"Let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest-time, if we will not give up." Galatians 6:9
ABSW Leadership Conference 2011
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
Featured Conference Preacher and Speaker:
The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr .
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Monday Evening, October 24
7:30 Opening Worship Service @ McGee Avenue Baptist Church
Preacher: Rev. Dr. J.A. Wright, Jr.
Featured Choirs
Tuesday, October 25, beginning at 12:00 PM
12:00 Lunch Event (for all participants)
Sponsored by the American Baptist Ministers Council of the Greater Bay
Area: “Perils and Wisdom of Practicing Radical Hospitality”
A Panel Discussion of Seasoned Clergy
2:00 Break
2:30 A Conversation with Rev. Dr. J.A. Wright, Jr. – Take 1 w/ Q&A Time
Moderated by Dr. Paul Martin, ABSW President/Professor of Pastoral
Theology
4:00 Break
4:30 Workshop Sessions I: Choice #1 and #2 (see below)
6:00 Dinner on own
7:30 Worship Service @ McGee Avenue Baptist Church
Preacher: Rev. Dr. J.A. Wright, Jr.
Featured Choirs
Wednesday, October 26, beginning at 12:00 PM
12:00 Lunch Event (for all participants)
A Conversation with Rev. Dr. J.A. Wright, Jr. – Take 2
Moderated by Dr. Dorsey Blake, Starr King School for the Ministry Dean of
2:00 Break
2:30 Workshop Session II: Choices #3 & #4 (see below)
4:00 Break / Meet Artist Fortune Sitole Reception - Hobart Gallery 1st floor
4:30 Panel Discussion with Faith Leaders from Christian, Jewish and Muslim
traditions
Moderated by Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. & Dr. LeAnn Snow Flesher, ABSW
Faculty
6:00 Dinner on own
7:30 Closing Worship Service @ McGee Avenue Baptist Church
Preacher: Rev. Dr. J.A. Wright, Jr.
Featured Choirs
WORKSHOP OPTIONS
Session 1:
#1 Job in Black and White
LeAnn Snow Flesher, Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament
J. Alfred Smith, Sr., Distinguished Senior Professor of Preaching and Church Ministries
#2 Preaching in an Interfaith Environment
Sangyil Park, Associate Professor of Preaching and Director of DMin Program
Ronald Burris, Associate Professor of Church History
Session 2:
#3 Let’s Talk: Anti-Judaism in Christian History and Discourse
Margaret McManus, Associate Professor of Historical and Theological Studies
#4 Though We Welcome All to Worship, Is All Our Worship Welcoming?
Jennifer Davidson, Assist. Prof. of Worship & Theology/Dir. of Chapel
Tripp Hudgins, Musician and Ph.D. student in Liturgical Studies at the GTU
Marie Onwubuariri, Intercultural Trainer with i-Relate