2023 Annual Conference
Wildwood Convention Center, Wildwood, NJ | May 21-23
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Agenda for Sunday, May 21
| 1:00 p.m. | Open Registration & Fellowship Exhibits and Cokesbury Bookstore |
| 4:00 p.m. | Clergy Executive Session – Ballrooms Laity Session – West Hall |
| 5:00 p.m. | Clergy Dinner – Ballrooms Laity Dinner – East Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. | Commissioning and Ordination Worship – West Hall |
Agenda for Monday, May 22
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast on your own; Group prearranged breakfasts |
| 7:45 a.m. | Communion on the Beach – Convention Center Deck Ocean Side |
| 8:30 a.m. | Praise and Worship – West Hall |
| 8:45 a.m. | Organizing the Conference |
| 9:00 a.m. | Episcopal Address |
| 9:30 a.m. | Business and Legislation Nominations, Trustees Enabling, Disaffiliation, Advanced Specials, Equitable Compensation, Parsonage Standards, Arrearage Policy, Closed Churches |
| 11:00 a.m. | Service of Remembrance |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch – East Hall and East Deck Bishop’s Luncheon with memorial service families |
| 1:30 p.m. | Praise and Worship – West Hall |
| 1:45 p.m. | Leadership Address – West Hall |
| 2:15 p.m. | Business and Legislation – Strategic Direction, Budget, Pension and Health Benefits, Safe Sanctuaries |
| 3:20 p.m. | Offering for Hurricane Ida Recovery |
| 3:30 p.m. | Service of Passage with Anointing – West Hall |
| 4:30 p.m. | Workshops – Ballrooms A, B, C, Prayer Room, East Hall |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjourn for the Day |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner for groups and individuals at the convention center (pre-arranged) |
Agenda for Tuesday, May 23
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast on your own; Group prearranged breakfasts Meet and Greet with Wespath and GNJ Stewardship Foundation |
| 7:45 a.m. | Communion on the Beach – Convention Center Deck Ocean Side |
| 8:30 a.m. | Praise and Worship – West Hall |
| 8:45 a.m. | Teaching Moment: Possibility – Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi |
| 9:45 a.m. | Reading of the Appointments – West Hall |
| 10:15 a.m. | Business and Legislation – Sell Pinelands, Endorse Christmas Covenant, A Safer GNJ, Reclaiming the Narrative |
| 12:30 p.m. | Closing Worship with Holy Communion – West Hall |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjournment |
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