2010 Annual Meeting Schedule:
Monday, March 22
- BMCR Board of Directors’ Meeting | Anchor Room
- Black Staff Forum | Sail Ballroom
- Africa University Planned Giving Subcommittee | Rope Room
Tuesday, March 23
- BMCR Board of Directors’ Meeting | Anchor Room
- Ebony District Superintendents | Buckman Suite
- Africa University Advisory Development Committee | Starboard Room
Wednesday, March 24
- 8:00-5:00 BMCR Registration
- 8:00-12:00
- Black Clergywomen | Acosta Suite
- Black Staff Forum | Sail Ballroom
- Ebony District Superintendents | Buckman Suite
- African American Methodist Heritage Center Board Meeting | Fuller Warren Suite
- BMCR Annual Meeting Official Opening
- 1:00-1:30 Praise and Worship | Port/Windward Room
Annual Meeting Music Ministers - Danita Paige and William Stagger
- 1:30-2:10 Official Opening | Port/Windward Room
Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow
Bishop Timothy Whitaker
Rev. Harold D. Lewis
Rev. Zachary Beasley
Overview: Dr. Mary White
- 2:20-3:20 Bible Study: "Fully Mature in Christ" - Rev. Safiyah Fosua | Port/Windward Room
Festival of Giving Appeal - Rev. Walter Kimbrough
- 3:30-4:00 - Why BMCR? - James H. Salley | Port/Windward Room
- 4:10-4:20 - Nominations (from the floor) - Rev. Tyrone D. Gordon | Port/Windward Room
- 4:20-5:45 Jurisdictional Meetings
North Central: Geneva Aldridge | Anchor Room
Northeast: Sharon Gregory/Mary White | Tug Room
South Central: Juliette Green | Compass Theater
Southeast: Zachary Beasley | Sail Ballroom
Western: Jennifer Massengill | Rope Room
- 4:30-5:30 BMCR Choir Rehearsal | Topsider Room
Dinner on your own
- 7:30 Service of Remembrance and Holy Communion (OPEN TO PUBLIC) | Port/Windward Room
Preacher: Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr.
Thursday, March 25
- 6:30 Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary Breakfast | Starboard Room
- 8:00-5:00 BMCR Registration
- 8:30-9:10 Bible Study: "Fully Developed in Christ" - Rev. Safiyah Fosua | Port/Windward Room
- 8:30-10:30 Ebony Bishops Meeting | Captains Ballroom
- 9:15-10:50 Plenary Sessions | Port/Windward Room
Moderator - Rev. Jon McCoy
- "Let Justice Roll" - Michelle Brooks Whittaker
- "General Conference Now and 2012" - Rev. Danita Anderson (Advocacy Committee - Road to General Conference 2012 report included)
- "Age Is Not an Affliction: Is Your Congregation Aging Well?" - Bishop Violet Fisher and Deborah Bass
- 10:50 Short break/depart to Learning Labs
- 11:00-12:00 Learning Labs
- Advocacy - Michelle Brooks Whittaker | Tug Room
- General Conference - Danita Anderson | Sail and Outbound Room
- Older Adult Ministries - Bishop Violet Fisher and Deborah Bass | Rope Room
- Bonus Lab: How to Market Your Ministry - Bunnie Jackson-Ransom | Rigging Room
- Noon-1:45 Laity Luncheon | Starboard Room
Speaker: Dr. Scott Johnson,
President of Association of Annual Conf. Lay Leaders
Lunch on your own
- 1:00-2:00 BMCR Choir Rehearsal Option | Topsider Room
- 2:00-4:00 Business Session - Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow | Port/Windward Room
Nomination Committee (nominations from floor)
Reports:
- GCORR and Restructuring Process - General Secretary Erin Hawkins
- Africa University - James H. Salley
- Gulfside Association - Mollie Stewart
- Path1 - Rev. Candace Lewis
- United Methodist Publishing House - Rev. Marilyn Thornton
- Black Staff Forum
- General Secretaries Table - Erin Hawkins
Other Business
Let's Get Healthy - Rev. Sheron Patterson
- 4:00-4:15 Order of the Day: Report of the Executive Director - Pamela Crosby | Port/Windward Room
Stand-up Break
- 4:20 Festival of Giving Response - Rev. Walter Kimbrough | Port/Windward Room
- 4:45 "Magnifying Praise, Exalting Worship: Let the Church Say AMEN!" - Rev. Telley Gadson | Port/Windward Room
- 6:00 Dinner on your own/Free Time
- 6:30 Melvin George Talbert Leadership Institute Coordinating Committee Meeting | Outbound Room
Friday, March 26
- 6:30 Gammon Theological Seminary Breakfast | Starboard Room
- 8:30-9:10 Bible Study: "Fully Alive Like Christ" - Rev. Safiyah Fosua | Port/Windward Room
Let's Get Healthy - Rev. Sheron Patterson
Second Festival of Giving Appeal
- 9:15-10:50 Plenary Sessions | Port/Windward Room
Moderator - Martha Orphe
- "When Christian Faith Meets Social Action - Back to the Future" - Dr. Oveta Fuller (What Effective Clergy and Laity Should Understand about HIV and AIDS)
- "Next Generation Ministries" - Rev. Lillian Smith
- "The Black Church: Relevant or Irrelevant in the 21st Century" - Rev. Fred Allen
- 10:50 Short break/depart to Learning Labs
- 11:00-12:00 Learning Labs
- HIV and AIDS - Dr. Oveta Fuller | Sail and Rigger Room
- Next Generation Ministries - Rev. Lillian Smith and Ms. Heather Cochran | Compass Amphitheater
- The Black Church - Rev. Fred Allen | Tug Room
- Bonus Lab: How to Market Your Ministry - Bunnie Jackson-Ransom | Rigging Room
- Noon-1:45 Black College Fund Luncheon | Starboard Room
Lunch on your own
- 2:00-4:15 Business session - Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow Rev. Nelson Rivers, NAACP | Port/Windward Room
Elections - Rev. Tyrone D. Gordon
Reports:
- Bishop Melvin George Talbert Leadership Institute - Bishop Alfred Johnson
- Youth Harambee - Ms. Deborah Bell
- AFRICANA Hymnal Study: GC2008 Mandate - Rev. Dr. Safiyah Fosua
- African American Methodist Heritage Center - Bishop Forrest C. Stith
- Black Clergywomen - Dr. Ouida Lee
- Ebony District Superintendents - Rev. Jacqueline Rose-Tucker
Final Words from the Chairman - Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow
2011 Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA - Feb. 21-26, 2011
- 4:20-4:30 Order of the Day: Installation of Officers - Bishop Alfred Norris | Port/Windward Room
- 4:45-6:00 BMCR Board of Directors Meeting | Anchor Room
- 7:00-8:00 Banquet | Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Jay Williams
- 8:30-until Community Celebration Dance - DJ Mr. Terry Brown | Ballroom
Saturday, March 27
- 8:30-1:00 African American Methodist Heritage Center Board of Directors Meeting | Rope Room
Annual Meeting Praise and Worship/Music Ministers: Danita Paige and William Staggers. With additional support from: the Bethune-Cookman Gospel Choir, Lamont Hogans, Minister of Worship at Jacksonville's New Life Community UMC, Saxophonist Nichol Leubrun, and the BMCR Choir.
