On Wednesday United Methodist Clergy and Laity from around New England will make the journey to Wenham, MA for our Annual Conference Gathering. Four of us from Faith UMC will be attending. Liz and I will be there as laity and clergy delegates. Tricia and Julie will be going as Equalization Members.

This year the theme for Annual Conference is "Living Side By Side: The Broken and The Whole." The four days of Annual Conference will be filled with worship, business meetings, reports from various Conference committees and speakers from missions and ministries around the nation and the world. There will also be a fair amount of food and fellowship! Other highlights of this year's Annual Conference will include the election of delegates to General Conference, a 5k run / walk to raise money to fight malaria, and several interesting Learning Centers.

This will be the second year that Vermont has been a part of the New England Annual Conference gathering. Please pray for those attending Annual Conference, including Bishop Peter Weaver who has the very important (and exhausting) ministry of presiding at all of our Conferencing Sessions. Pray for safe travel and that all delegates will be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit as important decisions are made.

Tricia, Liz, Julie and I will share the highlights of Annual Conference with you when we get back!