Convocation Itinerary
Tueday, March 13
4:00pm - 7:00pm Presiding Elder's Meeting
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Wednesday, March 14
7:30pm - 10:00pm Vendor Exhibits Open - Grand Foyer
9:00am - 12:00pm Bishop's Meeting with Presiding Elders
1:00pm - 2:00pm Camp Baber Committee Meetings:
Building and Grounds - Cermak
Personnel - Ogden
Public Relations - Windsor
Constitution and By-Laws - Camden
Funds and Development - Butterfield
2:00pm - 3:00pm Stewardship - Kent 2 and 3
Self-Perpetuating Fund - Hunt 3
2:00pm - 4:00pm Women in Ministry (WIM) - Exec Training Center
2:00pm - 4:00pm Board of Examiners - Harger
2:00pm - 4:00pm Evangelism - York 2 and 3
2:00pm - 4:00pm Sons of Allen - Hunt 2
2:00pm - 4:00pm Lay Committee Meetings - Kent 1
2:00pm - 5:00pm Women's Missionary Society (WMS) - Spring
2:30pm - 4:00pm WMS (Breakout Session)
Group 1 - Oak Brook 1
Group 2 - Oak Brook 2
Group 3 - Oak Brook 3
Group 4 - Oak Brook 4
3:00pm - 5:00pm Camp Baber Board Meeting - Essex Ballroom
3:00pm - 5:00pm Christian Debutante-Master's Comm - Kent 2 & 3
7:30pm - 10:00pm Opening "Communion" Worship Service
Grand Ballroom
The Rt. Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie, preaching
Presiding Prelate, Tenth Episcopal District AMEC
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Thursday, March 15
8:00am - 10:00pm Vendor Exhibits Open - Grand Foyer
8:00am - 9:00am "Morning Glory" Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, preaching
Senior Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
9:30am - 11:45am Plenary Session I - Grand Ballroom
The Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning, facilitator
Pastor, Ebenezer AME Church
Ft. Washington, MD
12:00pm - 1:30pm "Mid-Day" Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
The Rev. Dr. Jessica Kendall Ingram, preaching
Episcopal Supervisor, First Episcopal District AMEC
1:30pm - 3:00pm Lunch (on your own)
3:00pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Workshops:
Clergy and Laity Evangelism Worshop
The Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr., facilitator
Grand Ballroom
Spiritual Transformation for Women
The Rev. Dr. Jessica Kendal Ingram, facilitator
Kent
5:30pm - 7:15pm Dinner (on your own)
7:30pm - 9:30pm Evening Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
The Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, preaching
Historiographer/ Executive Director
Department of Research and Scholarship AMEC
Friday, March 16
8:00am - 10:00am Vendor Exhibits Open - Grand Foyer
8:00am - 9:00am "Morning Glory" Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, preaching
Senior Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
9:30am - 11:45am Plenary Session I - Grand Ballroom
The Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning, facilitator
Pastor, Ebenezer AME Church
Ft. Washington, MD
12:00pm - 1:30pm "Mid-Day" Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
Bishop Simon Gordon, preaching
Senior Pastor, Triedstone Church of Chicago
Jurisdictional Bishop, Midwest Region FGBC
1:30pm - 3:00pm Lunch (on your own)
3:00pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Workshops:
Clergy Session
"Preaching for Transformation"
The Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, facilitator
Grand Ballroom
Laity and Young Adult Workshop
"Pastoral Care"
The Rev. Dr. Tina Armstrong, facilitator
Kent
5:30pm - 7:15pm Dinner (on your own)
7:30pm - 9:30pm Evening Worship Service - Grand Ballroom
The Rev. Dr. Kelon Duke, preaching
Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church of Glenwood
Glenwood, IL
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Saturday, March 17
7:00am - 8:30am Spiritual Empowerment Breakfast (ticketed)
Oak Brook Ballroom
8:00am - 1:00pm Vendor Exhibits Open - Grand Foyer
9:00am - 11:00am Closing Plenary Session - Grand Ballroom
The Rt. Rev. John Franklin White, facilitator
Presiding Prelate, Fourth Episcopal District AMEC
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