General Conference 2016 Schedule (tentative)
Wednesday, 29 June – Saturday, 2 July
Saturday, 2 July
12:00 – Registration Opens
Sunday, 3 July
| 8:00am – 8:00pm | Registration and Hospitality Desk Open |
| 9:00-10:00am | Worship with Rev. Elder Freda Smith |
| 3:00pm – 4:30pm | Volunteer Orientation |
| 8:00pm – 9:30pm | Special Event: Concert with Bobbie Jo Valentine |
Monday, 4 July – Conference Begins!
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Breakfast on your own |
| 8:00am – 7:00pm | Registration and Info Desk |
| 9:00am – 5:00pm | Children and Youth Programs |
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Opening Plenary with Keynote Speaker Ani Zonneveld and Welcome |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00pm – 5:00pm | Business Forum |
| 1:30pm – 10:00pm | EXPO Opens |
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Dinner on your own |
| 7:30pm – 9:00pm | Opening Worship |
| 9:00pm – 10:00pm | Opening Reception |
| 9:30pm – 11:00pm | Affinity Groups |
Tuesday, 5 July
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Breakfast on your own |
| 12 Step Meeting | |
| Yoga | |
| 7:30am – 8:15pm | Older Adults Affinity Group |
| 7:30am – 8:15pm | Global Readings of the Bible |
| 8:00am – 5:30pm | Children and Youth Programs |
| 8:00am – 7:00pm | Registration and Hospitality Desk Open |
| Expo Open | |
| 8:30am – 9:30am | Morning Worship |
| 10:15am – 12:00pm | Business Meeting |
| 11:00am – 11:25am | Pop Topic |
| 11:30am – 11:55am | Pop Topic |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm | Lunch Break (on your own) |
| 1:30pm – 5:00pm | Business Meeting |
| 1:30pm – 4:25pm | Pop Topics in 25 minute sessions |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Press Conference |
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Dinner Break (on your own) |
| 7:00pm – 8:30pm | Evening Worship |
| 9:00pm – 10:30pm | Evening Event: Vickie Shaw |
| 9:00pm – 10:30pm | Affinity Groups |
Wednesday, 6 July
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Breakfast on you own |
| 12 Step Meeting | |
| Yoga | |
| 7:30am – 8:15am | Global Readings of the Bible |
| 8:00am – 2:00pm | Registration and Hospitality Desk Open |
| EXPO open | |
| 8:00am – 2:00pm | Children and Youth Programs |
| 8:30am – 9:30am | Morning Worship |
| 10:00am – 11:00am | Celebrating Rev. Nancy Wilson’s Retirement |
| 11:15pm – 12:45pm | Human Rights Plenary with Mariela Castro |
| 1:00pm – 7:00pm | FREE TIME |
| 7:00pm – 8:30pm | Evening Worship |
| 9:30pm – 11:00pm | Evening Event: Film Screening, Upstairs Inferno |
Thursday, 7 July
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Breakfast on your own |
| 12 Step Meeting | |
| Yoga | |
| 8:00am – 5:00pm | Children and Youth Programs |
| 8:00am – 7:00pm | Registration and Info Desk |
| EXPO Open | |
| 8:30am – 9:15am | Bible Study |
| 9:30am – 10:30am | Morning Worship |
| 11:00am – 12:45am | Plenary Session with Jennifer Finney Boylan (book signing to follow) |
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Lunch on your own |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | Workshops (90 minute sessions) |
| 2:00pm-5:25pm | Pop Topics (25 minute sessions) |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm | Workshops (90 minute sessions) |
| 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Dinner Break (on your own) |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Evening Worship |
| 8:15-10:00pm | Moderator’s Circle Reception (by invitation) |
| 9:00pm – 10:30pm | Special Event: Jade Estrada |
Friday, 8 July
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Breakfast on your own | ||
| 12 Step Meeting, Yoga | |||
| 8:00am – 5:00pm | Children and Youth Programs | ||
| 8:00am – 3:00pm | Registration and Hospitality Desk Open | ||
| Resource EXPO | |||
| 8:15am – 9:00am | Bible Study | ||
| 9:30am – 10:30am | Morning Worship | ||
| 11:00am-5:30pm | Day-Long Institute with Rev. Don Eastman | ||
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11:00am – 12:30am |
Workshops (90 minute sessions) |
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| 11:00am – 12:25pm | Pop Topics (25 minute sessions) | ||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch Break (on your own) | ||
| 1:30pm – 3:00pm | Workshops (90 minute sessions) | ||
| 1:30pm – 3:25pm | Pop Topic (25 minute sessions) | ||
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Workshops (90 minute sessions) | ||
| 3:30pm – 5:25pm | Pop Topics (25 minute sessions) | ||
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Dinner Break (on your own) | ||
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Closing Worship | ||
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Closing Reception Dance Party & Celebration with New Moderator |