Annual Conference 2023

Mark your calendars for our return to Lake Junaluska for the 2023 Western NC Annual Conference!

Clergy Session - June 15, 2023
Annual Conference - June 16-18, 2023

The 2023 Western North Carolina Annual Conference meeting will be held at Lake Junaluska, June 15-18. While the conference will be livestreamed for at-home viewing, registration and full participation (including voting) will ONLY happen in person.

WNC clergy who are in full connection, provisional members, associate members, and local pastors are required to attend the Western North Carolina Annual Conference meeting, June 15-18, 2023. Annual Conference will be live-streamed for at-home viewing, but registration and full participation (including voting) is only possible in person.

If you are not able to attend in person, please request an excused absence.
You can make that request here (link coming soon!)

Clergy who are retired or are on leave of absence are automatically excused if they are not able to attend.

If you are a lay member of conference representing your local church/charge and find that you cannot attend, please pass this material to your pastor, who will give it to the alternate lay member. Member information should be updated by your pastor or church staff directly in the Church Leaders page of the Church Dashboard until June 1st.

District at-large members who can’t come should notify their district office.

Thank you for your faithful ministry and leadership in the conference and the kingdom.

Latest News

Guarantee Your On-Site Meals at AC2023!

3/20/2023

Visit the Housing & Meals page of the AC2023 website to pre-order meals for annual conference! To reduce waste, Lake Junaluska will only make a few extra servings each mealtime, so if already know you'll want to eat in one of the dining rooms, please order your custom meal plan by May 26th! Yes, custom! You can pick and choose which meals you want! Click on the 2023 Lake Junaluska Meals Pre-Purchasing button to get started!

Petitions for WNCC Annual Conference

3/12/2023

Persons or groups wishing to submit a petition or resolution to the Western North Carolina Annual Conference in June must do so by the April 1 deadline. The WNCC Petitions Committee will meet in April to review the petitions and prepare them for print. Please use the format found in previous Journals. https://www.wnccumc.org/files/content/departments/ministerial+services/journals/2019/vol1/2019journal.vol1.ix.pdf Contact the Conference Secretary, Kim Ingram if you have any questions.

Clergy Excused Absence Requests for AC2023

2/10/2023

WNC clergy who are in full connection, provisional members, associate members, and local pastors are required to attend the Western North Carolina Annual Conference meeting, June 15-18, 2023. If you are not able to attend in person, please request an excused absence. You can make that request at this link. Clergy who are retired or are on leave of absence are automatically excused. To request an excused absence from the May 6 Called Session, please visit this link. The eligible clergy to ...