Practicing the Peace of Christ
in Church, Neighborhood, and Country
Day 1: Thursday, July 11
10:00 – 12:00 Registration & Dorm Check-In
11:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome and Introduction of Theme, Brent Laytham
1:30 – 2:30 Opening Worship
John Nugent, Preaching
2:30 – 3:15 Free Beverage Break
sponsored by the Masters of Theological Studies program at Loyola University Maryland
3:15 – 4:45 Plenary 1 Peace in Our Churches
Randy Cooper and Jana Bennett
5 – 5:45 Roundtables (CFI; what it means to endorse EP)
5:45 – 7:15 Pizza Dinner
7:00– 9:00 Coffeehouse
9:00 – ? Hangout in Dorms and Beyond
a time for new and renewed friendship
Day 2: Friday, July 12
7:30 – 8:20 Breakfast
8:30 – 9 Lectio Divina led by Nancy Varden
9 – 10:30 Plenary 2: Stanley Hauerwas with Mike Budde “The Abolition of War”
10:30 Beverage Break
10:45 – noon Workshop Session I
- “War Has Been Abolished: Proclaiming Christ’s Peace Through the Abolition of War”
Matt Morin and Stanley Hauerwas - “Sharing Communion but not Convictions: Practicing Peace over the Same-Sex Marriage Divide in Local Churches” Erin Dufault-Hunter
- “Extending the Mission of the Church through Intentional Christian Communities”
David Janzen and local witnesses - “Restorative Justice: Ecclesial Roots, Ecclesial Applications”
Ted Lewis
noon – 1:00 Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 Workshop Session II (same workshops repeating)
- The Bruderhoff’s response to WWII and the way those practices continue to shape their communities today. Peter Mommsen
- “Sharing Communion but not Convictions: Practicing Peace over the Same-Sex Marriage Divide in Local Churches” Erin Dufault-Hunter
- “Extending the Mission of the Church through Intentional Christian Communities”
David Janzen and local witnesses - “Restorative Justice: Ecclesial Roots, Ecclesial Applications”
Ted Lewis
(Drinks and snacks available)
3:00 – 4:30 Plenary 3 “The Peace of Christ in Practice: the Neighborhood”
Allan Howe and Kelly Johnson
4:30 – 5:00 Break
5:00 – 6 Dinner
6:45 – 7:30 Evening Prayer and Footwashing Service
Meditation: Brent Laytham
Day 3: Saturday, July 13
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 Dorm Checkout
8:30 – 9:00 Lectio Divina led by B.J. Heyboer
3:00 – 4:30 Plenary 4 “Challenges to Christians Practicing the Peace of Christ in the Nation.”
George Kalantzis and Steve Fowl
10:45 – 11:30 Closing Worship
Tim Ross, Preaching
11:30 – 11:45 Closing Remarks Brent Laytham