The youth of the conference proved to be more than alive, the many different perspectives present converged to make some tough, but necessary decisions for the DAC, and the United Methodist Church proved to be grounded in connectionalism more than ever.
The next issue of The Michigan Area Reporter is set to ship by May 28 and it will be chalked full of stories and pictures from annual conference.
For now, head over to the Detroit Conference website for links to all of the videos, blogs and pictures of conference.
To give you a glimpse of what went on for four days here are some of the most important numbers coming out of conference and what they mean.
By RJ Walters, Editor
229,000,000 – The approximate number of steps that have been taking by eligible participants in the Virgin HealthMiles walking program. Check out www.virginhealthmiles.com/DAC for more information.
$9,737,237 — The adopted 2011 budget for the DAC, a slight decrease from the 2010 budget. $2,425,000 of that is for pensions.
$981,000 — The amount the conference gave to The Advance, a UMC ministry support program, in 2009. Adam Neal of The Advance provided the DAC with an award, recognizing it as the highest giver to missionary support of all the annual conferences in the North Central Jurisdiction for 2009.
94,679 — The total membership of the conference, down 2.24 percent from a year ago.
$79,000 — The total amount raised for various ministries during the annual conference.
$43,032 — Raised during the covenant offering for Haiti and Liberia
12,000 — Number of UMCOR health kits the conference put together in response to the Haiti earthquake during Lent.
8,812 — Pairs of underwear collected for underprivileged youth as part of the “Bishop's Seat Cover Project.”
13 – The age of the young participant at Annual Conference. Jacob Stone of Essexville: St. Luke’s UMC, moved adjournment for lunch on Sunday afternoon.
6 — The number of districts the DAC will have by July 1, 2011, one less than it has right now. It is the first reduction in nearly four decades.
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