Events Blog

We’re excited about the upcoming Scripture and Culture Seminar with Darrell Guder and Andy Crouch at The Well in Suburban Philadelphia. This event is put on by both The Well and The Renew Community.  It should be a great event. If you are coming, directions can be found here. We’ll also be trying to do a video cast as well so check the Ecclesia Twitter stream for more info.

But, we’re more excited about all the proceeds from the event going to two organizations that are working hard to care for the poor. One Days Wages and HELP (Help End Local Poverty).

You can find more information about these organizations on their websites.

Oh, and if you are attending, register here.

History
We will be using the best resources developed by GCM and other support raising mission agencies who have trained and helped hundreds of people develop funding for their mission over the years. The teachers are practitioners with over 20 years of experience in development.

Purpose
This intense training time is design to give you theological confidence and practical training in developing a ministry partner team so that you can be fully funded to fulfill the vision that God has given you.

Goals
Theological Grounding for Support Raising
Gaining a Positive Perspective in Raising Support
Overcoming The Major Fears to Raising Support
Gathering the Necessary Skills for Ministry Partner Development
Developing a Workable Plan and Accountability
How to Maintain and Cultivate Your Support Team

Dates
Tuesday, October 27th @ Noon until Thursday, October 29th @5:00 p.m.

Place
Richmond Hill [An ecumenical Christian Fellowship Monastery]
2209 E. Grace St., Richmond, Virginia 23223 (map)
804.783.7903

Cost
$400 for Training, Room and Board
$350 for Ecclesia Network Members

Registration
Due to the reading and work that must be completed prior to registration, it is encouraged to register as soon as possible. To register, please email JR Woodward @
totalpraxis@gmail.com.

• How do we read and interact with scripture as communities of faith?
• How do we read and interact culture as communities of faith?

These two questions will be giving shape to our time together during this day.

We are excited to have two exceptional conversation partners for this event:

Dr. Darrell Guder
Dr. Guder is the Dean of Academic Affairs and Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princteon Theological Seminary and author of the landmark book Missional Church, among others.

Andy Crouch
Andy is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, winner of Christianity Today’s 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture and named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. (Read more about Andy here)

Event Schedule:

• 10:00am – 12:00pm / Reading Scripture with Dr. Guder
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm / Lunch at local restaurants
• 1:00pm – 3:00pm / Culture Making with Andy Crouch
• 3:00pm – 4:00pm / Panel & Discussion led by Scott Jones

About the Location:
The Well is a church community in Feasterville, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. Check out some pictures of the seminar space here.

More info and registration for this seminar: http://scriptureandculture09.eventbrite.com/

• How do we read and interact with scripture as communities of faith?
• How do we read and interact culture as communities of faith?

These two questions will be giving shape to our time together during this day.

We are excited to have two exceptional conversation partners for this event:

Dr. Darrell Guder
Dr. Guder is the Dean of Academic Affairs and Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princteon Theological Seminary and author of the landmark book Missional Church, among others.

Andy Crouch
Andy is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, winner of Christianity Today’s 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture and named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. (Read more about Andy here)

Event Schedule:

• 10:00am – 12:00pm / Reading Scripture with Dr. Guder
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm / Lunch at local restaurants
• 1:00pm – 3:00pm / Culture Making with Andy Crouch
• 3:00pm – 4:00pm / Panel & Discussion led by Scott Jones

About the Location:
The Well is a church community in Feasterville, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. Check out some pictures of the seminar space here.

More info and registration for this seminar: http://scriptureandculture09.eventbrite.com/

Below you will find the tentative schedule for the national gathering. All times, speakers and topics are subject to change. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Location:
National 4-H Youth Conference Ctr.
(www.4Hcenter.org)
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815

Schedule

Wednesday March 4th
1.00 – 2.00 – Arrival & Registration
2.00 – 3.45 – “Engaging: Missionary Strategies Then & Now” – Gibbs, Breen
3.45 – 4.00 – Stretch Break
4.00 – 5.30 – “Organizing: Structures for Incarnational Church” – Breen
5.30 – 6.45 – Dinner
7.00 – 8.30 – “Challenges: Barriers to Mission in the Western Context” – Gibbs, Breen

Thursday March 5th
7.30 – 8.30 – Breakfast
8.30 – 10.30 – “Leadership: Guiding Missional Movements” – Guder, Gibbs, Breen (forum)
10.30 – 10.45 – Break
10.45 – 12.00 – Discussion Groups
12.00 – 1.30 – Lunch (Introduction to Ecclesia in separate room)
1.30 – 3.30 – “Sending: Releasing the Lay Apostolate” – Guder, Breen
3.30 – 4.00 – Break
4.00 – 5.30 – Discussion Groups
5.30 – 7.00 – Dinner
7.00 – 8.30 – “Communication: Hearing the Good News in Context” – Gibbs, Tyson

Friday, March 6th
7.30 – 8.45 – Breakfast
8.45 – 10.00 – “Scripture: A Missional Hermeneutic” – Guder
10.00 – 10.15 – Break
10.15 – 11.30 – Forum Discussion
11.30 – 12.00 – Departures

This is a gathering before the National gathering. The goal is relationship building so that the National Gathering is of even greater value.

Wether you are going to the national conference or not, if you live in the Baltimore area, we would like to invite you to a localized gathering at Cornerstone Community Church of Columbia Maryland on February 19th from 10 am – noon.

The format will be simple. Over coffee we will share what has been going on in our lives, share some cool stuff you have seen and perhaps share a few scars as well. Also the hope is that ways we can work together as churches will emerge as well. Anyone who wants to go out to lunch afterwards is invited.

For more information, contact Bruce Hopler (pastor at cornerstone-d6.org)