Annual Conference 2010 begins with family fellowship and remembering the saints

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On June 3, 2010, members of the North Alabama Conference gathered at ClearBranch UMC. The day began with a family picnic. There were grilled hamburgers, games for the children, live music, mission projects and mission displays. This was a designated time for Conference members to gather and fellowship, catch up with new friends and make new connections.

Following the picnic there was a dialogue session for those interested in being delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences in 2012. Gloria Holt and Bill Morgan led the session.

Following a dinner break, members of the Conference then gathered at Huffman UMC for the Memorial Service. This special time of worship is a time the Annual Conference remembers those clergy and clergy spouses who have died in the last year.

Rev. Tom Bell preached a sermon based on Romans 8:26-30. He said, “Tonight we are going to celebrate some ordinary people who God called to do some extraordinary things for the Kingdom.”

Those people honored during the service were

• Mrs. Trannie S. Akins
• Mrs. Merulrine F. Anthony
• Rev. Kenneth L. Bohannon
• Mrs. Katie Bonner
• Rev. Hollis C. Boykin
• Mrs. Hazel M. Calhoun
• Mrs. Margie Ruth Calvert
• Rev. J. Fred Gifford
• Rev. Raphael K. Gray
• Mrs. Carolyn Green
• Rev. Odie Gregg
• Rev. Warren C. Hamby
• Rev. Estus L. Hardin
• Mrs. Nina Harper
• Rev. James B. Holmes
• Mrs. Louise Houston
• Rev. J. Duncan Hunter Jr.
• Mrs. Margaret Hunter
• Mrs. Annie Kaylor
• Rev. Bobby L. Lamb
• Mrs. Nona McKinney
• Mrs. Evelyn M. Martin
• Rev. Matthew T. Miller
• Mrs. Edna Faye Huey Parker
• Rev. Alfred L. Shackelford
• Mrs. Margie Tidwell
• Rev. J. Tolan Whitten
• Mrs. Ruth Wright

The North Alabama business session will convene at ClearBranch United Methodist Church on Friday, June 4.