Welcome to Jack Ryder's General Conference Blog

Jack Ryder is an elected delegate from the Northern Illinois Conference to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2008. Last General Conference in 2004 when Jack served as an alternate delegate, he wrote wrote nightly e-mails providing insider's view of Conference.

Jack will write daily dispatches from GC again this year, except that I am going to assist him by editing his e-mails and blogging them for him. So, Jack and I will be bringing you his GC blog. We believe this will give you a good view of what goes on at this quadrennial gathering.

If you have any comments or questions, they should be directed to Jack. This is his blog. But he may not have time to read what you wrote until sometime after he has read through 1,581 resolutions to General Conference, weathered the demands of nearly two weeks of days that begin at dawn and stretch to almost midnight, and joined with his fellow delegates in prayerfully discerning the best future course for this church.

Please keep Jack, the other NIC delegates and everyone else connected to General Conference in your prayers.

Susan Dal Porto, NIC Director of Communications