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HELD MARCH 1st - 3rd, 2010 - CAROLINA COLISEUM - COLUMBIA, SC

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The Great Gathering has begun

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Monday, March 1st
Tuesday, March 2nd
Wednesday, March 3rd

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION
from 10:00AM to 6:00PM

TIME	DESCRIPTION
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Prayer Walk
10:00 - 11:30 AM	Call to Prayer
11:00 - 12:00 PM	Opening Session with Senior Bishops (AME, AMEZ, and CME)
12:00 - 12:30 PM	"From the Cradle to Prison" Speaker: Dr. Marian Wright Edleman
12:30 - 1:30 PM	LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30 PM	Disruptive Demographics Speaker: James Johnson PhD
2:45 - 3:45 PM	Dr. Cornell West
4:00 - 5:30 PM	Congregant Caucuses - Action Agenda (Bishops, General Officers, Presiding Elders, Missionaries, etc...)

7:00 PM	Worship - Bishop Mildred B. Hines, AME Zion
9:30 PM	Concert - Byron Cage

TIME	DESCRIPTION
6:30 – 7:30 AM	Morning Prayer
8:00 - 8:50 AM	Bible Study - Dr. Venessee J. Burns
9:00 - 10:30 AM	Plenary I - Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
10:30 - 10:45 AM	- BREAK -
10:45 - 12:15 PM	Plenary II - Economics, Health (Panels) and Education (Lance Williams, PhD)
12:15 - 2:00 PM	- LUNCH -
2:00 - 4:00 PM	Class Meetings
4:30 – 6:00 PM	Prayer Walk
7:00 PM	Worship
10:00 PM	Joshua Generation Concert \| Hezekiah Walker

TIME	DESCRIPTION
6:30 – 7:30 AM	Morning Prayer
8:00 - 8:50 AM	Bible Study - Dr. Teresa Fry Brown
9:00 - 10:30 AM	Sharing of Ministry Initiative (Male Mentoring)
11:00 - 12:30 PM	Commitment & Convenant (Invited Speaker: President Barack Obama)
7:00 PM	CME Missionary Opening Session Worship
9:30 PM	Concert - Marvin Sapp

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Speakers
Music Ministry
Intercessory Prayer

SPEAKERS & MUSIC MINISTRY

Hezekiah Walker

Marvin Sapp

Byron Cage

Worship Concert

Scriptural Theme

"If my people, who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
- 2 Chronicles 7:14

Areas of Prayer Focus

For God's Direction and Guidance
For the Event to have Great Impact for the Kingdom and Great Witness for Christ
For the Attendance to be God Honoring and Representative of Our Churches
For Us to Be Empowered to Meet the Needs of This Present Age
For Us to Be Untied
For Prayers to Prevail Before, During and After the Event

The Plan (at the Coliseum)

Consecrating and Anointing of Grounds
9:00 AM - Monday, March 1

Prayer Walks
9:00 AM - Monday, March 1
4:30 PM - Tuesday, March 2

Prayer Convocation (with Love Feast Rite)
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Monday, March 1

Early AM Prayer Calls
6:30 - 7:30 AM - Tuesday, March 2
6:30 - 7:30 AM - Wednesday, March 3

Class Meetings and Prayer
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Tuesday, March 2

Mildred Hines

Great Gathering Rationale

On March 1, 2010, a historic event in the modern-day annals of American religion will take place. For the first time in more than 45 years, the three major Methodist denominations within the African American community will meet collectively in Columbia, South Carolina. Over a three-day period (March 1-3, 2010), congregations from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion) and Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Churches will convene in Columbia to discuss and address some of the major issues currently plaguing our nation.