Schedule & Updates
Theme: “Watch Me as I Follow Christ…” — Judges 7:17–18 · Host Church: Mt. Moriah Community A.M.E.
Friday Attire: 5th District YPD Stole, Green & White · Saturday Attire: Conference YPD Shirt or Black Shirt & Jeans
Friday, August 28 — Marriott Hotel, Chandler
Registration / Verify Credentials
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM · Lobby
Visionary Lab — Get Up, Stand Up: Social Justice Wrap Session (Ages 16+) — Rev. KP / Rev. Quanta Crews
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Scottsdale
Mission Impact Part 1 — Terracotta Pots Design (Ages 2–15)
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Mesa
Welcome & Dinner — Levingston
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Sedona Room
Visionary Lab — Mother Sunbeams / Allen Stars: “Movement in Emotional Expressions” — Rev. Pippa Turner
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Mesa Room
Executive Board / Elections — Youth Auxiliary & Young Adults — YPD President Makayla Hart, YPD Director Angelica Rucker
7:00 PM – 8:50 PM · Scottsdale Room
Late Registration
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Location TBD
Visionary Lab — Mother Sunbeams & Allen Stars: “How to Pray” (Prayer Mats / Passports) — Mrs. Kari Bell & Mrs. Shnelle Stewart
8:00 PM – 8:50 PM · Mesa Room
Choir Rehearsal / Youth Service Practice (Everyone) — Michael Hopkins / Shaylon Richardson · Service Participant Rehearsal: Angelica Rucker
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM · Chandler 2 & 4
Announcements — Makayla Hart / Angelica Rucker
10:30 PM – 10:45 PM · Main Ballroom
Curfew
11:30 PM
Saturday, August 29 — Closing Day & Historic Tanner Chapel
Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM · Sedona Room
Church School
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM · Scottsdale Room
Worship Service Line-Up — Directors
9:30 AM · Mesa Room
Closing Service (Everyone) — details to come
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Chandler 2 & 4
Exit Worship Service, Change Clothes, Transition to Historic Tanner Chapel
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Lunch — Mrs. Erika Shivers, Dr. Linda Gordon, Ms. Ashaya Stewart, Ms. Shnia Stewart, Mrs. Zina & Ms. Jasmine Goode, Rev. Gordon V. Gordon IV, Ms. Stephanie Gordon Long, Ms. Tori Gibson
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Historic Tanner Chapel
Allen Stars & Mother Sunbeams — “Our History Is on Our Plate”
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Historic Tanner Chapel
Visionary Lab — Black Culture & Black Entrepreneurship Tour (Youth Auxiliary & Young Adults) — various presenters/facilitators
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Multiple Locations
Visionary Lab — “Messaging Through Quilts: Yesterday’s Instagram, Texts, Memes” — Mrs. Melanie Richardson Mackey
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Historic Tanner Chapel
African Beading — Mrs. Yolandra Prentice Brooks
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Historic Tanner Chapel
Mission Project (Everyone) — coordinated by Angelica Rucker
4:15 PM – 6:15 PM · School Donation
Transport to Youth Night Activity
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner & Youth Night Activity
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Amazing Jake’s
Transportation Home / Back to Hotel
10:00 PM – 10:30 PM