LEAD 2019

UMC LEAD is excited to announce that the 8th annual LEAD Conference sponsored by The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry will be held in New Orleans Louisiana from January 13th-16th, 2019. The host hotel will be The Troubadour and the host church will be St. Mark's UMC,

As always, speakers will be chosen from an application process and will present on a variety of topics. Church, non-profit, education, and business leaders are encouraged to apply. Each speaker will give a 7-18 minute “TED style” talk.

In addition to speaker sessions there will be crowdsourced breakouts, a special session Monday evening, and a closing worship and dinner on Tuesday evening. Other details such as venues, hosts, and sponsors will roll out between now and the conference.

LEAD 2019 Schedule (subject to change)

Sunday January 13th
3:00 p.m. Hotel Check-In
5:00 p.m. Conference Registration starts
7:00 p.m. Opening Mixer at Monkey Board (Rooftop of The Troubadour) sponsored by The Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church(Doors open)
Monday January 14th
8:00 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Perkins School of Theology
8:00 a.m. Late registration
9:00 a.m. Worship
9:30 a.m. Speaker Session #1
11:00 a.m. Q&A/Dialogue
11:45 a.m. Lunch sponsored by Passport Camps
1:30 p.m. Speaker Session #2
2:30 p.m. Q&A/Dialogue
3:15 p.m. Snack Break sponsored by United Methodist Foundation of Lousianna
4:00 p.m. Breakouts organized by speaker content
5:30 p.m. Free Evening
Tuesday January 15th
8:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by General Board of Global Ministries
9:30 a.m. Worship
10:00 a.m. Speaker Session #3
11:00 a.m. Q&A/Dialogue
11:45 a.m. Lunch sponsored by Methodist Theological School in Ohio
1:30 p.m. Speaker Session #4
2:30 p.m. Q&A/Dialogue
3:15 p.m. Snack Break sponsored by United Methodist Foundation of Lousianna
3:45 p.m. Breakouts organized by speaker content
6:30 p.m. Closing Dinner and Worship at Tomas Bistro
9:00 p.m. Conference Closes but registration fee includes Tuesday night in hotel