For full details about Conference arrangements including details of hospitality see the Conference section of the Londonderry City Mission website.
The timetable for the Representative Session is included below. Members of the public are welcome to observe conference proceedings at any stage during the representative session.
Download a copy of the programme.
The main Conference venue is Kilfennan Presbyterian Church, 54 Rossdowney Road, Londonderry, BT47 6ST (see map of all venues)
Directions:
Coming from Belfast on the A6 turn right at the Altnagelvin Roundabout along the Crescent Link Road. About ¾ milefrom this roundabout turn left at the Kilfennan roundabout. Keep on this road and you will see the church at the 2nd junction on your right.
Coming from Coleraine turn left at the Caw Roundabout on to the Crescent Link Road. About ½ mile turn right at the next roundabout which is at the Crescent Link Retail Park. From this roundabout the Church is on the right hand side at the next T-junction.
FRIDAY, 6 JUNE
19.30 Installation of the new President of The Methodist Church in Ireland,
Reverend Aian Ferguson
Carlisle Road Methodist Church, Londonderry map
SATURDAY, 7 JUNE
09.15 Prayers, Welcomes and Conference Administration
10.00 Mission in Ireland 1 - Church Development Board including
Home Mission Department & Property Board
11.15 Mission and Ministry - Edgehill College; Accompanied Self Appraisal; Sabbaticals Committee; Local Preachers
11.45 Greetings from the British Conference and other Churches
12.15 Worship and Bible Study - “On the Edge of Pentecost” Rev. Thomas Stuckey
14.00 Mission & Finance - Stipends and Allowances Board; Ministerial Stipends; Retirement Funds; Children's Fund; Ministers' Medical Fund
14.45 Mission & Church Life 1- General Committee; Bureau of Membership - Statistics
16.00 Conversation on the Work of God
17.30 Mission in the City - City Missions
18.00 Faith and Order
19.30 Youth Night - Oakgrove Integrated Primary School, Limavady Road, Londonderry map
19.30 MWI (Methodist Women in Ireland) Service - Clooney Hall, Clooney Terrace, Londonderry map
SUNDAY, 8 JUNE
10.30 Conference Worship Celebration - The Preacher is the President of the Conference, The Reverend Dr Martyn Atkins, assisted by Reverend Steve Wild and Clarence.
Carlisle Road Methodist Church, Londonderry map
14.30 Administration and Daily Record
14.40 Reception into Full Connexion
14.50 Tributes to Ministers permitted to retire
15.30 Mission in the World - Methodist Missionary Society (Ireland); Methodist Women in Ireland; World Development and Relief
16.30 Service of Commissioning for First Year Probationers
19.15 Ordination Service - Seats must be reserved for this Service by obtaining tickets from the Clooney Hall Centre, 71348531 or by email Millennium Forum, Londonderry map
MONDAY, 9 JUNE
09.15 Prayers & Administration: Daily Record; Report of Nominations Committee; Elections to the British Conference
09.45 Mission Together - Covenant Council; Inter Church Relations
10.15 Mission and Youth - Department of Youth and Children's Work; Child Care Society
11.15 Mission and Society - Council on Social Responsibility
12.15 Worship and Bible Study - “On the Edge of Pentecost” Rev. Thomas Stuckey
14.00 Mission in Ireland 2 - Home Mission Forum
14.45 Mission and Learning - Board of Education; Colleges and Schools; Methodist College; Wesley College ; Gurteen College
15.30 Mission and Church Life 2 - General Committee
16.00 Election of President - Designate; Election of District Superintendents
16.10 Service of Remembrance for Deceased Ministers
17.30 Mission and Care - Hospital and Prison Chaplaincy ; Ministry of Healing; Methodist Child Care Society, Eastwell Residential Home
18.00 Mission and Communication - Communications Committee including Methodist Church Website
18.30 Wesley Historical Society
19.30 Mission Meeting -
Deacon Sue Culver,
Diaconate Order, British Methodist Church.
Kilfennan Presbyterian Church, Londonderry. map
TUESDAY, 10 JUNE
09.15 Prayers & Administration: Daily Record, Elections to the General Committee; Election of the Secretaries of District Synods
09.45 Mission and Finance 2 – Budget Committee; Comprehensive Assessment ; Trustees of the Methodist Church in Ireland
10.30 Adoption of Accounts
10.45 Appointments
11.00 Memorials and Uncompleted Business
12.00 Worship
12.30 Closing Courtesies