Why pray for General Conference? The votes made at General Conference will impact the future of our church, including issues important to the Southwest Texas Reconciling Ministries Team, the organizer of the vigils.
Local Austin United Methodist Churches, including Trinity, are joining other United Methodists around the world in a prayer vigil for the 2012 General Conference, and we’d like you to join us! We will be praying for delegates to the General Conference, including those from our own conference (Southwest Texas), asking for discernment and God’s guidance in their deliberations and actions. We will also be praying for the non-delegate attendees, including Trinity members who will be at the conference.
All are welcome — and if you cannot make it in person, you are encouraged to individually participate in supportive prayer at any time during General Conference, Tuesday April 24 – May 5, 2012.
Pray for General Conference 2012 Prayer Vigil Dates
Tuesday 4/24: Noon-‐2pm in Chapel at Saint John’s UMC: Join us for a contemplative moment in the chapel, with individual prayer and an indoor labyrinth walk. Host will be Saint John’s Reconciling Ministries Chair and SWTX Reconciling Ministries Team member, Joy Butler.
Thursday 4/26: 6:30-‐7:30pm at Grace UMC in the Garden.
Friday 4/27, noon Interfaith Chapel, Trinity. With Rev. Dr. Sid Hall, III, who has served as the senior minister of Trinity United Methodist Church in Hyde Park since June 1988. Join us in the beautiful, cozy Interfaith Chapel. Trinity voted to be a Reconciling Congregation (welcoming of the LGBTQ community) in 1992 and continues in that public witness.
Monday 4/30: 5:30-‐8:30pm at First UMC downtown in Garrison Chapel (Family Life Center at 1300 Lavaca, not sanctuary building).
Tuesday 5/1 – At noon, Trinity, in the Interfaith Chapel, with Phaedra Chandler, Trinity member and Southwest Texas Reconciling Ministries Team member. Join us in the beautiful, cozy Interfaith Chapel.
Thursday 5/3 –Noon-‐2pm in Chapel at Saint John’s UMC: Join us for a contemplative moment in the chapel, with individual prayer and an indoor labyrinth walk.