Eighth Episcopal District Calendar
January 1, 2025-Emancipation Day-New Year's Day
January 6, 2025 Epiphany
January 10, 2025 Supervisor (Rev. Dr.) Hugh Marriott's Birthday
January 10-11, 2025 WMS Retreat (Bonner-Campbell)
January 13-16, 2025 Annual Church Growth Seminar (New Orleans, LA)
January 20, 2025 MLK Day
January 22-25, 2025 WMS Executive Board Meeting (Garden Grove, CA)
January 23-25, 2025 Bishops Council Retreat (Garden Grove, CA)
February 4, 2025 Bishop Crawford's 50th Birthday
February 8-9, Souper Bowl of Caring (YPD)
February 13-15, 2025 Founder's Day (St. John AME Church, Biloxi, MS)
February 2025 - GDC (Location: TBA)
March 2, 2025 Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Day (YPD)
March 5, 2025 - Ash Wednesday
March 8, 2025 WIM “Lavender Luncheon” (Bethel AME Church, Brookhaven, MS)
March 20-23, 2025 Annual Ministries in Christian Education and Planning Meeting (Nashville, TN)
April 4-5, 2025 YPD Retreat (Bonner-Campbell)
April 12, 2025 Sons of Allen Retreat (Bonner-Campbell)
April 13, 2025 - Palm Sunday
April 18, 2025 - Good Friday
April 20, 2025 Resurrection (Easter) Sunday
April 25-27, 2025 Clergy Family Organization Annual Retreat (Baton Rouge, LA)
April 25-26, 2025 CLO Executive Board Meeting (Virtual)
April 29-30, 2025 Presiding Elders’ Retreat
May 1-3, 2025 Mid-year Convocation (Bonner-Campbell)
May 17, 2025 WMS Pageant
May 24, 2025 Bonner-Campbell Day (A Community Engagement Event)
June 6-7, 2025 Episcopal District Lay Retreat
June 8, 2025 - Pentecost
June 16-18, 2025 AME Church General Board Meeting
June 17, 2025 Emmanuel Nine Remembrance
July 7-11, 2025 CLO Biennial (Atlanta)
July 11-13, 2025 Connectional LTI (YPD-Atlanta)
July 14-16, 2025 - Christian Education Congress (Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS)
September (10) 11-13, 2025 Mississippi Annual Conference
Zion Chapel AME Church
228 North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Natchez, MS 39120
Reverend Birdon Mitchell, Sr., Host Pastor
September (24) 25-27, 2025 North MS Annual Conference
Solomon Chapel Ame Church
516 Ruby Street
Cleveland, MS 38732
Reverend Phonecia Witherspoon, Host Pastor
October 5, 2025 World Communion Sunday
October (8) 9-11, 2025 Central North Louisiana Conference
Bethel AME Church
3500 Jones Avenue
Alexandria, LA 71302
Reverend Rodney Pendleton, Host Pastor
October (22) 23-25, 2025 Louisiana Annual Conference
Greater Turner Chapel AME Church
875 Turner Chapel Road
Greensburg, LA 70441
Reverend Dr. Moses A. Simms, Jr., Host Pastor
November 1, 2025 All Saints Day
November 2, 2025 All Souls Day
November 13-15, 2025 Planning Meeting
November 20, 2025 - December 24, 2025 Advent
December 25, 2025 Christmas