We have all come through a very difficult year as a Church. As an Annual Conference, we are looking forward to coming together to worship, fellowship and have our business sessions again virtually to bring Faith Hope and Love to one another.
Each day of the Annual Conference will focus on the Theme: Faith, Hope, Love, bringing everyone together again through Zoom. The three-day virtual event kicks off on Sunday, May 30 with an opening worship, and a message from Bishop Scott J. Jones and our Conference lay leader. Annual Conference will end Tuesday, June 1, 2021.
“The decision to go virtual again was made by our Annual Conference Planning Team and in consultation with the leaders at Houston Methodist Hospital,” said Bishop Scott J. Jones. “An all in-person event would not be responsible,” he said.
To Register for Annual Conference, delegates will be receiving a secure link to the Zoom Session of the 2021 Texas Annual Conference by email around mid-April. Registration will remain open through May 23, 2021.
Only elected delegates (clergy and lay) will be eligible to participate in the Zoom business sessions, which will include the opportunities for live conversation and voting. Again, all eligible delegates will receive an email with instructions and dates for registration around mid-April. Guests and observers are welcome to view Annual Conference 2021 on a YouTube link which will be available at www.txcumc.org each day of the conference.
“We are particularly pleased to announce that we are working on possible opportunities for this year’s 2021 Ordination and Memorial Service for limited family members to attend in person with social distancing,” Jones said. These services will also be live streamed with the YouTube link available at www.txcumc.org 15 minutes before the service begins.
The Texas Annual Conference will be updating information about Annual Conference 2021, at www.txcumc.org/tac2021..
Registration will close on May 23, 2021, one week prior to the conference, so please keep this in mind. Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aIk4lmVHRDOLZ2YRUrt3Yg
Please allow time for your registration to be authorized.
You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar, it will come from “NoReply @zoom.us” so be sure to check your clutter/junk/spam mailboxes.
Save the confirmation email as you will need it to sign-in to the Texas Annual Conference 2021 Webinar.
Sunday, April 25th at 6:30 pm for Central North, Southeast, and North Districts –
Spanish Interpretation & Closed Captioning https://zoom.us/j/92953691889?pwd=MnFaTXRycTRsRzF0SnZRaHVCRk5tUT09
Monday, April 26th at 6:30 pm for Central South, East, and West Districts – https://zoom.us/j/92953691889?pwd=MnFaTXRycTRsRzF0SnZRaHVCRk5tUT09
Tuesday, April 27th at 3:00 pm for Northwest, South, and Southwest Districts https://zoom.us/j/92953691889?pwd=MnFaTXRycTRsRzF0SnZRaHVCRk5tUT09
Please Note: If you are unable to attend the Zoom Meeting for your district, you are encouraged to attend one of the other Pre-Conference meetings. It is the same link for all three Meetings.