October 26, 2022
The Special Church Conference is scheduled for October 30 at 2:00 PM. Our District Superintendent, Rev. Jim Dennis, will preside over this meeting. It will be held in the Sanctuary of the Downtown Campus. There will be overflow in Sisk Hall and childcare provided for ages nursery - 5th grade. 


There will be signage directing those to the lobby, but we are asking that all members use the CDC entrance at the bottom of the red steps (beside the Sanctuary steps) to get inside. Handicapped parking is available outside the church office lobby, and there will be staff directing those who need to use that entrance.

Once inside, staff members will be assembled in the Orders Parlor with check-in beginning at 1:00 PM. Tables will be set up by last name, and each individual voting is responsible for picking up their OWN ballot from these tables. We encourage you to get here early and to be patient while checking in. Overflow will be directed to Sisk Hall, where there will be a live feed of the meeting, but check-in process remains the same for those in overflow.
What You Need to Know Upon Arrival
How will the check-in process work?

Professing and present members of Buncombe Street United Methodist Church are allowed to vote. Preprinted ballots will be prepared for every professing member of our church. When you check in, you will verify your contact information, and hand that portion back to the staff member or put in the correct basket. You will tear off the bottom ballot part and take with you into the sanctuary. Only people with ballots will be allowed entrance to the sanctuary.
Will there be provisional ballots?

We will have provisional ballots on hand if we have anyone who comes up and there isn't a preprinted ballot. Provisional ballots will be handed out by a designated staff member at the Information Desk in the Welcome Lobby. These will not be anonymous, as our staff will have to verify if the person should have been considered a professing member as quickly as possible.
Who will count the ballots?

Our offering tellers, members who count the offering each week, will collect the ballots. The tellers will take the ballots to the front of the sanctuary and count them in real time. They will provide the tally as soon as possible. If there is an overflow situation in Sisk Hall, there will be tellers in Sisk to count those ballots.
A Few Reminders:
  • Please do not linger in the lobby or common areas after check-in.

  • Rev. Dennis will conduct the meeting and there will be a time for questions. Microphones will be set up in the Sanctuary with a feed into Sisk Hall should there be overflow.

  • There will be secure black boxes available for you to drop your ballot in the event that you do not want to stay for the meeting. You can drop off your ballot beginning at 1:00 PM.

  • Please mark your ballot clearly with a bold check so that it is very easy for our tellers to see and sort.
View the entire presentation and the recording from the Way Forward Task Force's latest Educational Meeting by clicking the image below.