2007 DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING

District Annual Meeting speaker Rev. Veranita Alvord and District Vice President Libby Mize
District Annual meeting at McKendree UMC, Lincolnton
District team carrying out some "funny business"
Laura Rosette plays hand chimes as Treasurer Mary Ann Detter awaits the offering.

2007 CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING

Choir of Conference and District Officers sing "Sing Across the Walls" at opening session.
Concluding "funny business" with a trip in SEJ Meeting in Hampton, VA, April, 2008.
Cambodian children dance the Cononut Dance.
Liz Holbrooks installs officers for 2008.

2007 GASTONIA DISTRICT PARTY AT LAKE J

First Time at Conference Annual Meeting (l-r): Cecelia Harkey, Judy Hovis, Judy Buff, Betty Jacobsen, Lib Sellers, Clarise Harrelson, Priscilla Wise, Betty Sain, Beth Gibson, and Phyllis Leatherman

Largest group is from Reeps Grove UMC in Vale, NC: Judy Wright, Willie Richard, Betty Sain, Beth Gibson, Sandy Peeler, Cynthia Poole, and Nancy Gantt
Three former Gastonia District presidents: Liz Holbrooks, Ellen Painter, Janet Collins
Four UMW from First UMC-Cherryville: Cynthia Homesley, Lib Sellers, Clarise Harrelson, and Phyllis Thornberg

DISTRICT MISSION STUDY 2007

2007 SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION

(l) Lynn Sloan Barnes, leader of "Mission and Music"

(r) Lissa Caldwell, "Volunteers in Mission"

Some of the displays in the Discovery Room on Globalization, Mission and Music, and Israel and Palestine

Handsewn vest from the Holy Land

Dr. Tom Sigmon and wife Lavon led a study on Israel and Palestine