2024 Annual Conference
News
- An Overview of the Session: Annual Conference sessions ignites spirit of vitality
- Wrap-up pdf from the Session: UMConnection Wrap-up:
- Opening Worship: Bishop LaTrelle Easterling opens BWC Annual Conference with fiery words of wisdom
- Oriole's Game: "Take us out to the ballgame!" BWC pays a visit to Camden Yards
- Service of Remembrance: BWC honors conference members with joy-filled service of remembrance
- Ministries report to Conference: Council unveils ministry data tool
- From the BWC's Queer Clergy Caucus: A statement and prayer
- Ordination: Ordination service kindles fire in set-apart servants
Photos & Videos
Worship and Plenary Sessions videos:
- Video of Opening Worship Service
- Video of May 30 Bible Study and Morning Session
- Video of Memorial Service
- Video of May 30 Afternoon Session
- Video of May 31 Bible Study and Morning Session
- Video of Ordination Service
Clergy and lay members gathered in holy conferencing at the 240th session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference on Wednesday, May 29, through Friday, May 31, at the Hilton Hotel in Baltimore.
The theme of the conference, presided over by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, was “Like Fire Shut Up in Our Bones,” inspired by Jeremiah 20:9. The guiding Scripture passage for the Annual Conference session is Romans 12:1, 9-12: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. … Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.”