BIG EVENT 2007 WORKSHOPS BY TOPIC

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Please select a topic of interest from the table below:

THE ARTS

7 A         Faith, Family, Friends. A Gallery Walk with Artist Judith D. Specht.

CONGREGATIONAL DYNAMICS

5 A         Using Family Systems to Understand Your Congregation , Rev. Joe Reggin, Interim Pastor of First of Cumberland

EDUCATION

2 A         Educational Ministry in a New Key, Dr. Grace Yeuell, Assoc. Prof. of CE and Chair or Religion and Philosophy at Presbyterian College, SC

6 A and 2 B    Renewing Congregations at Their Lifegiving Center: Education in Worship-Centered Congregations , Pat Swan Morgan, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions at Union-PSCE

11 A        Absent in the Pews: What Young People Are Looking for in a Church, Tim and Saranell Hartman, Next Generation Project, NCD

EMERGING CHURCH

1 A         Public Worship as Spiritual Formation: A fresh way of seeing our public gatherings as group spiritual practices for spiritual formation, Brian McLaren

5 B         What are the World's Greatest Problems? An Encounter between Jesus' message of the Kingdom and Today's Global Issues, Brian McLaren

10 A & 6 B    The Transitioning Congregation – Living as Church in an Emerging Culture, Linnea Nilsen Capshaw.

ETHICS

4 B          Crossing into Canaan Together , Taylor Branch, Author

FAITH FORMATION

7 B         Nurturing the Imaginative Spirit for Faith Transformation , Dr. Ed Richardson, Prof. of Practical Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and Chaplain at Springfield Hospital

9 B         Catching Glimpses of God's Realm of Love, Rev. Dr. Margee Iddings, Retired Pastor and Retreat Leader

10 B        Imagine Enough Money , Rita Walters, Dir. of Development, Rev. Walt Peters, First of Westminster, and Rev. Mark Sandell, St. Andrew's Presbyterian

HOLISTIC HEALTH

9 A         A Healing Presence , Rebecca Elon, M.D., MPH, Internist and Geriatrician practicing community-based geriatric medicine in Anne Arundel County

MISSIONAL CHURCH

8 B         Paradigm-Busting: The Emergence of the Missional Church , Rev. Helen Woodward

PARENTING

12A     Youth in Today's Challenging World, Linda Grossman, M.D. Head, Div. of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, U of MD and Elder, Towson Presbyterian Church

PEACEMAKING/VIOLENCE/CULTURE

1 B         Community Mediation: A Nonviolent Approach to Conflict. Tracee Ford, Director of Training and Outreach, Community Mediation Program, Baltimore

4 B         Crossing into Canaan Together, Taylor Branch, Author

5 B         What are the World's Greatest Problems? An Encounter between Jesus' message of the Kingdom and Today's Global Issues, Brian McLaren

8 A         What Churches Can Do to Reduce Urban Violence , Jamaal Moses, Exec. Dir. of the Mayor's Office

THEOLOGY

3 A         Chesapeake Covenant Congregations: Hope at the Interface Between Prayerful Community and Earth-Healing Ministry, The Rev. Pat Underwood, Episcopal priest & spiritual director, Founder/leader of the Dreamers of the Earth and Moderator of the Steering Group of Chesapeake Covenant Congregation s

WORSHIP

1 A         Public Worship as Spiritual Formation: A fresh way of seeing our public gatherings as group spiritual practices for spiritual formation, Brian McLaren

6 A and 2 B    Renewing Congregations at Their Lifegiving Center: Education in Worship-Centered Congregations, Pat Swan Morgan, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions at Union-PCSE

12 B        The Matter of Music in Worship, Warren Cooper, Music Minister

WRITING

4 A         The Kingdom, in a Word , Madeleine Mysko, Author

11 B         A Transforming Vision for Mission, Deb Milcarek, Assoc. for Mission and Justice, the Presbytery of Baltimore

YOUTH

3 B         Youth Ministry for the New Millenials , Dr. Grace Yeuell, Assoc. Prof. of CE and Chair or Religion and Philosophy at Presbyterian College, SC

12 A        Youth in Today's Challenging World, Linda Grossman, M.D. Head, Div. of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, U of MD and Elder, Towson Presbyterian Church