This is a tentative schedule for planning purposes.
A final schedule will be part of your program booklet.
All Business Sessions, Keynotes and Worship Services will be held in the Memorial Ballroom of Hall Campus Center.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
10 am – 9 pm REGISTRATION in the lobby of East Room, Burton Student Center
11 am – 7:30 pm BOOKSTORE AND DISPLAYS in East Room, Burton Student Center
11:15 am – 9:00 pm CHILDCARE & CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCE in Tate Hall
11:30 am MINISTERS & MATES LUNCHEON – Main Dining Room
OPENING SESSION
1:30 pm SINGING led by Andra Moran
CENTERING TIME led by Rev. Stan Peerless
2:15 pm BUSINESS SESSION
4:00 pm KEYNOTES
Richard Harrison: Frontier Churches – Over the river and through the woods, the rural roots of the Disciples
Todd Adams: Assessing Where We Are Today – understanding the nature of congregational life cycles and organizational change
5:30 pm DINNER
STATE OF THE CHURCH presentation by Regional Minister Lee Parker
7:30 pm OPENING WORSHIP led by the Piedmont District
Preacher: Rev. Joel Saucedo
9:00 pm Ice Cream Social in Dining Hall
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
7:00 am CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER AND MEDITATION led by Rev. Stan Peerless
7:30 am BREAKFAST – Main Dining Room
7:30 am DAUGHTERS OF CLARA BREAKFAST(Clergy Women) Sponsored by Disciple Women of Virginia – Trustee Dining Room
8:15 am – 6 pm REGISTRATION in East Room lobby
8:30 am – 9 pm CHILDCARE & CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCE in Tate Hall
8:30 am – 7:30 pm BOOKSTORE AND DISPLAYS in East Room, Burton Student Center
SECOND SESSION
8:45 am SINGING and CENTERING TIME
9:15 am KEYNOTES
Richard Harrison: The Open Table and Open Hearts – Mission begins with abundant grace
Todd Harrison: Missional Landscapes – looking at the changing face of North America and the emerging communities we seek to serve.
10:30 am BUSINESS SESSION
12:30 pm LUNCHEONS
Men’s Luncheon in the Ballroom: Speaker: Archie Jenkins
Women’s Luncheon in the Dining Room: Speaker: Rev. Cynthia Stratton
2:15 – 3:30 pm INTEREST GROUPS
3:45 – 5:15 pm CONVERSATIONS on the CALL in Westover
5:30 pm DINNER
Installation of Officers
Presentation about Nature Camp
7:30 pm WORHIP – led by the Youth
9:00 pm COFFEEHOUSE SONGS & STORIES with ANDRA MORAN
in Westover
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
7:30 am BREAKFAST
8:45 – 10:15 am CHILDCARE in Tate Hall
9:00 am CLOSING WORSHIP in Westover
Preacher: Rev. Todd Adams
Interest Groups
(Saturday, 2:15 - 3:30 pm)
Tentative titles include:
Contemporary Worship – Andra Moran
Keynote Follow-Up – Todd Adams
Elders Workshop – Rick Harrison
Disciples History – Dennis Martin
Children’s Ministry – Elaine Austin
Congregational Transformation – Rick Morse
Clergy & Congregational Health – Ruth Syre
Conflict in the Church: Preventing, Understanding and Resolving – Carolyn Rodenberg & Lee Parker
Stories of Living God’s Dream – participants will have an opportunity to share briefly how their congregation is living God’s dream.
To Live God’s Dream: Conversations on the Call
(Saturday, 3:45-5:15 pm in Westover)
During this time period, we will gather in small groups to explore more deeply what God is calling us to do as individuals or congregations. Our keynoters will suggest topics for the groups to focus around, and participants will choose the group/topic which seems best for them. It may be appropriate to form a group of members of one congregation. Group hosts will help facilitate the conversation. The hope is that these conversations will lead to meaningful action or be the beginning of continued conversations back in our home congregations.
