{"id":45959,"date":"2026-06-06T08:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?p=45959"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:10:52","slug":"what-if-our-lay-voting-member-of-annual-conference-cannot-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/ko\/ac\/what-if-our-lay-voting-member-of-annual-conference-cannot-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"\uc5f0\ub840\ud68c\uc758 \ud3c9\uc2e0\ub3c4 \ud22c\ud45c \ud68c\uc6d0\uc774 \ucc38\uc11d\ud560 \uc218 \uc5c6\ub294 \uacbd\uc6b0 \uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c \ud558\ub098\uc694?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From The 2016 Book of Discipline<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b6 602.7. When at any time a lay member is excused by the annual conference from further attendance during the session, the alternate lay member, if present, shall be seated. The lay member or the alternate shall be the lay member of the annual conference, and it shall be the duty of the lay member to report to the local church on actions of the annual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event a lay member cannot attend they must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact their pastor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The pastor will email the district superintendent notifying them of the need to release of the lay member and which elected alternate will be replacing the elected lay member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The alternate will check in with their district\u2019s registration table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upon receipt of the email listing the alternate and the release the district assistant will request that the conference issue a voting code to the alternate lay member for voting privileges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:twkac@twkumc.org\">twkac@twkumc.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The 2016 Book of Discipline \u00b6 602.7. 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