Agenda

SUNDAY OCTOBER 27

MORNING

EVENING

  • 5:00   REGISTRATION OPEN at the YP Centre
  • 7:00   WORSHIP: Paula Gooder
    From Glory Into Glory: On Seeing and Reflecting Glory (2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
  • 8:00   Break
  • 8:15    LEADER’S PANEL DISCUSSION
    Lennett Anderson, Craig Barnes, Paula Gooder, and Katie Givens Kime (moderator)

MONDAY OCTOBER 28

MORNING 

  • 8:00   Registration at the YP Centre
    Coffee, tea and cold continental breakfast in the Gym
    Merchant tables and displays in the Gym
  • 9:00   Worship: Paul Scott Wilson
    On Being God’s Letters (2 Corinthians 3:1-1)
  • 9:40   Lecture: Paula Gooder
    Topic: Between the Now and the Not Yet: Living the New Creation Now

10:40   Break

  • 11:00   Workshop Session One
    1. M. Craig Barnes: Finding the Congregation in the Text
    2. Casey Barton: Preaching As Eschatology
    3. Martha Burns and Shannon Litzenberger: Speaking from the Heart (and other organs)
    4. Sarah Han: Coaching Listeners to Self-actualization of their Eternal Identity through Grace
    5. Karoline Lewis: New Creation and Preaching John’s Theology of Resurrection
    6. Jerome J. Washington: From Ancient Scrolls to Modern Souls: Preaching from the Prophets

12:15   Lunch in the Heritage Room

AFTERNOON 

  • 1:20   Lecture: Lennett Anderson
    Topic: Walk this Way: An Action-Oriented Lifestyle for Equity and Dignity
  • 2:20   Workshop Session Two
    1. Paula Gooder: The Bible, Imagination and Storytelling
    2. Jason Byassee: Preaching in the Future Perfect Tense
    3. Jeff Crittenden: Pilgrimage Preaching
    4. J. Peter Holmes and Sarah Travis: Body and Soul: Enacting the Gospel at a Christian Funeral
    5. Michael Knowles: The Spirituality of Preaching
    6. R.H. Thomson: Searching for our Authentic Voice

3:35   Break

3:50   Open Sessions (Open to registered attendees only)

  • Panel Discussion
    Sermons That Catch
    What are the keys in casting a sermon that not only catches the attention, but also the spirit, vision and imagination of our hearers and leads to an encounter with the Living Word?
    Led by Michael Knowles, Scott Hoezee, Katie Givens Kime
  • Performance Master Class
    Actors’ Tools for Speaking and Listening
    Practical and enriching exercises for effective communication.
    Led by Martha Burns and RH Thomson
  • Preaching in the New Creation – The End is Near: Take Heart?
    Our cultural moment is awash withworry about the end of the world.Climate crises. Wars with nuclear-armed belligerents. The US election. Think of the images of the future in our popularculture: the zombies are coming. No, the plague is coming. No, aliens are coming Something is coming to kill us. Whereelse will a word of hope come from, ifnot the church?
    Led by Jason Byassee, Sarah Han, Paul Scott Wilson, and Jerome Washington

4:50  Wine and Cheese Reception at Christ Church Deer Park

6:00  Dinner in the Heritage Room

EVENING

  • 7:30  Worship: M. Craig Barnes
    Preaching to the Dead (Ezekiel 37:1-6)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29

MORNING

  • 8:00 Coffee and Refreshments in the Gym
    Coffee, tea and cold continental breakfast
    Book tables and exhibits
  • 9:00  Lecture: M. Craig Barnes
    Topic: Preaching in a Day of Despair
  • 10:00  Workshop Session Three
    1. Lennett Anderson: From Pulpit to People: Empowering Advocacy in Community Through Preaching
    2. Emily Bisset: Generative Preaching
    3. Scott Hoezee: Preaching the Gospel of John
    4. HyeRan Kim-Cragg: Preaching for the Planet
    5. Jennifer McKenzie: Preaching with Bent Elbows: Bringing the text closer and being surprised by God

11:15   Break

  • 11:45 
  • Worship: Lennett Anderson
    I Hear Something! (1 Kings 18:41-46)

AFTERNOON

1:00  Lunch in the Heritage Room

  • 2:15 FINE-TUNED PREACHING
    Fine-Tuned Preaching is an extraordinary session which offers tutoring with a leader in a small group and requires the preparation of a twelve-minute sermon or twelve-minute portion of a sermon in advance. Registration is limited to five participants per group. As the groups fill there may be an additional group or groups added. The sessions end by 4:30 p.m. 

Group 1 led by Scott Hoezee and Emily Bisset
Group 2 led by Sarah Han and Michael Knowles
Group 3 led by Jeff Crittenden and Gail Ricciuti