Forty-seventh Annual Session of the Texas Annual Conference of the South Central Jurisdiction

May 29-June 1, 2016

Bishop Janice Riggle Huie

Hilton Americas-Houston Houston, Texas Assistant to the Bishop Rev. B.T. Williamson Host District Superintendent Rev. Andy Noel

Please retain this copy for use at all Conference Sessions Opening of Annual Conference Sunday, May 29, 2016 2:00 – 6:00 pm Registration-Clergy & Laity (Hilton 4th Level) 7:00 pm Opening Celebration Preacher: Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Lanier Grand Ballroom) Opening of TAC 2016 Episcopal Address

First Day of Annual Conference Monday, May 30, 2016 8:00 am-6:00 pm Registration-Clergy & Laity (Hilton 4th Level) 8:30 am Business Session I (Lanier Grand Ballroom) Bracketed numbers indicate minutes allowed for each report. Please note your position on the agenda, and move toward the chancel area before your report is called. Prayer – David Horton Roll Call – Russell Hall [5] Memorial Day Recognition Hiram “Doc” Jones [4] Conference Lay Leader Stephanie Griffin [8] Retirement Video #1 [5] Consent Calendar [4] [5] – Justin Coleman Chancellors’ Report [10] Retiree Video #2 [5] 9:20 am Morning Devotional – “Why I’m Hopeful About the United Methodist Church” – David Briggs 9:40 am Break 10:00 am Laity Session (Ballroom of the Americas- Sections A, B, & C) 10:15 am Clergy Session (Lanier Grand Ballroom) 11:30 am Lunch Break 1:30 pm Memorial Service Preacher: Dr. Chuck Simmons (Lanier Grand Ballroom) 2:45 pm Break 3:00 pm Keynote–“Preparar el Camino” presented in English - Ruben Saenz 4:00 pm Business Session II Retiree Video #3 [5] Board of Ordained Ministry Carol Bruse [25] Benefits [25] Pensions – Rick Sitton Health – Sharon Sabom Retiree Video #4 [5] Prayer – Kayla King

5:00 pm Dinner Break 6:00 pm Gathering for Evening Honoring Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Ballroom of the Americas) 7:00 pm Dinner Honoring Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Ballroom of the Americas)

Second Day of Annual Conference Tuesday, May 31, 2016 8:30 am Business Session III (Lanier Grand Ballroom) Bracketed numbers indicate minutes allowed for each report. Please note your position on the agenda, and move toward the chancel area before your report is called. Prayer – Silverio T. Sanchez Retiree Video #5 [5] Clergy Excellence Recognition [10] Gail Ford Smith & Elizabeth Duffin Election of Institutional Trustees [5] – B.T. Williamson Archives & History [5] - Faulk Landrum Conference Advance Special [10] World Methodist Conference 2016 Sarah Wilke [10] 9:20 am Morning Devotional – “Why I’m Hopeful About the United Methodist Church” – Hannah Terry 9:40 am Business Session IV Retirement Video #6 [5] C F & A Report [20] Equitable Comp [5] Retirement Video #7 [5] Prayer – John Fuller 10:15 am Break 10:30 am Keynote– “Whose Kids Are They?” Tom Berlin 12:00 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Service of Honoring Retirees (Lanier Grand Ballroom) 2:45 pm Break 3:00 pm Business Session V Report from General Conference [15] Chap Temple & Reggie Clemons Nominations Report [15] – B.T. Williamson 3:30 pm Keynote– “Inspired Leadership” Bishop Prayer – Linda Davis 4:30 pm Dinner Break 7:00 pm Service of Commissioning & Ordination Preacher: Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Lanier Grand Ballroom)

Last Day of Annual Conference Wednesday, June 1, 2016 8:30 am Business Session VI (Lanier Grand Ballroom) Bracketed numbers indicate minutes allowed for each report. Please note your position on the agenda, and move toward the chancel area before your report is called. Prayer – Jerry Massey Retiree Video #8 [5] Resolutions Presentation [15] Lakeview Conference Center [5] Matt Idom Retiree Video #9 [5] Core Leadership Team [10] – Reggie Clemons Episcopal Transition Plans [5] – Gary Wooley Vibrant Church Initiative [5] – Mike Tyson 9:20 am Morning Devotional – “Why I’m Hopeful About the United Methodist Church” – Jacob Breeze 9:40 am Business Session VII Retirement Video #10 [5] Clergy Recruitment & Emerging Leader’s Endowment [10] – Elizabeth Duffin New Church Starts [5] – Jeff Olive Communications & Social Media [5] Paula Arnold Mission Depot [5] – Scott Moore Retirement Video #11 [5] Episcopacy Committee “Transition” [10] Tom Pace Youth & Young Adult Ministries [5] Eddie Erwin Prayer – Roy James 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Service of Sending Forth Preacher: Rev. Bill Taylor 12:00 pm Adjourn

Special Guests Tom Berlin Rev. Berlin, a native of Winchester, Virginia, has more than 28 years of experience in the local church. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the Candler School of Theology. He has served both small and large congregations in the Virginia Annual Conference. His current appointment is Lead Pastor of Floris UMC in Herndon, Virginia. His interests are preaching, teaching and church renewal and vitality. An exciting part of Floris’ international outreach has been the establishment of the Child Rescue Centre for children affected by child labor and trafficking and Mercy Hospital in partnership with the Sierra Leone Annual Conference. Tom serves as the Chair of the Board of Governors for Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. He led the Virginia clergy delegation to General and Jurisdictional Conference in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Tom is married to Karen Loughry Berlin. They have four daughters: Rebekah, Kathryn, Hannah & Sarah.

Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey In September 2012 Bishop Harvey was elected as Bishop of the Louisiana Annual Conference. It is composed of 486 congregations and 118,725 members which encompasses the entire state of Louisiana. In connection with Episcopal assignment, she serves on the Boards of Trustees for Centenary College, Dillard University and the United Methodist Foundation in Louisiana. She also chairs the National Plan for Hispanic and Latino Ministries for the UMC. She served as President of the South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops from 2013-14. She currently serves as Secretary of the Council of Bishops. After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, Bishop Harvey spent 12 years in the corporate world as a regional director of marketing for the Rouse Company. In 1992, she responded to a life-long call and began her ministerial work as a local pastor and continuing later to Perkins School of Theology, earning a Master of Divinity. Bishop Harvey served in the Texas Annual Conference from 1992-2010, before serving as the Deputy General Secretary for UMCOR. Bishop Harvey was born in Big Spring, Texas. She and her husband, Dean have one daughter, Elizabeth Grace.

Ruben Saenz Rev. Dr. Saenz is an engaging, adaptive, and bridge-building church leader currently serving as the Rio Texas Director of Connectional Ministries and the Executive Director of the Mission Vitality Center. His focus is to develop systems and programs that help local churches reach the rapidly changing mission field, along with a passion for creating new places to reach new people with the Gospel. He has also been an integral part of the team that created the unification plan that led to the merger of the Southwest Texas and Rio Grande . Prior to his conference level work, Dr. Saenz demonstrated his ability to bring vitality and growth to the local church through reaching out to the community and raising up and training lay leadership. During his 14-year tenure at the local church level he incorporated 345 persons into church life. He led his congregations to address the issues of generational, social, and systemic poverty that plague the region. The average worship attendance at his two-point charge La Trinidad/El Divino Redentor grew by 200% in four years, and grew by 150% over ten years at El Buen. Giving increased by over 300% in both appointments. Saenz is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and received his Master of Divinity and his Doctor of Ministry degrees from Perkins School of Theology. He is married to Maye and they have four children, all active in the life of the church with his two sons-Aaron and Ruben III serving new church starts in the Rio Texas Conference.

Schedule of Events Saturday, May 28, 2016 6:00 pm Cabinet Dinner (Hilton Skyline) Sunday, May 29, 2016 2:00 pm TAC 2015 Registration (4th Level) 2:00 pm UMW C-Program Committee Meeting (330) 3:00 pm Lifetouch Photography Studio (338) 4:00 pm BOM Meeting & Dinner (339 A/B) 5:00 pm Breaking the Silence Dinner (Ballroom of the Americas-Sections A & B) 8:00 pm U35 Meet & Greet (335 A/B) 8:30 pm Candidates Practice (Lanier Grand Ballroom)

Monday, May 30, 2016 All day Childcare (342-346) All day Clergy Spouse’s Hospitality Room (334) All day Cokesbury Book Store (340 A/B) All day Display Fair (2nd & 3rd Levels) All day Grab N Go Snack Bar (2nd Level) All day Information Technology (337 A) All day Laity Hospitality Room (333) All day Lifetouch Photography Studio (338) All day Nursing Mother’s Pump Room (327) All day Prayer Room-Celebration Women (430) 7:30 am Confessing Movement Breakfast (Ballroom of the Americas-Sections D & E) 7:30 am Restorative Justice Breakfast (339 A/B) 7:30 am Small Membership Church Breakfast (335 A) 7:30 am United Methodist Men’s Breakfast (330) 8:00 am Registration Continues until 6 pm (4th Level) 11:00 am Hispanic Ministry Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section D) 11:30 am Duke Divinity School Alumni Luncheon Hearsay on the Green/1515 Dallas St 11:30 am Friends of Wesley Foundation Luncheon (Fuddrucker’s on SW Freeway) 11:30 am Clergy Spouse’s Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section F) 12:00 pm Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Luncheon (330) 12:00 pm Christian Educator’s Fellowship Lunch (335 A/B) 12:00 pm Providence Place Luncheon (339 A/B) 12:00 pm United Methodist Women’s Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section E) 6:00 pm Gala Gathering (Ballroom of the Americas) 7:00 pm Gala Event (Ballroom of the Americas)

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 All day Childcare (342-346) All day Clergy Spouse’s Hospitality Room (334) All day Cokesbury Book Store (340 A/B) All day Display Fair (2nd & 3rd Levels) All day Grab N Go Snack Bar (2nd Level) All day Information Technology (337 A) All day Laity Hospitality Room (333) All day Lifetouch Photography Studio (338) All day Nursing Mother’s Pump Room (327) All day Prayer Room-Celebration Women (430) 7:30 am TAC Awards Breakfast (335 A/B) 7:30 am Church & Society and Religion & Race Breakfast (339 A/B) 7:30 am Laity Breakfast (Ballroom of the Americas-Section A) 8:00 am Group Health Benefits Fair (4th Level) 11:30 am Celebration Women’s Ministry Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section A) 12:00 pm Friends of Asbury Luncheon (Houston First UMC-Fellowship Hall) 12:00 pm Methodist Children’s Home Luncheon (335 A/B) 12:00 pm BMCR Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section F) 12:00 pm Perkins Friends & Alumni Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section C) 12:00 pm Retiree Luncheon (Ballroom of the Americas-Section D) 4:30 pm United Methodist Women’s Executive Dinner & Meeting (330) 4:45 pm Restorative Justice Meet & Greet (339 A) 5:30 pm Commissioning & Ordination Dinner (Ballroom of the Americas-Section A)

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1/2 day Childcare (342-346) 1/2 day Clergy Spouse’s Hospitality Room (334) 1/2 day Cokesbury Book Store (340 A/B) 1/2 day Display Fair (2nd & 3rd Levels) 1/2 day Grab N Go Snack Bar (2nd Level) 1/2 day Information Technology (337 A) 1/2 day Lifetouch Photography Studio (338) 1/2 day Nursing Mother’s Pump Room (327) 1/2 day Prayer Room-Celebration Women (430) 7:00 am Clergy Women’s Breakfast (335 A/B) 7:30 am Deacon’s Breakfast (339 A/B) 11:30 am Board of Ordained Ministry Meal & Meeting (339 A/B)