Programs - Louisiana Interchurch Conference

	******* 2010 *******
Jan. 3 - 7	Region Five Catholic Bishops Retreat – St. Benedict, LA
Jan. 10	Dedication of Natchitoches Cathedral as a Minor Basilica
Jan. 18	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan. 18 - 25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (always on Jan. 18th - 25th) http://www.geii.org/
Jan. 20	Criminal Justice Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA
Jan. 28 - 30	AME Conference in New Orleans
Jan. 31	Pastoral Center Expansion Dedication Ceremony - Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Schriever, LA
Feb. 2	Catholic Bishops Meeting
Feb. 16	Mardi Gras
Feb. 17	Ash Wednesday
Feb. 22 - 24	Louisiana Home & Foreign Mission Baptist State Convention Mid-Winter Board Meeting St. Paul Baptist Church, Jennings, LA
Feb. 22 - 26	AME Zion Board of Bishops Meeting, St. Louis, MO
Feb. 25 - 28	State Ecumenical Executives (SEE) meeting in Carefree, AZ
Feb 28 - March 1	LIC Ecumenical Workshop, Messiah Lutheran Church, Monroe, LA
March 1	Ecumenical Worship Service (in conjunction with the LIC 40th Annual Assembly), First Presbyterian Church, Monroe, LA
March 1 - 2	LIC 40th Annual Assembly, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Monroe, LA
March 3 - 5	30th Annual Governor's Conference on Juvenile Justice, New Orleans Convention Center
March 13	173rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of LA, hosted by Episcopal High School, Baton Rouge, LA
March 16 - 19	NAEIS Annual Gathering, Baltimore, MD
March 19-22	Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Double Tree Hotel in Crystal City, VA (by Washington, D.C.). The theme will center on “A Place to Call Home - Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples”. Click here for more info.
March 31	Governor's Prayer Breakfast, Baton Rouge, LA. More info. go to: www.lagpb.org
April 2	Good Friday
April 2 - 4	Religious Society of Friends, South Central Yearly Meeting, Greene Family Camp, Bruceville, Texas
April 4	Easter Sunday
April 16 - 18	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, TX/LA Gulf Coast Synod Assembly, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans
April 19 - 22	National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) Tampa, FL
May 6	National Day of Prayer (1st Thursday in May)
May 7	May Friendship Day - Church Women United (1st Friday in May) Theme: "Living the Vision". Events: 5/7 Baton Rouge-program w/potluck: Begins at 10am, at Wesley UMC on Government Street. 5/7 Shreveport/Bossier-program w/potluck: Begins at 11am, at Kings Hwy Christian Church, Shreverport. 5/14 New Orleans- program w/potluck: Begins at 10am, at Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 2100 St. Rock Ave., New Orleans.
May 8	Consecration of 11th Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of LA. Service to be held at the New Orleans Cathedral.
May 18	Criminal Justice Meeting and Advocacy Day at the State Capitol
June 1	Day of Prayer for Protection from Hurricanes
June 4 -6	South Central Conference United Church of Christ 46th Annual Meeting, Marriott Hotel in New Orleans. Theme: "Restoring the Dance"
June 6 - 9	United Methodist Church, Louisiana Annual Conference Session, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
June 25 - July 4	Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, General Conference, Mobile, AL
June 29 - July 2	Presbyterian Church in America, General Assembly, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN
July 18 - 23	LA Baptist State Convention, Annual Meeting, Shreveport, LA
Sept 13 - 14	LIC Fall Board Meeting, Lake Charles Retreat Center, Lake Charles, LA
Sept 21	International Day of Peace
Sept 24 - 25	Church Women United, Statewide Gathering, Shreveport, LA
Oct 1	World Peace Day (celebrated Oct. 1st in LA)
Nov 8	Habitat for Humanity-Work Day in New Orleans, in conjunction with the NCCCUSA General Assembly
Nov 8 - 11	National Council of Churches, General Assembly, Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Nov 11 - 12	Consultation on Local and Regional Ecumenism (CLRE), to be held in conjunction with the National Council of Churches, General Assembly, New Orleans, LA

For reference only -- last year's calendar:

January - December, 2009

	******* 2009 *******
Jan. 18 - 25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (always on Jan. 18th - 25th)
Feb. 6 - 8	NAEIS Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Feb. 16 - 18	Louisiana Home & Foreign Mission Baptist State Convention Mid-Winter Board Meeting Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, Lena, LA
March 1 - 2	LIC Ecumenical Workshop, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Shreveport, LA
March 2 - 3	LIC Annual Assembly, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Shreveport, LA
March 13 - 16	Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Washington, DC
March 19 - 21	State Ecumenical Executives Retreat (S.E.E.) St. Petersburg, Florida
March 27 - 28	Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Convention Metairie, LA
April 10 - 12	Religious Society of Friends, South Central Yearly Meeting, Greene Family Camp, Bruceville, Texas
April 27 - 30	National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) Phoenix, AZ
May 1	May Friendship Day - Church Women United Theme: "Building on our Stories"
May 7	National Day of Prayer (1st Thursday in May)
June 1	Day of Prayer for Protection from Hurricanes
June 8 - 10	United Methodist Church, Louisiana Annual Conference Session, Pontchartrain Center, Kenner, LA
June 16 - 19	Presbyterian Church in America, General Assembly. Washington
June 17 - 19	U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Spring Assembly. San Antonio, TX
June 23 - 24	Southern Baptist Convention, Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY
June 23 - 24	African Methodist Episcopal Church, General Board & Council of Bishops Meetings. New Orleans, LA
June 26 - 30	United Church of Christ General Synod, Grand Rapids, MI
July 19- 24	Louisiana Baptist State Convention, St. Mary Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Rev. Harry Blake presiding.
July 26-30	56th Annual Session of Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention of Louisiana, Inc., Peaceful Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Shreveport. Rev. Dr. R. Timothy Jones, Presiding.
July 26-31	92nd Annual Session of Louisiana Home & Foreign Mission Baptist State Convention, Inc., a division of National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (NBCA, Inc.) Greenfield Baptist Church, Hammond.
July 29	Environmental Workshop: Building is a Moral Act. Lafayette, LA
July 29	Ecumenical Conference, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans
July 29 - Aug 2	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly, Indianapolis, IN
Aug 16-17	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Conference of Bishops, Chicago, IL
Aug 19	LIC Faith and Order Commission meeting, at Episcopal Diocese of W. LA, Pineville, LA
Aug 20	Installation of Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
Sept 7 - 11	National Baptist Convention of America, 129th Annual Session, Shreveport, LA
Sept 21	International Day of Peace
Sept 27 - 28	LIC Ecumenical Workshop, Trinity Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, LA
Sept 28 - 29	LIC Fall Board Meeting, Bishop Tracy Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Sept 29	Catholic Bishops Meeting
Oct 1	World Peace Day (celebrated Oct. 1st in LA)
Oct 20	LIC Stewardship of the Environment Commission Meeting, UMC Conference Bldg, Baton Rouge, LA
Oct 23 - 24	Great River Region Christian Church - Disciples of Christ, Annual Corporate Meeting, Terry, MS
Nov 9	LIC Commission on Criminal Justice evening meeting and new member orientation/invite, Bishop Tracy Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 9 - 10	162nd Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, Summer Grove Baptist Church, Shreveport
Nov 10 - 13	National Council of Churches, General Assembly, Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 27-30	AME Zion Christian Education Department Winter Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dallas, TX