GC2016 May 12- UPDATE
May 12, 2016
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Bishop Gregory V. Palmer delivers the episcopal address during the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS[/caption]
Delegate Updates
Each day there will be a wrap-up from one of the delegates from the Western North Carolina Conference.
Day 2- Transfiguration - Disfiguration | Jeremy Troxler
Cruciform | Shelly Webb
See yesterday’s delegate update at General Conference News
Daily Christian Advocates
Randy Wall in Portland. Photo by Rebekah Shuford Ralph.[/caption]
On Tuesday afternoon, May 10, 2016, at the national United Methodist Rural Advocates' (UMRA) Banquet at the 2016 General Conference, Randy Wall was elected and installed as the new President of UMRA. The United Methodist Rural Advocates is a national organization within the United Methodist Church that is a voice for rural, town and country churches and the ministries and outreach they are doing that often go unnoticed. Randy will begin serving as president in January 2017.
Elected on Wednesday to the Inter-Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy: Jennifer Pharr Davis, Kimberly Tyree Ingram from Western North Carolina Conference
Elected to Positions with Legislative Committees: Kim Ingram- Higher Education
Bishop’s Address- May 11, 2016- Bishop Gregory Palmer (video) (audio)
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