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4/23/2024

Bishop Robin Dease has named Murphy-Harpst as the 2024 North Georgia Annual Conference Special Offering.  Churches are invited to collect the offering any time before Annual Conference. One person from each local church will have an opportunity to present a check from their church during the Service of Remembrance on Thursday, June 13, or checks may be submitted to the Conference Treasurer's Office.  Over the last 100 years Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers has provided hope and healing to ...

4/15/2024

Candidate Interest Form Now Open The Conference Board of Laity and the Annual Conference Planning Committee are preparing to hold elections to fill vacancies in the North Georgia delegation to the 2024 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Background Due to the pandemic, the 2020 General Conference was postponed and will now meet April 23-May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Judicial Council has ruled that annual conferences may hold elections to fill vacancies in its General ...

2/29/2024

Each summer a number of North Georgia Conference clergy say farewell and thank you to one congregation and move on to serve their next appointment. To make coordination of these moves easier, an official "move day" is set by the Conference.  Four years ago, the Conference launched a new pattern for moves. The last Sunday in June is the final Sunday of a moving pastor's current appointment. The following Tuesday is "Move Day." The first Sunday of July is a Sunday off for the moving pastor. The ...

1/30/2024

Athens, Here We Come! The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles. All the believers were united and shared everything. —Acts 2:42-44 (CEB)   The Annual Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce that plans are underway for the 2024 North Georgia Conference session June 13-25 at The Classic Center in Athens.   Bishop...

10/26/2023

Bishop Robin Dease has called a special session of the North Georgia Annual Conference for Saturday, November 18, 2023. The session will be held at The Classic Center in Athens beginning at 10 am. Below are answers to questions about the Special Session. Updated November 16 Q: When and where is the called session? Saturday, November 18, at 10 a.m. at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. The session will be held in the Grand Hall, lower level.   Q: What is the purpose of this session of the ...

10/11/2023

Childcare for children 6 months through second grade will be available during the November 18 Special Session of Annual Conference. Hosted at Athens First UMC, the childcare is offered at no cost to parents and legal guardians of lay and clergy members of Annual Conference. Hours are 8 am to 6 pm.  Childcare staff are fully background checked and Safe Sanctuaries trained. Pre-registration is required. The registration form is coming soon.  Questions? Please contact Rev. Blair Boyd Zant at ...

8/3/2023

Bishop Robin Dease, episcopal leader of the North Georgia Conference, calls for a special session of the annual conference on Saturday, November 18, 2023, in accordance with ¶603.5 of the 2016 United Methodist Book of Discipline. The special session will be held at The Classic Center in Athens beginning at 10 a.m. The sole purpose of the special session is to vote on the ratification of local church disaffiliation requests. The special conference session will consider only matters pertaining to...

7/14/2023

Thanks to your generous giving, the 2023 North Georgia Annual Conference special offering total is $86,368.30 as of June 30! Half of these funds will go to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) and half will be used for North Georgia Conference Disaster Response efforts.  "This is wonderful news and a gracious response by our generous Church," said Rev. Scott Parrish, Conference Mission and Disaster Recovery Specialist.  In 2023 tornadoes caused significant damage across North Georgia. ...

6/12/2023

At Annual Conference 2023, North Georgia United Methodists celebrated the impact of two years of Barnes Fund investments. Hear from some of the recipients in this video.  In 2023, the Barnes Evaluation and Administrative Team (or BEAT for short) is on track to invest $1,272,370 in mission and ministry across our Annual Conference. Already this year BEAT has funded 17 grants. These grants include a broad spectrum of ministry, including funds for community centers, digital and technical ...

6/8/2023

North Georgia Annual Conference The Classic Center, Athens, Georgia June 1-3, 2023 Bishop Robin Dease, presiding   The 2023 North Georgia Annual Conference session was held June 1-3 at The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, with Bishop Robin Dease presiding. Approximately 2,000 United Methodists gathered for the session under the theme “I will pour out my spirit on all,” based on Joel 2:28. Together we worshiped, shared meals, deliberated, sang, prayed, and carried out the work of the church. (...

5/28/2023

Bishop Robin Dease shares a message with North Georgia United Methodists as we prepare for Annual Conference 2023.   ¡De explicando a demonstrando! Joel 2.28 Aquí estoy en Athens con el equipo de planificación de la conferencia y juntos estamos finalizando las logísticas necesarias en preparación para la Conferencia Anual del Norte de Georgia.  ¡Qué alegría tenemos cuando nos unimos con otras Metodistas Unidas para alabar a Dios y realizar el trabajo de la Iglesia!  Esta Conferencia Anual nos ...

5/25/2023

As we prepare for our annual United Methodist homecoming where we will gather, worship, share meals, and carry out the business of the church, here are a few helpful notes.  Download or Print Your Digital Handbook Make sure you have downloaded or printed the digital handbook before you get to Athens, including any addenda or updates. The handbook includes our agenda, reports, parking pass, and other important information.  HANDBOOK Prepare for Worship Service of Remembrance | Thursday, June ...

4/3/2023

Bishop Robin Dease has chosen UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief) and our Conference Disaster Response efforts as the 2023 North Georgia Annual Conference Special Offering.  Churches are invited to collect the offering any time before Annual Conference. One person from each local church will have an opportunity to present a check from their church during the Service of Remembrance on Thursday, June 1, or checks may be submitted to the Conference Office.  Part of the offering will ...

3/17/2023

Childcare for children 6 months through rising kindergarten will be available during Annual Conference 2023, at no cost to member parents and legal guardians. Childcare will be hosted at Athens First UMC. Online pre-registration is required. Registration goes live May 7 at ngumc.org/AC2023. Questions? Please contact Rev. Blair Boyd Zant at blair.zant@ngumc.net. 

3/8/2023

Plans are well underway for the 2023 North Georgia Annual Conference session. Bishop Robin Dease will preside over the three-day annual "homecoming" June 1-3 (a Thursday through Saturday) in Athens. The focus will be on our theme, "I will pour out my spirit on all..." based on Joel 2:28. One emphasis will be on intergenerational participation this year.  Preparation In the spirit of the hymn lyric, "Tune my heart to sing thy grace," Bishop Dease invites all North Georgia United Methodists to ...

3/2/2023

Each summer a number of North Georgia Conference clergy say farewell and thank you to one congregation and move on to serve their next appointment. To make coordination of these moves easier, an official "move day" is set by the Conference.  Beginning in the summer of 2020, the Conference launched a new pattern for moves. The last Sunday in June is the final Sunday of a moving pastor's current appointment. The following Tuesday is "Move Day." The first Sunday of July is a Sunday off for the ...

1/5/2023

After receiving input from the Annual Conference Planning Committee and Conference Secretary, Bishop Robin Dease has revised the schedule for the 2023 North Georgia Annual Conference to shorten the session by one day. Annual Conference will now be held June 1-3, 2023—a Thursday to Saturday.  The dates were originally set for May 31 to June 3 (four days) to allow for voting for General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegates. Last month the United Methodist Judicial Council offered clarity that ...

6/27/2022

Laity Luncheon Address Russell Davis, North Georgia Camp and Retreat Ministries 2022 North Georgia Annual Conference June 2, 2022 DOWNLOAD SLIDES   I’m not exactly sure why Nate asked me to do this…As leaders of your congregations you all are the experts of how to run churches, so I’m not sure that I have anything helpful to bring to this conference “table” today.   In fact, camp and retreat ministries exist because they uniquely offer a change of perspective, an experience of “creative ...

6/13/2022

Racial Justice and Healing Academy Launching Soon ngumc.org/racial-justice-and-healing-academy By Rev. Brian Tillman I was in the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta one day. In the bottom level the King papers are held on a rotating display. On this occasion there was a pamphlet that Dr. King contributed to. He wrote about the aims of his resistance efforts and the strategy behind them. In it, he wrote something like, “We aim to resist in such a way that when we are ...

6/8/2022

North Georgia Annual Conference The Classic Center, Athens, Georgia June 2-4, 2022 Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson, presiding   The 2022 North Georgia Annual Conference session was held June 2-4 at The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, with Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson presiding. After two years of virtual sessions, 1,800 United Methodists gathered for a conference that felt like a homecoming under the theme of “A Place for You at The Table.”   Among the highlights of the session were: the ...