T he Fourth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
5627 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor - Chicago, Illinois 60637
John Richard Bryant, Presiding Prelate
Senior Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church
Office: 773.955.9825
Fax: 773.955.9840
MID-YEAR CONVOCATION
March 11 – 14, 2009
Adam’s Mark Hotel
2544 Executive Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46241
Central Indiana Ministerial Alliance, Hosts
Rev. Samuel L. Sumner, Host President

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, March 11:

6:30pm Women’s Global Initiative Worship Service (Coppin Chapel AME Church)

Thursday, March 12:

10:00am Bishop’s Meeting with Presiding Elders (International Room)
10-11:45am Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) (Hall of Champions)
12:00noon Opening Worship – The Rev. Robert Brumfield, preaching (Hall of Champions)
1:30pm Clergy Family Organization Luncheon (St. John AME Church)
2:00 – 4:00pm Evangelism (Golden Ballroom 7)
2:00 – 4:00pm Music Department (Fortune Square D)
3:00pm Camp Baber Trustees (Fortune Square A)
3:00pm Christian Education (Golden Ballroom 6)
3:00-5:00pm Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) (Hall of Champions)
3:00pm Women in Ministry (WIM) Executive Board (Fortune Square B)
4:00 – 5:00pm Self-Perpetuating Fund (Fortune Square C)
4:00 – 5:30pm Board of Examiners (Fortune Square D)
5:00pm Dinner (on your own)
7:00pm Worship Service – The Rev. Terence Gray, preaching (Hall of Champions)

MID-YEAR CONVOCATION
March 11 – 14, 2009

Schedule of Events (cont’d)

Friday, March 13:

9:00 – 11:45am Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) (Allen Chapel AME Church)
10:00 – 11:00 Music Department (TBA)
10:00am – 12noon Organized Lay Organization (Golden Ballrooms 6, 7)
10:00am – 11:45am Clergy Session (Hall of Champions)
12:00noon Hour of Power Worship Service, The Rev. Alene Glover, preaching
1:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm Supervisor’s Luncheon with Presiding Elder Spouses (offsite, TBA)
2:00 -3:00pm Women in Ministry (WIM) General Meeting (Fortune Square C, D)
2:00 -3:00pm Clergy Family Organization (Fortune Square A)
2:00 – 5:00pm Organized Lay Organization (Golden Ballrooms 6, 7)
2:00 – 5:00pm Health Commission (Fortune Square B)
3:00 – 4:30pm Clergy Session (Hall of Champions)
3:00 -5:00pm Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) (Allen Chapel AME Church)
5:00pm Dinner (on your own)
5:00 -7:00pm YPD District Executive Board (Fortune Square D)
7:00pm Worship Service, The Rev. Jeffrey Johnson, preaching (Hall of Champions)
9:30pm YPD Fellowship Trip

Saturday, March 25:

8:00 am YPD Service Project (Please meet in the lobby to depart)
9:30am Plenary Session: Stakeholders’ Reports (Hall of Champions)
11:00am Closing Worship Service – The Rt. Rev. Samuel L. Green, Sr., preaching
(Hall of Champions)

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