2003 Schedule

The 2003 Ekklesia Project Gathering
Discipleship in a Divided Church

July 31-August 2
DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Conference Program

Thursday, July 31

11:00 a.m. until 12:45		Registration

1:00		Welcome to The Ekklesia Project Phil Kenneson, Milligan College, and Chairman of The Ekklesia Project Michael Budde, DePaul University, and Coordinator of The Ekklesia Project

2:00		Break

2:30		The Eucharist and the Fractured Body Fr. Robert Barron, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University School of Divinity, Durham, NC Gerald Schlabach, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

4:00		Break

4:30		Workshops: Pacifism and Conscientious Objection Fr. Michael Baxter, University of Notre Dame, IN Catechesis and Christian Initiation Elizabeth Newman, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Richmond, VA Rev. David Fitch, Life on the Vine Christian Community and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard IL Sharing Possessions and Almsgiving David Janzen, Reba Place Fellowship, Evanston IL Kelly Johnson, University of Dayton, OH Giving and Receiving Counsel in a Divided Church Michael Cartwright, University of Indianapolis Jon Stock, Church of the Servant King, Eugene OR

6:00		Dinner

7:15		Worship

Friday, August 1

8:00 a.m.		Breakfast

9:00		Worship

9:30		Prayer and Christian Unity James Lewis, Anderson University, Anderson, IN Rev. William Soetenga, Church of God at West Anderson, Anderson, IN

10:30		Break

11:00		Church Responses to the Iraq War: A Round Table Participants to be announced

12:00		Lunch

1:00		Workshops: Pacifism and Conscientious Objection Fr. Michael Baxter, University of Notre Dame, IN Catechesis and Christian Initiation Elizabeth Newman, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Richmond, VA Rev. David Fitch, Life on the Vine Christian Community and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard IL Sharing Possessions and Almsgiving David Janzen, Reba Place Fellowship, Evanston IL Kelly Johnson, University of Dayton, OH Giving and Receiving Counsel in a Divided Church Michael Cartwright, University of Indianapolis Jon Stock, Church of the Servant King, Eugene OR

3:30		Conflict and the Parish Rev. Kyle Childress, Austin Heights Baptist Church, Nacogdoches, TX

5:00		Social Gathering and Dinner (Chicago-style pizza)

Saturday, August 2

8:00 a.m.		Breakfast

9:00		Worship

9:30		Scripture and the Divided Church Stephen Fowl, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

10:30		Break

11:00		The Ekklesia Project: A Progress Report

11:30		Meeting Evaluation

12:00		Dismissal