In-person Event Schedule

The Annual Event officially starts on Wednesday, January 29, and ends on Saturday, February 1, 2025. However, your experience will be significantly enriched if you add on Pre-Events and Post-Events. Below is the schedule for the week.

Click on each schedule item for full details.

Looking for the Annual Event Online schedule? Visit the AE Online page.

1:00pm CST – 6:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Educator Certification Course – Worship and Sacraments
Location: Grand Ballroom D

8:00am – 9:30am

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

9:00am CST – 6:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Educator Certification Course – Worship and Sacraments (continued)
Location: Grand Ballroom D

9:00am CST – 12:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Engaging Livestream Worshippers, Sundays and Beyond!
Location: Grand Ballroom E

9:00am CST – 5:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Soul of Memphis Tour
Location: Depart from hotel lobby

Noon – 2:30pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

1:00pm CST – 5:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Hands On Memphis Tour
Location: Depart from hotel lobby

2:00pm CST – 6:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Moving to Impact – Getting at the “Why” of Ministry
Location: Grand Ballroom E

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

6:00pm – 8:30pm

Coordinating Council Dinner
Location: Barclay

8:00am – 6:00pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

9:00am – 10:00pm

Spirituality Center Open
Location: Louis XVI

9:00am CST – noon CST

Pre-Event: Educator Certification Course – Worship and Sacraments (continued)
Location: Grand Ballroom D

9:00am CST – 12:00pm CST

Pre-Event: National Civil Rights Museum Tour
Location: Depart from Hotel Lobby

9:00am CST – 1:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Lynching Site Project Memphis Tour
Location: Depart from Hotel Lobby

10:00am – 11:00am

APCE Leadership Council Meeting
Location: Forest

10:00am CST – 12:00pm CST

Pre-Event: Toward a Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
Location: Venetian

10:00am CST – 2:30pm CST

Marketplace Open
Location: Tennessee Exhibit Hall

11:00am – 12:00pm

APCE Ministry Team Meetings
Location: Click for locations

12:00pm CST – 1:15pm CST

First-time Attendees Gathering and Lunch
Location: Hernando DeSoto

1:30pm CST – 2:30pm CST

Networking Gatherings
Location: Click for locations

3:00pm CST – 4:00pm CST

Opening Worship
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

4:00pm CST – 5:00pm CST

Plenary 1
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

5:30pm CST – 7:00pm CST

Regional Dinner Gatherings
Location: Click for locations

7:00pm CST – 9:00pm CST

Annual Event Opening Celebration
Location: The Skyway

6:00am CST – 7:00am CST

Yoga
Location: Venetian

7:00am – 10:00pm

Spirituality Center Open
Location: Louis XVI

8:00am – 3:00pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

8:00am CST – 9:30am CST

APCE Corporation Meeting and Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

10:15am CST – 11:30am CST

Worship
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

11:30am CST – 1:00pm CST

Lunch on your own
Location:

11:30am – 6:00pm

Marketplace Open
Location: Tennessee Exhibit Hall

11:30am CST – 12:45pm CST

Youth Workers Lunch
Location: Forest

12:00 noon –

Small Bites Lunch
Location: Tennessee Exhibit Hall

1:00pm CST – 2:15pm CST

Plenary 2
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

2:45pm CST – 4:15pm CST

Workshops – A Block
Location: See the Workshops tab for locations

2:45pm CST – 5:45pm CST

Workshops – B Block
Location: See the Workshops tab for locations

4:45pm CST – 6:15pm CST

Workshops – C Block
Location: See the Workshops tab for locations

6:30pm CST –

Dinner on Your Own
Location:

6:30pm –

Bites on Beale
Location: Depart from Hotel Lobby

8:30pm CST –

Common Threads
Location: General Moorman

8:30pm CST –

Silent Disco
Location: The Skyway

6:45am CST – 7:45am CST

Yoga
Location: Venetian

7:00am – 10:00pm

Spirituality Center
Location: Louis XVI

8:30pm – 12:00pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

8:45am CST – 10:00am CST

Worship
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

10:30am CST – 12:00pm CST

Workshops – Block D
Location: See Workshops tab for locations

12:00pm CST – 2:00pm CST

Lunch on Your Own
Location:

12:30pm CST – 2:00pm CST

Seminary Lunches
Location: CTS - Bert Parker, PTS - Ben Hollander, UPS - Hernando DeSoto

2:15pm CST – 3:30pm CST

Plenary 3
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

4:00pm CST – 5:30pm CST

Workshops – E Block
Location: See Workshops Tab for locations

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

6:00pm CST – 6:30pm CST

Before Dinner Social
Location: North Foyer and West Foyer

6:30pm CST – 8:00pm CST

Awards Dinner
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

8:00pm CST – 10:00pm CST

Dessert and Entertainment
Location: Continental Ballroom

9:15pm CST –

Disco Bingo
Location: The Skyway

7:00am CST – 8:00am CST

Yoga
Location: Venetian

7:00am – 12:00noon

Spirituality Center
Location: Louis XVI

8:30am – 9:00am

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

9:00am CST – 10:00am CST

Plenary 4
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

10:00am CST – 11:30am CST

Closing Worship
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

11:30am – 12:30pm

Registration Open
Location: East Mezzanine

1:00pm CST – 4:00pm CST

Post-Event: National Civil Rights Museum Tour
Location: Depart from Hotel Lobby

1:00pm CST – 5:00pm CST

Post-Event: Thistle and Bee Visit and Service Opportunity
Location: Departs from Hotel Lobby