Schedule of Events
Thursday, February 9, 2023
10:00 AM Board of Examiners Chairpersons, Deans and Secretaries - Renaissance Room
11:00 AM Presiding Elders Meet with Bishop - Bishop’s Conference Room
Church School Meeting - Salon B
2:00 PM Women’s Missionary Society Meeting - Salon B
Christian Debutante Meeting - Salon A
2:30 PM Women In Ministry Meeting - Renaissance Room
Sons of Allen Meeting - Salon C
3:00 PM Christian Education Meeting - Salon D
The Rev. Dr. D. Albert Turk Ministry of Evangelism Meeting - Salon A
4:00 PM Lay Organization Meeting - Salon B
Health Commission Meeting - Health Area
Clergy Family Organization Meeting - Renaissance Room
7:00 PM Opening Worship Experience
The Reverend William D. Watley, Ph.D., Preaching
Pastor, Saint Philip AME Church
Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, February 10, 2023
8:30 AM Morning Glory Meditation
The Reverend Dr. David K. Allen,
Preaching
Pastor, Bethel Tabernacle AME Church
Brooklyn, New York
9:15 AM The Bishop Speaks
9:30 AM Plenary Session I
Topic: “Remembering the AME Past and Imaging
the AME Future”
Presenter: The Reverend Dennis C. Dickerson, Ph.D.
Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Retired Historiographer/Executive Director AMEC Dept. of Research and Scholarship
11:00 AM Plenary Session II
Topic: “Reflections on Richard Allen and The
Making of Early American Methodism”
Presenter: The Reverend Dennis C. Dickerson, Ph.D.
12:00 Noon Hour of Power
The Reverend Dr. Deborah K. Blanks,
Preaching
Pastor, Mount Pisgah AME Church
Princeton, New Jersey
1:00 PM Lunch (On Your Own)
3:00 PM Plenary Session III
Topic: “Transformational Local Ministry: Faith
Facilities & Financial Resources”
Presenter: The Reverend Dr. Charles F. Boyer
Pastor, Mount Zion AME Church
Trenton, New Jersey
4:30 PM Break
7:00 PM Friday Evening Worship Experience
The Reverend Dennis C. Dickerson, Ph.D.,
Preaching
Saturday, February 11, 2023
9:00 AM Praise and Worship
9:30 AM Presentation of Winning Essays, Posters and DVDs
The Reverend Lashonna L. Smith, Chairperson
First Episcopal District Board of Christian Education
The Reverend Jay B. Broadnax, Executive Director
First Episcopal District Board of Christian Education
10:30 AM Plenary Session IV
Panel Discussion: “We Cannot Go Back: The
Post Pandemic AME Church in the First Episcopal District”
12:00 Noon “The Sending Forth”
The Reverend M. Lloyd Guyton,
Preaching
Pastor, Saint Paul AME Church
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania