2023 Annual Conference Session

The annual conference is the basic body in The United Methodist Church and sessions of the annual conference have historically been a time for the people called Methodists to gather, give account to God of the work they have done and their stewardship of the resources God has given them since they last met.  It has also been a holy time to discern God’s will for their future, a time when persons called to ordained ministry are commissioned and ordained, and both clergy and lay personnel and financial resources are deployed for ministry.  Above all, annual conference sessions have been connectional gatherings where the gathered have experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit and have been revived for God’s holy work.  
 
The Annual Conference session will consider legislation, recognize retiring clergy, celebrate a Memorial service to honor clergy and clergy spouses that have passed during the previous year, and fix the appointments of pastors to the various charges.
 
Annual conferences are geographically defined and each year, across the denomination, the clergy members of the conference meet with at least an equal number of lay members in their annual conference session for worship, fellowship, and to conduct the business of the conference, which may last three to five days. The area bishop presides over these meetings. This will be the 175th session of the California-Nevada Annual Conference.

The survey for Annual Conference 2023 is a series of individual 3 question surveys for the morning, afternoon and evening plenaries across Thursday ...

Whether you have been in Sacramento or following ACS 2023 virtually, thank you for joining in our annual gathering, our homecoming. Interim Bishop ...

Whether you have been in Sacramento or following ACS 2023 virtually, thank you for joining in our annual gathering, our homecoming. If you have not ...

After worship, the plenary session opened with reports from the cabinet sharing statistics on church growth. Items 3a-c regarding closures of ...

“It’s alright to put those hands together,” stated a member of guest band from Chicago, The Many, as the morning worship music started Friday morning,...

Clergy and Lay members of the California-Nevada Annual Conference gathered on Thursday afternoon, June 15th to begin activities for the 175th Session ...

Editor's note: Pastors Nathan Sam-Whistler and Roy Pina joined Communications Associate Hanna Widlund for a brief interview to help unpack the work of...

In this season of local church disaffiliations; conferences across the connection are seeking to navigate all of the complex relational issues, legal ...

Welcome to the “Hospitality Hub”! Our ACS Hospitality Committee has gathered mealtime events and information so that you will know what is going on ...

 The report on the work and findings of the Children’s Ministry Task Force is now available on the conference website. The report addresses ...

The Cal-Nev Conference Committee on Mission Service (CCMS) invites clergy and lay delegates and mission supporters to dinner on Saturday, June 17th ...

ACS 2023 Orientation: Conference Interim Bishop Sally Dyck shares greetings   ACS 2023 Orientation: Conference Treasurer Diane Knudsen discusses ...

The countdown to Annual Conference 2023 is on! We will gather at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento from June 15-18, so if you ...

The deadline to nominate youth or young adults as delegates to Annual Conference 2023 has been extended to this Sunday, April 30.   Each year ...

Annual Conference season is a great time to reflect on the past year and make plans for your next year in ministry. The Conference Committee on ...

Congratulations! More than half of you who are members of Annual Conference 2023 have registered!  For those of you who are waiting, don't delay. ...

The Conference Committee on Young People’s Ministry is announcing the online Nomination of Youth and Young Adult Members of the 2023 175th Annual ...

Grace and peace to you as we begin to prepare for the California-Nevada Annual Conference session June 15-18, 2023 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention...

It’s time to begin thinking about legislation for our Annual Conference Session, June 15-18, 2023. Timeline of due dates for Recommendations, ...