2012 Mid-Year, Schedule of Annual Conferences and
Connectional/District Calendar Events
Fifth District Midyear Meeting
March 7 - 9, 2012 * Los Angeles, California
Pacific Northwest
August 6 - 12 , 2012
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Portland, Oregon * Rev.
Donna Davis, Host Pastor
Desert Mountain
August 20 - 26, 2012
Tanner Chapel A.M.E. Church, Phoenix, Arizona *
Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Sr., Host Pastor
Midwest
September 3 - 9, 2012
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, Kansas City, Missouri
* Rev. Clinton Stancil, Host Pastor
Missouri
September 10 - 16, 2012
Saint James A.M.E. Church, Saint Louis, Missouri *
Rev. Noella Austin Buchanan, Host Pastor
California
October 1 – 7, 2012
Brookins A.M.E. Church, Oakland, California * Rev.
Mark Smith, Host Pastor
Southern California
October 15 - 21, 2012
Planning Meeting
October 22 - 23, 2012
Midwest Conference Planning Meeting
November 3, 2012
2011
November 24 * Thanksgiving Day
December 25 * Christmas Day
December 26 * Kwanzaa (Begins)
December 31 * New Year's Eve ( Watch Night)
2012
January 1 * New Year's Day (Kwanzaa Ends)
January 2 * Episcopal Supervisor Kirkland's
Birthday
January 10 - 13 * Council of Bishops Retreat
(Fifth District Hosting)
January 16 * Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
February 15 * Midyear Financial Report Due
February 12 * A.M.E. Church Founder's Day
February 22 * Ash Wednesday
March * Fifth District Midyear Convocation, Los
Angeles, California * March 7 - 9
* Fifth District General Conference Delegation Meeting
* Bishop Kirkland’s 50th Anniversary in Ministry
April 1 * Palm Sunday
April 6 * Good Friday
April 8 * Resurrection Sunday
April 11 - 13 * Women in Ministry Retreat
April 19 - 21 * Midwest South District Conference
April 22 * Elder Steve's Birthday
May * General Board Meeting General Budget
Proposal for 2012 - 2016
May 5 * Bishop and Mrs. Kirkland's Wedding
Anniversary
May 13 * Mother's Day
May 28 * Memorial Day
June 17 * Father's Day
June 19 * Juneteenth
June 27 - July 4 * 49th Quadrennial Session
of the General Conference
July 4 * Independence Day
August 15 * Annual Conference Financial Report Due