Sunday Learning Opportunities

2:45 – 3:45pm

• Innovative Models of Pastoral Ministry
  Led by International Ministries Missionaries
  IM missionaries Glen & Rita Chapman will show how leadership training (both pastoral and educational) has changed since the time of Rita’s grandparents until today. The Pastoral Institute in Kikongo has a 90 year history of training models to meet the changing needs of rural pastors in Congo. Sponsored by International Ministries
  
  
• Women in Ministry
  American Baptist churches have been licensing and ordaining women to Christian ministry for over 100 years. But this has not been without controversy. Come learn how and why churches and regions have made the decision to include women as full partners with men in ministry. Join this informative discussion.  Organized by Women In Ministry, ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary
  
  
• Anti-Violence – What Happens in This House, Stays in This House
  Led by Laura Landgraf
  Sexual, verbal, emotional, physical and spiritual violence exist in households across all social, economic and educational strata in America today. 42 million of us suffered these forms of abuse. It’s at epidemic levels and needs voice. Let’s talk.
  
  
• Discipleship – DiscipleSHIFT
  Led by ABHMS Discipleship Team, sponsored by ABHMS.
  Consider an attitude adjustment … a shift in our discipleship perspective … DiscipleSHIFT! Discover how discipleship and living out our faith can be encouraged to achieve as great an impact today as the believers of the early church achieved centuries ago—truly fulfilling the Great Commission, to make disciples who are fully developed and devoted followers of Jesus Christ. 
  
  
• Ending Poverty – God’s People Ending Poverty
  Led by Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, director, Ecumenical Poverty Initiative, sponsored by ABHMS.
  Discover how to exercise your prophetic voice and engage in collective action to help end the scandal of poverty in the United States. An inspirational and informational learning experience for all God’s people. Sponsored by ABHMS
  
  • ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
    Leslie Copeland-Tune, MTS, DMin, is Director of the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative in Washington, DC, after previously serving the National Council of Churches as Assistant Director for Justice and Advocacy. Rev. Dr. Copeland-Tune also contributed a chapter on leadership to the recent ABC Reads book, Church on Purpose: Reinventing Discipleship, Community, and Justice, edited by Adam L. Bond and Laura Mariko Cheifetz (Judson Press, 2015).
    
    
• Gospel in a Rapidly Changing Society – Being the Hands and Feet of Christ to your Muslim Neighbors
  Led by Dan and Sharon Buttry, sponsored by International Ministries.
  IM Global Consultants Rev. Dr. Dan and Rev. Sharon Buttry, LMSW will share and encourage participants to share stories about loving our Muslim neighbors. The Buttry's will speak from ministry experiences in their home town of Hamtramck, Michigan, the Muslim  immigrant gateway to Detroit.  The focus will be on pastoral care of neighbors, evangelism, discipleship, 'business as Mission' and prayer.
  

 

• Next Generation of Leaders – Intergenerational Ministry: The Whole Body Living, Learning, and Serving Together
  Led by Dr. Elizabeth Clewett and Pastor Reed Webster
  We live in a fragmented society where people are often siloed into homogenous groups – we are divided by race, economics, politics, and age.  Often times our churches mirror our society.  We believe that God is calling us to a more wholistic way to be the church where we live, learn, and serve together.  Join us to learn about how the church got to this place, some important principles for helping facilitate the change, and most importantly walk through the process of casting a vision for intergenerational ministries.
  
  
• Stories of Who We Are
  Led by JoAnn Sims and Lynn Fuchigami Longfellow
  A presentation of “Act of Faith-the Rev. Emery Andrews Story” about the church and pastor who took a stand for the interned Japanese during WW II.

2:45 – 4:45pm

• Baptist Talk
  We recognize that it is not easy to discuss matters of importance in our churches or in our culture, but an important question to ask is, “What does our Baptist heritage teach us about the way that we ought to have dialogue?” If you would like to not only ponder that question, but engage in conversation that leads to understanding and mutual appreciation of our differences, then come and learn with us. All persons are welcome to attend this event. Facilitated by Commission Members Cecilia Dachtler, Judy Fackenthal, Zina Jacque, Don Ng, Wesley Sun and Jeff Wood, sponsored by the ABCUSA Board of General Ministries.

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