JULY 10-13, 2024 • Sioux Falls South Dakota
DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Watch all plenary sessions live on our website
Schedule subject to change
Wednesday, July 10
- 3 pm – 5 pm Opening session, Opening worship – Bishop Lanette Planbeck preaching.
- 6:45 pm – 9 pm Business session – Bishop Frank Beard presiding.
- Special Topic — Wesleyan heritage, Three Simple Rules, and
Addressing Racism in our Wesleyan ways – Dr. Ashley
Boggan D, General Secretary of the General Commission
on Archives and History
- Special Topic — Wesleyan heritage, Three Simple Rules, and
Thursday, July 11
- 9:15 am – 10:30 am – Worship with Bishop Julius C. Trimble preaching
- 10:45 am – noon – Business Session
- Special Topic – Lifting Every Voice post-General Conference for the
Purpose of Multiplying Love – Rev. Paul Chilcote and Dr.
Boggan
- Special Topic – Lifting Every Voice post-General Conference for the
- 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Business Session
- Special Topic – How to Teach: Learning Through Spiritual Practices– Rev. Chilcote
Friday, July 12
- 9:00 – 9:30 am – Opening Devotions
- 9:30 am – Noon – Business Session
- Special Topic – What To Do: A Community of Wide Embrace – Rev. Chilcote
- 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Business Session
Saturday, July 13
- 8:30 am Devotions
- 9:00 am 11:00 am – Business Session
- 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Closing Worship – Bishop Gregory V. Palmer preaching
Welcome to NCJ
We are called to love our neighbor and just as God loves us. As followers of Jesus, we share in the love of God, through deepening spiritual life, the practices of radical hospitality and compassionate justice, as we seek to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ in ways that embody the love of God in community where all people are welcome, valued and nurtured without bigotry, hatreds and judgment.
9 Love should be shown without pretending. Hate evil, and hold on to what is good. 10 Love each other like the members of your family. Be the best at showing honor to each other. 11 Don’t hesitate to be enthusiastic—be on fire in the Spirit as you serve the Lord! 12 Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of God’s people, and welcome strangers into your home. 14 Bless people who harass you—bless and don’t curse them. 15 Be happy with those who are happy, and cry with those who are crying. 16 Consider everyone as equal, and don’t think that you’re better than anyone else. Instead, associate with people who have no status. Don’t think that you’re so smart. –Romans 12:9-16, CEB
The North Central Jurisdiction (NCJ) will convene in Sioux Falls SD, July 10-13, 2024. This jurisdictional conference gathered delegates—lay and clergy—from 10 Annual Conferences; Northern Illinois, Illinois Great Rivers, Indiana, Iowa, East and West Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin for a momentous time filled with worship, teaching, and collective discernment over episcopal areas and episcopal assignments.
