June 5-8, 2011 • Waco Convention Center
Host Church: First United Methodist Church of Waco
All information, forms and the Preliminary Report will be posted under this area of the conference website as they become available.
Waco Convention Center:
The Waco Convention Center began a $17.5 million renovation and expansion project in October 2009, which should be completed by the June Annual Conference. You can see the changes at the photo gallery http://www.wacocvb.com/renovationpix.asp.
2011 Worship Booklet (click link to the left to access a pdf of this year's worship booklet)
Annual Conference Online Registration:
There will be no online registration for the 2011 Annual Conference in Waco. Registration cards will be placed on the tables for delegates to complete on Monday morning at the Waco Convention Center. Nametags and table tents will be printed based on the information provided by the churches in the web console. If substitutions are made, the delegate attending will mark through the name on the nametag and table tent of the person they are replacing and write in their own name.
Click on the link above to review all the 2012 Lay Delegate applicants who will be voted on at Annual Conference
Special Interest Group Events:
Monday, June 6:
Partners in Ministry Luncheon - Everyone is welcome!
12:15 p.m. Monday, June 6 in the Brazos Room at the Waco Convention Center
Cost: $12 Please reserve your tickets (Deadline is May 25) by the mailing your form to Kim Simpson,
You can pick up your reserved tickets at Annual Conference from your District Lay Leader.
Clergy Spouses' Luncheon - Reservations must be made in advance - Deadline May 19
12:15 p.m. Monday June 6 at the Methodist Children's Home in the Johnson Student Center (click here for flyer)
Cost: $12.50 (Pay at the door - make checks payable to CTCMSO or bring exact change if paying with cash)
Clergywomen's Luncheon - Reservations must be made in advance
(Please note time change due to the agenda schedule)
12:30 p.m. Monday, June 6 at Gratiziano's Restaurant (in the shopping center/restaurant row across
from the Convention Center).
Make checks payable to the Wesley Foundation and mail to Denise Rogers at 409 Georgia Lane, Waco 76706
Brite Divinity School Gathering - The annual gathering of former & present students and friends of
Brite Divinity School
5:30 p.m. Monday, June 6 at the Wesley Foundation at Baylor University, 821 Speight Avenue Waco 76706
Austin Seminary Alums & Students - Come meet and have conversation with one another and Rev. Melissa
Wiginton, Vice-President for Education Beyond the Walls and Rev. Lana Russell, Director of Alumni/ae
and Church Relations.
5:30 p.m. Monday, June 6 at Sam's on the Square, 330 Austin Avenue, Waco
(2-3 blocks from Convention Center)
Cost: $10 - Hot Taco Bar RSVP by May 30 Questions? Contact Rev. Lana Russell - 512/404-4809
Tuesday, June 7:
Order of Deacons Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Tuesday June 7 at Austin Avenue UMC, 1300 Austin Avenue, Waco 76701
All Deacons and Diaconal; provisional, retired, or full connection are invited. Please RSVP to
Texas Wesleyan Alumni & Friends Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Tuesday June 7 at the Brazos Room A in the Waco Hilton Hotel
Cost: $15 RSVP to Eli Cumpton, Religious Life, 1201 Wesleyan, Fort Worth 76105 or
12 Noon Tuesday, June 7 at the Brazos Room, Waco Convention Center (wear blue to the event)
Cost: $12 Checks should be made payable to CTCUMW. Mail check and a self-address stamped envelope
to Kay Swain, 507 Candy Lane, Lorena 76655 - kswain924@aol.com or 254/854-4670 - Deadline May 27
CTC UMW Ubuntu Day 2011 - Following the UMW Luncheon join us for an Ubuntu Day! (click here for flyer)
Ubuntu means "because you are human, I am human" - Please sign up for this "learn & do" mission event.
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 Meet at Waco Convention Center at 2:00 pm and will return by 5:00 pm.
There is no charge for the event, but you must register. Register with Sharion Smith, 7351 Greenacres Drive,
Texas Wesleyan Alumni & Friends Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Tuesday June 7 at the Brazos Room A in the Waco Hilton Hotel
Cost: $15 RSVP to Eli Cumpton, Religious Life, 1201 Wesleyan, Fort Worth 76105 or
Wednesday, June 8:
Perkins Alumni Breakfast: (click here for flyer)
7 a.m. Wednesday, June 8 at the Methodist Children's Home
Cost: $10 (check made to FUMC Fort Worth - Perkins Breakfast on memo line)
Mail to Gena Anderson, 800 W. 5th Street, Fort Worth 76102 (Deadline May 20)
Asbury Seminary Alumni & Friends Breakfast
7 a.m. Wednesday, June 8 - Olive Branch Bakery & Cafe (across from the Waco Convention
Center) 215 S. 2nd Street. We will order from the menu.
12:05 p.m. Wednesday, June 8 in The Brazos Room at the Waco Convention Center
Cost: No charge
