The Executive Board is calling local church delegates to the 2022 Southwest Conference Annual Meeting April 29 – May 1. Planners are designing an in-person event that will include some virtual components. All persons attending will be required to show proof of COVID19 vaccinations (Vaccination Card). Conference leaders are closely monitoring COVID19 information and will be ready with ‘plan B’ if COVID19 worsens. A location for the gathering will be announced in coming weeks; delegates can expect to travel to the greater Phoenix area.

Additional information will be released as detail decisions are made. Be assured that SWC leaders and annual meeting planners are committed to hosting a safe event, following SWC COVID19 guidelines while we are together, and providing online options for required business actions named in the SWC bylaws, Article III, Section F, subsection B. Not every session of the annual meeting schedule will be offered online so the event will not be a hybrid experience in every sense of that term.

Registration for the SWC 2022 Annual Meeting will open in January. Congregations are invited to send the names and contact information of their delegates to the SWC office now so that updates and details can be shared directly with them. Planners invite SWC members to share hopes, thoughts, and suggestions about the upcoming SWC annual meeting with them by emailing SWCStaff@uccswc.org. May God guide our efforts as we prepare to come together again in 2022.