2008 Conference Program
May 20-22, 2008
As of Thursday, April 24, 2008

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Sunday

5:00 – 8:00       Board Dinner

Monday

8:00 – Noon     Board of Directors Meeting

Noon – 1:00     Joint Lunch - Faculty and Board

1:00 – 5:00       Faculty Meeting

6:30 – 9:00       Faculty Meeting

Tuesday

8:00 – 10:00     PTS Meeting

10:00 – Noon   PDC meetings

9:00 – 11:00     Concurrent Workshops

Lillian Daniel  – Tell it Like it is –Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony

Willow Creek –  REVEAL discussion

11:30 – 12:30    First Time Conference Attendees Q& A

1:30 – 2:30       Opening Worship Communion Preacher: Rev. Lillian Daniel

2:30 – 2:45       Break - Refreshments

2:45 – 3:45       Plenary One: Growing and Engaged Church– Albert Winseman, D.Min

4:00 – 5:30       Denominational Meetings

5:30 – 6:30       Opening Reception

6:30 – 8:00       Dinner on Own

6:30 – 8:30       Judicatory Dinner – Al Winseman and Joe Cavanaugh

Wednesday

6:30 – 8:00       Breakfast – Provided by IMN

8:00 – 9:00       Second Worship Preacher: Rev. Kwame Osei Reed

9:00 – 9:15       Break

9:15 – 10:15   Plenary Two: Be Who You Are: Ephesians from a Strengths Perspective
                                            – Joe Cavanaugh

10:15 – 10:30   Break – Refreshments

10:30 – 12:00   Concurrent Workshops

William Peterson – Appreciative Inquiry

Nancy Sayer – Leadership and Executive Coaching for Clergy and Church Leaders  

Joe Cavanaugh - Follow up from Keynote
Chris Gambill – Interim Consulting

12:00 – 1:00     Lunch – Provided by IMN

1:00 – 2:30       Concurrent Workshops 

Richard Blackburn – Dynamics of Congregational Conflict

Albert Winseman & Joe Cavanaugh - Engagement, Strenghts and Vital Congregations (Part 1)Craig Satterlee – Faith Convictions, Preaching and Mission

Angela Ifill - Serving the Multi Ethnic Church

Chris Hagen - Conducting an Interim Missionally – Case study

2:45 – 4:15       Concurrent Workshops

Richard Blackburn – Overcoming Congregational Disease Leadership & Immunity
Nik Donges – Effective Listening

Nancy Sayer – Clergy Self Care

Albert Winseman & Joe Cavanaugh – Engagement, Strenghts and Vital Congregations (Part 2)

Carla Thompson – Strong Decisions

Thursday

6:30 – 8:00       Breakfast – Provided by IMN

8:00 – 9:15       Plenary Three: Dr. Richard Blackburn

9:15 – 9:30       Break

9:30 – 10:45     Concurrent Workshops

Kathy Smith – Stilling the Storm: Worship and Congregational Leadership in Difficult Times

Michael Remsen – Rabbinic Interpretations of the Hebrew Scriptures

Richard Mathisen – Church/Preschool Relationships -- Financial and Otherwise
Alvin Johnson – Myself, My Family, My Faith: The role of Genograms in parish leadership

Crisis Response Ministry Discussion

10:45 – 11:00   Break – Refreshments

11:00 – 12:00   Closing Worship Preacher: Rev. Kathy Smith

12:00               Conference Adjourn

1:30 – 5:30       Post Conference Workshop:
                                Bob Williamson - Lombard Mennonite Peace Center

*Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times