XVII. CONFERENCE CALENDAR

XVII. CONFERENCE CALENDAR

OCTOBER 2018 1 Seminary Student Grants & Loans Application deadline 1 Clergy Development Application deadline 2 Conference Rules Committee, UM Center, 10 a.m. 3 Church Development Team, UM, Center, 9:30 a.m. 4-6 Board of Trustees mtg., Randolph College 6 UMW Budget mtg., UM Center, 9:30 a.m. 9 Clergywomen’s Collective, UM Center, 10 a.m. 9 Bishops’ Foundation, UM Center, 11 a.m. 11 Conference Board Chair mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 13 Missional Ministries Board, UM Center, 10 a.m 14-19 Academy for Spiritual Formation, Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond 17 Council of Finance and Administration, UM Center, 10 a.m. 18 5 Talent Academy, Floris UMC, Herndon (livestreamed at other locations) 18-19 BMCR Gathering, Atlanta, GA 19-20 Randolph-Macon College Trustees mtg., Randolph-Macon College, 9 a.m. 25-26 UMW Misson Team &Executive Committee mtg., Chestnut Memorial UMC, Newport 26-28 News 27 UMMen Spiritual Advance, Baylake UMC, Virginia Beach 27 UMW 46th Annual Meeting, Chestnut Memorial UMC, Newport News Folklife Festival, Ferrum College NOVEMBER 2018 2 Ferrum College Board of Trustees mtg., Ferrum College 5-6 BCS/UMVIM trip to Holy Land 7 VAPAUMCS “Explore Your Connection” event, UM Center, 9:30 a.m. 8 Common Table for Church Vitality, UM Center, 10 a.m. 9-11 Middle School Retreat, Eagle Eyrie, Lynchburg 9-11 SEJ UMMen mtg., Lake Junaluska, NC 10 BCS hearing on fracking and gas pipelines, Mt. Olivet UMC, Newport 13 Ethics 101: Sexual Ethics Training (for newly appointed clergy/interested church professionals), UM Center 13 Preachers’ Relief Society Annual mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 14 VUMPI, UM Center, Glen Allen, 10 a.m. 21 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Thanksgiving observance 22-23 UM Center closed, Thanksgiving observance 28 Church Development Team, UM Center, 9:30 a.m. 28 Equitable Compensation Commission, UM Center, 10 a.m. 30-Dec. 2 High School Retreat, Eagle Eyrie, Lynchburg

DECEMBER 2018 7 Full and Associate Membership paper deadline 8 UMMen Cabinet, UM Center, Glen Allen, 9:30 a.m. 21 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Christmas observance 24-26 UM Center closed for Christmas observance

JANUARY 2019 1 UM Center closed, New Year’s Day observance 8 Clergywomen’s Collective, UM Center, 10 a.m. 11 Provisional Membership and Certification paper deadline 11-12 Candidacy Summit, Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond 12 UMW Mission Team mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 19 CEMCA UM Center, Glen Allen, 10 a.m. 21 UM Center closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day 27-30 Board of Ordained Ministry, Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond 30 Council on Finance and Administration, UM Center, 10 a.m.

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FEBRUARY 2019 1 Deadline for Conference Benevolence Grants 1 Calling 21 Intern application deadline 7 UM Day at General Assembly, Bon Air UMC, Richmond 7-8 Board of Church and Society, UM Center 7-9 Randolph College Board of Trustees, Randolph College 9 Missional Ministries Board, UM Center, 10 a.m. 9 UMMen Cabinet mtg., Glen Allen, 9:30 a.m. 13 CLDDT, UM Center, 10 a.m. 15 Clergy Retirement Request deadline 15 Transfer and Minister of Another Denomination application deadline 15 Randolph-Macon College Trustees, Randolph-Macon College, 9 a.m. 17-20 Board of Ordained Ministry mtg., Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond 21 Common Table for Church Vitality, UM Center, 10 a.m. 23-26 Called General Conference 27 Conference Rules Committee, UM Center, 10 a.m. TBD National Association of UMMen Conference Presidents, Nashville

MARCH 2019 4 Conference Trustees, UM Center, 10 a.m. 4 UMMen Cabinet mtg., Glen Allen, 9:30 a.m. 8 Deadline for Book of Reports 9 Board of Laity, UM Center, 9:30 a.m. 10 Ferrum Board of Trustees, Ferrum College 11 Ferrum College Commencement 14 CEMCA, UM Center, Glen Allen, 10 a.m. 21 Common Table for Church Vitality Mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 21 VUMPI, UM Center, Glen Allen, 10 a.m. 23 Ethics 101: Sexual Ethics Training (for newly appointed clergy, interested church professionals), UM Center 28 UMW Mission Team mtg., location TBD 29-30 UMW Executive Committee mtg., location TBD

APRIL 2019 1 Clergy Development application deadline 9 Clergywomen’s Collective, UM Center, 11 a.m. 18 UM Center closes 1 p.m., Good Friday observance 19 UM Center closed, Good Friday observance

MAY 2019 2-4 Randolph College Board of Trustees, Randolph College 3-4 Randolph-Macon College Trustees mtg., Randolph-Macon, 9 a.m. 10 Ferrum College Board of Trustees mtg., Ferrum College 11 Ferrum College Commencement 12 Randolph College Commencement 24- 31 Licensing School, Virginia 24 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Memorial Day observance 27 UM Center closed, Memorial Day observance TBD UMW Spiritual Life Retreat, location TBD

JUNE 2019 1 Randolph-Macon College commencement, 10 a.m. 1 UMW Day at Ferrum College 16 Peace with Justice Sunday 21 UMW Breakfast at Annual Conference, Roanoke 20-22 Annual Conference, Roanoke

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JULY 2019 3 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Independence Day observance 4 UM Center closed, Independence Day observance 28-30 Virginia Conference Mission Encounter, location TBD

AUGUST 2019 1 Deadline for Special/Sustaining Program Grant applications 30 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Labor Day observance

SEPTEMBER 2019 2 UM Center closed, Labor Day observance 9 Conference Trustees, UM Center, 10 a.m. 13-14 UMW Young Women’s Retreat, Camp Overlook, Keezletown 19 Common Table for Church Vitality, UM Center, 10 a.m.

OCTOBER 2019 3-5 Randolph College Board of Trustees, Randolph College 5 UMW Budget mtg., UM Center 10 CLDDT, UM Center, Glen Allen, 10 a.m. 12 Missional Ministries Board mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 17 Conference Board Chair mtg., UM Center, 10 a.m. 11-12 Randolph-Macon College Trustees mtg., Randolph-Macon, 9 a.m. 24-25 UMW Mission Team & Executive Committees, location TBD 26 UMW 47th Annual Meeting, location TBD

NOVEMBER 2019 5-16 BCS-sponsored UMVIM trip to Holy Land 14 Common Table for Church Vitality, UM Center, 10 a.m. 27 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Thanksgiving observance 28-29 UM Center closed, Thanksgiving observance

DECEMBER 2019 23 UM Center closes at 1 p.m., Christmas observance 24-26 UM Center closed, Christmas observance

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CALENDAR BCS Board of Church and Society BMCR Black Methodists for Church Renewal BOM Board of Ordained Ministry CEMCA Commission on Ethnic Minority Concerns and Advocacy CFA Council on Finance and Administration CLDDT Conference Leadership Discovery and Development Team RMC Randolph-Macon College TBA To Be Announced TBD To Be Determined UMC UMMen United Methodist Men UMW United Methodist Women UM Center Virginia United Methodist Center in Glen Allen VCC Virginia Council of Churches VUMPI Virginia United Methodist Pensions, Inc.

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