New England Annual Conference Wrap Up

This year's New England Annual Conference wrapped up yesterday morning after four days of discernment, celebration and holy conferencing. Highlights of the conference included:

• Raising over $50,000 for Nothing But Nets
• Welcoming the Vermont UM churches into our conference come 2010
• Reconciling rainbow stoles with profits going to support Nothing But Nets
  
• Passing prophetic legislation on issues of immigration, HIV/AIDS, and racism
• Creating a Conference Diversity Sunday
• Establishing an Anti-Racism Steering Committee
• Mandating anti-racism training for pastors and churches with cross cultural appointments
• Inspiring lectures by Rev. Barbara Lemmel
• Reconciling Ministries Scholarship Presentation and Essay Contest
• Holy Conferencing on issues of Human Sexuality
• Commissioning Church and Society to write a new statement of Human Sexuality to supplement the Book of Discipline Par. 161G
• Prophetic words from retirees including Jonathan Almond, Arlene Bodge, and Gary Nettleton
• The Environment/Climate Change video from the Global Warming Task Force and pledge forms to take back to our lovcal congregations

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