This year · June 18–20, 2026 · The Classic Center, Athens
160th Session of the North Georgia Annual Conference
The full schedule, hour by hour. Business and votes are highlighted — the items that decide something link to the explainer for what they are and how they work.
Wednesday, June 17
- 4:00 pmClergy Executive SessionBusiness
Thursday, June 18
- 8:00 amYouth Members / Offering Assignments — Grand Hall 1Check-in
- 8:30 amLay Candidate Forum — Grand HallQ&A
- 9:45 amPre-Service MusicWorship
- 10:00 amSession One — Opening Worship (Preacher: Bishop Robin Dease)Worship
- 10:45 amCall to Order — 160th SessionBusiness
- 10:50 amOrganization of ConferenceBusiness
- 11:00 amStanding Rules Committee — to presentBusiness
- 11:10 amConsent Agenda — to presentBusiness
- 11:20 amVoting Demonstration & Ballot #1Vote
- 11:30 amBoard of Ordained Ministry: Presentation of CandidatesBusiness
- 11:45 amHistoric Examination for Admission into Full ConnectionBusiness
- 12:10 pmReport of Ballot #1 · Ballot #2Vote
- 12:30 pmAdjournmentAdjourn
- 2:00 pmSession Two — Call to OrderBusiness
- 2:15 pmReporting and Balloting continueVote
- 2:30 pmCommittee on Nominations — to presentBusiness
- 2:50 pmNorth Georgia Housing and HomelessBusiness
- 3:05 pmSalary Equalization Task Force UpdateBusiness
- 3:20 pmMurphy HarpstBusiness
- 3:35 pmCommon Table Report: One Georgia Task ForceBusiness
- 5:15 pmAdjournmentAdjourn
- 7:30 pmSession Three — Service of Licensure, Commissioning, and Ordination (Preacher: Bishop Héctor A. Burgos-Núñez)Worship
Friday, June 19
- 7:30 amService of Holy Communion — Grand Hall 2-3Worship
- 8:15 amGathering MusicWorship
- 8:30 amSession Four — Call to Order & Morning DevotionBusiness
- 8:45 amReporting and Balloting continueVote
- 9:00 amCFA Report (2027 Budget)Business
- 9:30 amBarnes Evaluation and Administration TeamBusiness
- 9:45 amDisaster ResponseBusiness
- 10:00 amBlessing of Mari Ellyzsa Valencia (Global Ministries)Worship
- 10:10 amUnited Methodist Men & Scouting MinistryBusiness
- 10:25 amUnited Women in FaithBusiness
- 10:40 amConsent Agenda — remove any requested itemsBusiness
- 10:55 amPension and Health BenefitsBusiness
- 11:30 amRecognition of RetireesRecognition
- 12:00 pmAdjournmentAdjourn
- 2:00 pmSession Five — Service of Remembrance (Preacher: Vance Ross) & Conference Special OfferingWorship
- 3:30 pmCall to Order of Business SessionBusiness
- 3:40 pmTrusteesBusiness
- 3:55 pmConference Safe Sanctuary PolicyBusiness
- 4:10 pmEquitable CompensationBusiness
- 4:25 pmWellroot Family ServicesBusiness
- 4:35 pmWesley WoodsBusiness
- 4:45 pmLaity AddressBusiness
- 5:00 pmStanding RulesBusiness
- 5:10 pmProperty ResolutionsVote
- 5:30 pmAdjournmentAdjourn
- 7:30 pmSession Six — Voting Session (subject to cancellation if voting has concluded)Vote
Saturday, June 20
- 7:30 amService of Holy Communion — Grand Hall 2-3Worship
- 8:20 amGathering MusicWorship
- 8:30 amSession Seven — Call to Order & Morning Devotion (Bishop Dease)Business
- 8:45 amEpiscopacy CommitteeBusiness
- 9:00 amNorth Georgia Camping and Retreat MinistriesBusiness
- 9:15 amCommittee on the Status and Role of WomenBusiness
- 9:30 amFaith Connection Federal Credit Union ScholarshipBusiness
- 9:40 amGeorgia United Methodist FoundationBusiness
- 9:50 amUM Commission on Higher Education — Francis Asbury AwardRecognition
- 10:00 amFuture Dates & Sites of Annual ConferenceQ&A
- 10:15 amMarian Wilder Award — Aldersgate HomesRecognition
- 10:20 amCommittee on Nominations — to VoteVote
- 10:30 amService of Word and Table & Fixing of Appointments (Preacher: Max Vincent)Worship
- 12:00 pmAdjournment of the 160th SessionAdjourn
Source: 2026 NGC Annual Conference Session Handbook + Agenda Update (page 12)
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