Living the Connection: The Continuing United Methodist Church

2022 Charge Conferences

Here are important information documents / resources for our Fall 2022 Charge Conferences:

VIDEOS for ALL Northern Piedmont Fall 2022 Charge Conferences:

  • Video Greeting from Rev. Bev Coppley, Northern Piedmont District Superintendent:
    • MP4 Video File for downloading (Video length is 16:52) - Just click on the blue Download button.
    • YouTube link to the video if you want to play it from YouTube
    • PDF File - TEXT of Video Greeting Bev Coppley to use if you do not have video capability, so that your pastor or Lay Leader can read it aloud.
  • Video Message from Bishop Ken Carter, Resident Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference:
    • MP4 Video File for downloading (Video length is 7:04) - Just click on the blue Download button.
    • YouTube link to the video if you want to play it from YouTube
    • PDF File - Transcript of message from Bishop Ken Carter to use if you do not have video capability, so that your pastor or Lay Leader can read it aloud.

​​Other Charge Conference Resources:

The business of charge conferences this fall will again be held in each local church/charge. You and your church leaders will need to decide whether you will have an in-person, virtual, or hybrid charge conference meeting based on your situation and the best way to keep everyone safe who needs to attend the charge conference. If you have a virtual or hybrid charge conference, please refer to our “Charge Conference Guidelines during COVID-19 Emergency” document.

METHOD FOR SUBMITTING CHARGE CONFERENCE REPORTS:  

  • Your CHURCH DASHBOARD is the place to be! – A link for 2022 Charge Conference Reports, unique to your local church, will appear in the “Submittable Forms (Charge Conference, Profiles, etc)” area of your Church Dashboard.
  • You will still separately complete the online forms for the Clergy Compensation Report, the Church Leader Information, and the newly formatted Fund Balance Report.

Charge Conference dates will be scheduled, and authorization letters will be sent to clergy soon after September 1st. You will complete the business items of Charge Conference in this manner:

  • DEADLINE:  All local Charge Conferences must be held by Wednesday, November 16, 2022.  All required Charge Conference reports, forms, and required minutes must be completed online, and submitted, BY THE EARLIER OF:  (1) two weeks after the date of your charge conference, or (2) Thursday, November 17, 2022. All charge conference forms & reports must be completed online, per the online instructions, by November 17, 2022.
  • REPORTS REQUIRED TEN (10) DAYS IN ADVANCE:  For this year, only the following reports will be required to be submitted ten (10) days in advance of the local church charge conference date. The ten (10) days in advance submission will also be done online as indicated above.
    • Clergy Compensation Report for 2023 (draft that will be proposed to the charge conference).
  • REPORTS REQUIRED FIVE (5) DAYS IN ADVANCE:  All other online charge conference reports will be required to be significantly complete by five (5) days in advance of the local church charge conference date. The five (5) days in advance submission will also be done online as indicated above.
  • Important Notes about Charge Conference Forms & Reports:
    1. The online reports have a “signature” feature for all required signatures for each report. Checking the checkbox and entering a pastor or church leader name will be affirming that the pastor or leader has reviewed the completed online form (or a printout of it) and believes it to be correct and accurate.
    2. As you work on online Church Leader information, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you provide accurate & complete contact information AND dates of service.
    3. We especially need email addresses for all of your church leaders who have email. Information is shared by email at various times with different groups of leaders. We especially need email addresses for the following offices:  Lay Leader, Pastor Parish Relations Chairperson (or a PPRC contact person if on a multi-point charge), Finance Chairperson, Treasurer.  For those four offices, if the actual leader does not have an email, it would be helpful if they could have another person with email to agree to receive email on their behalf. It could be another committee member, or church council member, etc. 
    4. READ THIS CAREFULLY: Start and End Dates – The system is very date sensitive. Here is how to handle dates of service:
      • Start Date – Use the date that a leader actually began the position, and don’t change it from year to year. For example, if a leader continues from 2022 into 2023, leave the start date as 1/1/2022 (or earlier, as appropriate). If a new leader is beginning in 2023, use a start date of 1/1/2023.
      • End Date – If someone is serving a specific term, like a three year term, and you know the end date, put that it in. For example, a three year term beginning 1/1/2023 would get an end date of 12/31/2025. If someone is serving an indefinite term, you can actually just leave the end date blank. This is the suggested method for indefinite terms…then you would not have to update “end dates” every year. Only put a 12/31/2023 end date if you know that is going to be the case. If someone is ending their term at the end of 2022, put a 12/31/2022 end date.
    5. Be sure to TOTALLY review ALL of the church leader information on your church dashboard.

Please do not hesitate to call the district office if you have questions. Our office phone number is 336-282-3711. Even as we work remotely, we are able to answer calls at that number.