Pat Parent, member of the Conference Committee on Native American Ministries, participates in the Memorial Service.
District Superintendents Jill Colley Robinson and Taesung Kang offered a framing moment before the work on disaffiliations began.
The "messy altar" includes items from churches across New England and is meant to represent who we are as a Conference.
Carol Stevens is one of two American Sign Language interpreters working at this year's Annual Conference.
Bishop Peggy Johnson signs along with a song as the conference session begins.
Rev. Alicia Velez Stewart offered the opening ritual as the session began.
Todd Warfield, of the Committee on Native American Ministries, participated in the opening worship and land acknowledgement and the Memorial Service.
Breanne MacFarland, Chair of the Committee on Native American Ministries, participated in the opening worship and land acknowledgement.
CONAM members during the opening worship
Members participated in opening worship from the floor.
Reconciling Ministries led the opening worship on this first day of the 2023 Annual Conference.
Members enjoy the music during Annual Conference.
Red vests are worn by the tellers who help member with many aspects of the Annual Conference.
Bishop Peggy Johnson and her spouse, Rev. Mary Johnson, are greeted by the Annual Conference.
Bishop Peggy A. Johnson gave her first Episcopal Address to the New England Conference on Thursday morning.
Bishop Peggy Johnson spoke about busting open the silos during her Episcopal Address.
Acting Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services Clare J. Chapman announced the reconfiguring of the administrative assistant positions.
Commission on the Status and Role of Women co-chairs Rev. Lourey Savick and Rev. Virg Fryer offered the monitoring report.
On the podium at Annual Conference