Annual Conference Session 2021

2021 Online Annual Conference Session
Monday, June 7

2021-2022 Appointments: Click here to view the 2021-2022 Pastoral Appointments.

The Reading of the Appointments: Click here to watch the reading of the appointments.

Annual Conference Recap: South Georgia Report to UM News Service.

Local Church Recap Resource: Click here for a printable recap to use in telling the story of the 2021 Annual Conference.

Annual Conference Advocate Articles

• Bishop Bryan leads fifth and final South Georgia Annual Conference session

• Bishop Graves introduced

• Conference remembers, celebrates, and honors during worship services

• Alive Together at the Table through mission, ministry & evangelism

• Laity Cabinet connects laity, conference leadership

• Conference completes its pre-1982 pension and benefits obligations

• Videos highlight ways Conference is alive

• General Conference delegation update: Pray and prepare

• Bishop Bryan sets 2021-2022 pastoral appointments

2021 Annual Conference Worship Services 

• Retirement Recognition Service | June 1 | Watch now
• Memorial Service | June 3  | Watch now
• Ordination Service with Commissioning | June 6  | Watch now

Other Videos

• Greeting from Bishop Graves

• John Wesley Moment 1

• John Wesley Moment 2

• Laity Cabinet Report

• Delegation Report

• Connectional Ministries: Camp Connect 

• Connectional Ministries: Book Club

• Connectional Ministries: Disaster Response Highlight

• Connectional Ministries: Mission Spotlight

• Connectional Ministries: Black History Month Highlight (Patsy Thomas)

• S3 Video

• Golden Cross Fund

• One Matters Award

• Certified Lay Ministry

• Special Music: As We Gather At Your Table

• Interpretive Dance: At This Table

Annual Conference 2022 is set for June 5-8 in Columbus, GA.

South Georgia Annual Conference 2021 In Brief

The 155th South Georgia Annual Conference began Tuesday, June 1, with the online Clergy Session. The clergy of the South Georgia Conference met online to approve the Business of the Annual Conference report, hear updates from the Orders, and affirm their covenant community.

That evening, the conference gathered virtually to honor 11 pastors retiring this year: James Robert Beckum; Remer Logan “Brad” Brady, III; Columbus B. Burns, III; Darrell Carter; Eddie J. Conaway, Jr.; Bob Mark Moon; Gary V. Page; Norris Ashley Randall, Jr.; Carol Morgan Smith; Stephen Lee Vinson; and Shareon N. Womack. The conference also celebrated with those pastors who have served 50 years in the ministry: Nathan C. Godley, J. Dan Robinson, William L. Strickland, Marcus V. Tripp, and Richard E. Turner. Watch the Retirement Recognition service. 

On Thursday, June 3, South Georgia United Methodists gathered virtually for the Memorial Service to remember the faithful clergy and clergy spouses who passed away between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021. Dr. Brad Brady, senior pastor of Perry UMC, preached. Watch the Memorial Service 

Clergy Remembered: Carl Eugene “Gene” Cariker, Sr.; Clifford Kendrick “Cliff” Wallace; Tommy Elmer McCook, Jr.; Henry Kenyon Erwin; Irie Monroe Cyree; Mark Kase; James Hicks “Jim” Snell Jr.; Marcelle G. Myers; Douglas Tripp Holden; Jefferson Brooks Partain; James Ellis Boyd; Randy J. Mosley; Richard Allen Trawick; Thomas Ned “Tom” Young; D. Marvin Goodman; Edwin Lee Holton; Rosalie Sue Cottrill DeJournett; Michael Alva “Mike” McAfee, Sr.; Paul Whitfield Dupree; Charles Franklin McCook; Arthur Lanier Bishop; Joseph Wesley Jones, Jr.; William Beniah “Bill” Willis, Jr.; Matthew J. Hearn; William Metts Whipple; John Thomas Edwards, Jr.

Spouses Remembered: Roslyn Elizabeth Harris, Rosemary J. Ayres, Juanita Hale Wilder, Kathleen M. Edwards, Joyce T. Myers, Carroll Victoria “Vicki” Baker, Jacquelyn Battle Tillman, Rudolph Thomas, Marlene Nettles Thornton, Renee May Lunn Knight, Michael Lamont “Micky” Newton, Mamie Lorene Burgess Sauls, Emmie Carlton Johnson, Wendy Jo Peavy, Mae Dobbs Jones, Melba Benson Belcher, Elizabeth Bussell Thompson, Freiya Elizabeth Brown

On Sunday, June 6, the Conference worshipped online and in-person and affirmed our common call to ministry and celebrated the call to ordained ministry in the life of one ordinand, Eric Kyle Mayle, and four provisional members, William Rushton Black, Tamara Lynn Humphries, Pamela Vaughn Johnston, and James Patrick Owens. Bishop R. Lawson Bryan preached. 

On Monday, June 7, South Georgia United Methodists gathered online for a time of holy conferencing. Bishop R. Lawson Bryan presided over the Annual Conference Session and welcomed delegates and guests to the 2021 Annual Conference session. Gathering under the theme of “Alive Together at the Table,” Bishop Bryan invited the annual conference to celebrate and affirm all that has been accomplished in mission and ministry during the past year. Another historic session, this year’s gathering was again online, and clergy and laity participated from their living rooms, home offices, and churches. Among other agenda items during the one-day session, leaders were elected, a budget was adopted, and appointments were set. The conference expressed words of gratitude to Bishop Bryan who will be retiring on August 31, 2021, after five years in ministry with the South Georgia Conference. Members received greetings from Bishop David Graves, who will begin an interim period of Episcopal oversight to South Georgia on September 1, 2021. This year’s special offering was for the South Georgia Conference Golden Cross Fund.

Worship Services

Retiree Recognition Service - June 1 (Watch now | View list of names)

Memorial Service begins - June 3 (Watch now | View list of names)

Service of Ordination with Commissioning - June 6  (Watch now | View list of names)