Methodism
Today in pictures
At 11:00 p.m., I’ve finally settled into my room at Stillwater Lodge here in Glen Rose, Texas after the last day of Annual Conference and speaking tonight to the summer staff at Glen Lake Camp who are preparing for the beginning of summer camp next week. Here’s a very long day in pictures. [Can you [...]
Day Two Pictures
Here are a few pictures from day two of Annual conference. All of these are actually from the ordination service on Tuesday night where one of my best friends finally finished the journey towards ordination.
The last picture is of Jason and I.
When we wrap up today here on day three, I’ll be heading to Glen [...]
Day One Pictures
Here are a few pictures from our first day of Annual Conference. As you can tell, there are really three components of serving as an Annual Conference delegate.
1. You have to like to eat.
2. You have to be able to stand around.
3. You have to be able to sit still.
Anything combination of two of the [...]
Blogging at Annual Conference
This week, I’m at Annual Conference with the rest of our clergy staff and four lay delegates from our church. Annual conference is a regional gathering of United Methodist churches that happens annually [surprise?] where we review the work of the Annual conference from the previous year and set the agenda and budget for the [...]
General Conference Initiatives
We spent a great deal of time talking about General Conference in our church prior to the event, but have probably not shared enough of the results from that gathering. For those who are not aware, I thought I would share the four initiatives that the church has set for the next four years. Each [...]
Will I still be a pastor on Thursday?
You’ll have to tune in and see. On Wednesday, I go for my annual interview with the Central Texas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. It is as exciting as it sounds. In all seriousness, this is the board that “qualifies” candidates for ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church and until I am ordained [make [...]
