TUMHS ANNUAL MEETING
The Texas United Methodist Historical Society will convene for its annual meeting on Friday, March 28, 2008 at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. The theme of the meeting deals with the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the Central Jurisdiction by action of the 1968 General Conference of the Methodist Church.
The complete program is as follows:
Texas United Methodist Historical Society 2008 program
Friday, March 28
`
12:00-1:00
Registration
Julie Puett Howry Center
1:00-1:30
Welcome, Devotional, etc.
Devotional, Rev. Dr. Roberto Gomez, El Mesias UMC, Mission, .
1:30-1:40
Introduction to the theme
Hardt will frame the issue “The Church and Institutional Racism”
1:45-2:45
"No Galleries in Heaven": African
Americans and the United Methodist Church in Texas
William Montgomery, Austin Community College, emeritus,
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-4:00
"Southwestern History as Seen in Reference to the Old and the New South"
William B. Jones, Southwestern University, emeritus,
4:00-6:00
Break
6:00-8:30
Dinner
Recognition of William B. Jones for To Survive and Excel: The History of Southwestern University 1845-2000.
"Conscience and Compromise: Racial Politics within Early American Methodism"
Terry Bilhartz, Chair of History Department, Sam Houston State University, Red and Charlene
Saturday, March 29
8:00-8:30
Coffee, registration
8:30-8:45
devotional
Rev. Debra Crumpton, Wellspring UMC, Georgetown
8:45-10:15
Program
Personal testimonies, anecdotes, oral histories of church desegregation,. Attendees are invited to come with prepared statements (10 minute maximum) of some event, anecdote, etc. in which they participated in the desegregation of the church in Texas. The editor of the Heritage Journal will select some of those for publication in the HJ.
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Business meeting, awards, etc
11:30-
Lunch
LOCATION: A campus map may be found at http://southwestern.edu/tour/campus-map.pdf
The program will be held in the Julie Puett Howry Center (#14 on the map). The Friday evening banquet will be held in the Red and Charlene McCombs Campus Center (#29 on the map).
COST: $25.00 Registration Please mail to Rev. John C. Johnson, 6766 Silver Saddle Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 76126
LODGING: The following list of establishments is provided as a convenience for participants and does not constitute an endorsement. Attendees are responsible for their own lodging. These establishments offer discounted rates to persons attending events at Southwestern.
Comfort Suites of Georgetown
512-863-7544
www.comfortsuites.com
Holiday Inn Express
512-868-8555
800-465-4329
www.HIEgeorgetown.com
LaQuinta Inn
512-869-2541
800-531-5900
www.lq.com
Quality Inn
512-863-7504
www.qualityinn.choicehotels.com
The complete program is as follows:
Texas United Methodist Historical Society 2008 program
Friday, March 28
`
12:00-1:00
Registration
Julie Puett Howry Center
1:00-1:30
Welcome, Devotional, etc.
Devotional, Rev. Dr. Roberto Gomez, El Mesias UMC, Mission, .
1:30-1:40
Introduction to the theme
Hardt will frame the issue “The Church and Institutional Racism”
1:45-2:45
"No Galleries in Heaven": African
Americans and the United Methodist Church in Texas
William Montgomery, Austin Community College, emeritus,
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-4:00
"Southwestern History as Seen in Reference to the Old and the New South"
William B. Jones, Southwestern University, emeritus,
4:00-6:00
Break
6:00-8:30
Dinner
Recognition of William B. Jones for To Survive and Excel: The History of Southwestern University 1845-2000.
Commeration of Founding of Texas Methodist Historical Association at Southwestern University in 1908.
"Conscience and Compromise: Racial Politics within Early American Methodism"
Terry Bilhartz, Chair of History Department, Sam Houston State University, Red and Charlene
Saturday, March 29
8:00-8:30
Coffee, registration
8:30-8:45
devotional
Rev. Debra Crumpton, Wellspring UMC, Georgetown
8:45-10:15
Program
Personal testimonies, anecdotes, oral histories of church desegregation,. Attendees are invited to come with prepared statements (10 minute maximum) of some event, anecdote, etc. in which they participated in the desegregation of the church in Texas. The editor of the Heritage Journal will select some of those for publication in the HJ.
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Business meeting, awards, etc
11:30-
Lunch
LOCATION: A campus map may be found at http://southwestern.edu/tour/campus-map.pdf
The program will be held in the Julie Puett Howry Center (#14 on the map). The Friday evening banquet will be held in the Red and Charlene McCombs Campus Center (#29 on the map).
COST: $25.00 Registration Please mail to Rev. John C. Johnson, 6766 Silver Saddle Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 76126
LODGING: The following list of establishments is provided as a convenience for participants and does not constitute an endorsement. Attendees are responsible for their own lodging. These establishments offer discounted rates to persons attending events at Southwestern.
Comfort Suites of Georgetown
512-863-7544
www.comfortsuites.com
Holiday Inn Express
512-868-8555
800-465-4329
www.HIEgeorgetown.com
LaQuinta Inn
512-869-2541
800-531-5900
www.lq.com
Quality Inn
512-863-7504
www.qualityinn.choicehotels.com
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