Host Pastor
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
July 27-30, 2022
Sheraton North Houston
15700 JFK Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77032
281-442-5100
Hotel Rate: $109/night
Host Churches: Beebe Tabernacle CME Church,
Houston, Texas
Rev. Anthony Reed, Sr., Host Pastor
And
Johnson Chapel CME Church, Houston, Texas
Rev. Katrina Trotman, Host Pastor
.
CENTRAL TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
July 20-23, 2022
Holiday Inn Tyler – South Broadway
5701 S. Broadway Ave.
Tyler, Texas 75703
903-561-5800
Hotel Rate: $94/night
Note: All of Saturdays’ activities will be at St. James CME Church, Tyler, Texas
Host Church: St. James CME Church, 408 N. Border Ave., Tyler, Texas
Rev. Brian Lightner, Host Pastor
DALLAS-FORT WORTH/NORTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
August 3-6, 2022
DoubleTree Dallas Galleria
4099 Valley View Lane
Dallas, Texas 75244
972-385-9000
Hotel Rate: $109/night
Host Church: Cedar Crest Cathedral CME Church, Dallas, Texas
Rev. Dr. Van Carl Williams, Host Pastor
Please Note:
1) All clergy in full connection and preachers on trial (except for retired ministers, lay delegates and alternate delegates are expected to attend the Annual Conference in person.
2) The traditional “Laity and Ministry to Men” night has become a combined night on Wednesday with Region Laity Choir Voices and participation in the Communion worship experience by lay members.
3) Services will be hybrid, though some of the business sessions may be blocked out for privacy reasons.
If you have concerns about this proposed schedule, please contact Bishop Reddick’s office this coming week (April 24-30) at 214-372-9073. Your concern may be important enough to warrant a modification.