Full Board Fall Retreat
September 19-20, 2011
Velda Rose UMC, Mesa.

Candidate Paper Application Deadline
Nov 1, 2011
Deadline for Application as a Ministry Candidate in 2011 for either Full Connection, Associate Membership or Probationary Membership. Upon receipt of application, candidates will be sent detailed information regarding the application process or may download all materials. Contact Stewart Lewis for details.

Probationary Fall Cont Ed Event
October 13-15, 2011
Pastoral Care Resources and Realities
Contact John Flowers for details.

Probationary Papers Due
December 1, 2011
Deadline for submission of papers, sermons, and ALL other required materials by candidates seeking  PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP at the 2012 Annual Conference. Candidates will be contacted by approximately 4 weeks prior to interviews with information about those interviews.

Clergy Change in Status Application Deadline
Jan 4, 2012
Planning to retire, go on leave, change extension appointment, or any of many other possibilities? This is the deadline for application for change in clergy status for the upcoming annual conference session. Please use this form to apply!

Certification Deadline
Jan 4, 2012
Applying for Certification in specialized lay ministries? Get your request in by today so that we can schedule a meeting with the BOM in February or March.

Full Connection Papers Due
Jan 13, 2012
Deadline for submission of papers, sermons, and ALL other required materials by candidates seeking FULL MEMBERSHIP at the 2012 Annual Conference. Candidates will be contacted by approximately 4 weeks prior to interviews with information about those interviews.

On Site Visitation Teams
To be determined

Probationary  Interviews
January 23-25, 2012
Candidates for Probationary Membership meet with Board of Ordained Ministry, at Velda Rose UMC, 5540 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ.

Full Connection Interviews
March 6-7, 2012
Candidates for Full Connection meet with the Board of Ordained Ministry, at Velda Rose UMC, 5540 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ

Probationary Spring Cont Ed Event
To be determined

Certification Deadline
April 30, 2012
Deadline for Certification of Candidates by District Committee on Ordained Ministry.

Licensing and COS Application Deadline
April 30, 2012
Deadline for Certified Candidates to apply to attend Licensing School and Course of Study (COS) Schools.

Newcomer’s Breakfast with Bishop
New Probationary and new Full Connection members, new local pastors, and transfers into the conference meet with the Cabinet and Bishop and BOM reps.
Jun 20, 2012, 7:30 am

Annual Conference BOM Meeting
Jun 20, 2012, 1-4:30 pm

Executive  Session
Jun 21, 2012, 10 am

Ordination Service
Jun 23, 2012

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-9)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. What gain have the workers from their toil?