Christ UMC delegates to Annual Conference this year included our designated delegate from CUMC, Dee Dee Rencehausen, and North Coast District at-large delegates Kathy Motley, Gill Pongallo and Charis Macha. Barb Emery was also an at large delegate but was unable to attend due to illness. The Rev. Jared Gadomski Littleton and Pastor Dianne attended as clergy delegates.
“Our mission is yet alive,” declared Bishop Malone during her Episcopal Address. “Now is the time for us to focus forward. This is a time of remarkable opportunity in the life of The United Methodist Church.”
The 54th session of the East Ohio Annual Conference met June 8-10 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron. Annual Conference members:
• approved re-districting the East Ohio Conference from 10 districts to four districts effective January 1, 2024,
• approved a 5% increase across all pastoral minimum salary categories, • approved the 2024 Conference budget of $9,428,531, which is a reduction of 3.5% from the 2023 budget,
• approved the disaffiliation agreements of 237 churches effective the end of June 2023, and
• approved three resolutions.
The services and celebrations of Annual Conference 2023 commemorated 48 saints who joined the Church Triumphant since last year’s conference; commissioned five clergy as provisional members and ordained nine clergy as full members; and celebrated the ministries of 40 clergy who are retiring this year.
• View and download the AC 2023 recap video
• Read the AC 2023 recap article
If you have any questions regarding Annual Conference, please talk to one of the delegates! We are happy to tell you more. If you would like to attend a future conference, please let Pastor Dianne know so she can put your name forward to the District. Thank you to all the CUMC attendees!`