2022 Annual Meeting

Registration Fees

Delegates

Wondering how many people your church can send?  Anyone is welcome to come as a visitor and participate in all our Annual Meeting has to offer.  We are excited to offer childcare this year so that Annual Meeting will be more accessible to everyone.

Each church in the Southeast Conference is also invited to send delegates to Annual Meeting.  Each church can send three delegates. Churches with over one hundred members are entitled to one additional delegate for each additional one hundred members or fraction thereof. For example: 101 members = 4 delegates, 201 members = 5 delegates, 301 delegates = 6 delegates, etc. No church shall be entitled to more than ten delegates.

Also- all ministers who hold standing with the Southeast Conference have voice and vote in our meeting, so they can represent your minister in addition to the lay delegates from the church!

Workshops

All Times Central Daylight Time

Friday, June 24 at 3:30 PM

• Youth Only: Meet the Mayor (Montgomery Mayor Steve Reed)
  • Steven L. Reed was sworn in November 2019 as the 57th Mayor of the City of Montgomery, Alabama He is the first African American to hold the position.
• Clergy Women of Color Forum (Rev. Traci Blackmon)
  • The Reverend Traci Blackmon is the Associate General Minister, Justice and Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ.
• The Myths of Homelessness and Poverty (Rev. James Pennington)
  • The Reverend James Pennington is the Executive Director of Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Mississippi.
• Interrupting the Violence: Gun Violence and Our Communities (Onoyemi O Erinkitola)
  • Onoyemi (Oni) Erinkitola is an activist and organizer who works with Faith in Action in Birmingham, AL.
• Churches Joining Forces (Part 2): Congregation and Community Partnerships (Rev. Jennifer Sanders and Rev. Paul Ecknes-Tucker)
  • The Reverend Jennifer Sanders is pastor of Beloved Community Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • The Reverend Paul Eknes-Tucker is pastor of Pilgrimage United Church of Christ, located in the United Church Center in Birmingham.

Saturday, June 25 at 9:00 AM

• Youth Only: A Conversation on Being Church (Rev. Traci Blackmon)
  • The Reverend Traci Blackmon is the Associate General Minister, Justice and Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ.
• Environmental Justice and the Church (Kyle Crider)
  • Kyle Crider is the Program and Policy Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and an environmental/energy consultant.
• The Myths of Homelessness and Poverty (Rev. James Pennington)
  • The Reverend James Pennington is the Executive Director of Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Mississippi.
• Affecting Systemic Change Against Gun Violence (Dana Ellis)
  • Dana Ellis is an activist and organizer who works with Mom’s Demand Action and the Poor People’s Campaign, as well as the Birmingham League of Women Voters.
• Budget Hearing (Michael Bowen and Rev. Jennifer Baker)
  • Michael Bowen serves as the Treasurer and sits on the Board of Directors of the Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ.
  • The Reverend Jennifer Baker serves as Chairperson of the Southeast Conference’s Stewardship and Finance Committee.

Downloads

Exhibitors

• Back Bay Mission
• Uplands Village
• Fair Trade Store from Pleasant Hill Community Church
• PATHWAYS

Directions

There has been a change of venue. We will be meeting at First Christian Church (DOC) in Montgomery. We are grateful to the leadership of Community Congregational UCC, who have worked hard to find a new site when the air conditioning went out in their church. Thank you so much, Pastor Ray, and your leadership for finding our new site.

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
1705 Taylor Road
Montgomery, AL 36117

Concerned about COVID and traveling? Masks will be required while we are meeting, and we will have social distancing in place as well.