Slow Church:
Abiding Together in the Patient Work of God
Day 1: Thursday, July 5
10:00 – 12:00 Registration & Dorm Check-In
11:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome, Announcements, and Introduction (podcast)
1:30 – 2:15 Opening Worship Debbie Gish, Preaching. (podcast)
2:15 – 3:15 Free Beverage Break
3:15 – 4:45 Plenary 1 Jonathan Wilson “Are We There Yet?” (podcast)
5 – 5:45 Roundtables (CFI; what it means to endorse EP)
5:45 – 7:15 Pizza Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 Coffee house
9:00 Hangout in Dorms and Beyond
a time for new and renewed friendship
Day 2: Friday, July 6
7:30 – 8:20 Breakfast
8:30 – 9 Lectio Divina led by Chris Smith
9 – 10:30 Plenary 2 Stanley Hauerwas with Kyle Childress “Stan and Kyle Talk Slow Church” (podcast)
10:30 Beverage Break
10:45 – noon Workshop Session I
- Slow Church, Deep Economy, and Comprehensive Community Development
- Patient Economics
- Food, Faith, and the Cultivating of Taste
- Turning the Soil: Digging Deeper into the Findings of the CFI
- Fast Friends in the Age of Facebook
noon – 1:00 Lunch Student Center Cafeteria (2nd floor)
1:30 – 2:45 Workshop Session II (same workshops repeating)
- Slow Church, Deep Economy, and Comprehensive Community Development
- Patient Economics
- Food, Faith, and the Cultivating of Taste
- Turning the Soil: Digging Deeper into the Findings of the CFI
- Fast Friends in the Age of Facebook
(Drinks and snacks available)
3:00 – 4:30 Plenary 3 Phil Kenneson “Practicing Ecclesial Patience: Patient Practice Makes Perfect” (podcast)
4:30 – 5:00 Break
5:00 – 6 Dinner
6:45 – 7:30 Evening Prayer and Footwashing Service
Day 3: Saturday, July 7
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 Dorm Checkout
8:30 – 9:00 Lectio Divina led by Chris Smith
9:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion (podcast)
10:45 – 11:30 Closing Worship James Lewis, Preaching (podcast)
11:30 – 11:45 Closing Remarks