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WV Annual Conference To Be Held at Wesleyan
released: 06/08/04
The West Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church will hold its 159th Annual Session (36th since merger) on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College this week (June 9-13). Wesleyan will be hosting over 2,500 members and guests.

The West Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is the basic organizational body in the United Methodist Church. It includes all United Methodist churches within a geographically defined area. Annual Conference membership consists of equal numbers of lay and clergy members and at least one layperson from each pastoral charge is to be a member. Annual Conference members are responsible for the program and administration of the work of the annual conference and its local churches.

There are several events planned for the Annual Conference. On Friday morning, President William R. Haden and his wife Betsy Flanagan will host the United Methodist Conference Alumni Breakfast at his home at 7 a.m. All alumni attending the conference are invited to this event. There will be a Ministry Fair in the John D. Rockefeller Physical Education Center Friday evening from 9-11 p.m.

A special service and reception will be held on Saturday evening to bid farewell to the retiring Bishop S. Clifton Ives. Bishop Ives is currently the Resident Bishop of the West Virginia Area of the United Methodist Church and has served the West Virginia area for 12 years as Spiritual leader.

For more information about the Annual Conference, please contact Carol Long at (304) 473-8599 or Angela Gay Kinkead at (304) 473-8007.