2009 Fall Conference Agenda
September 24, 2009 by Geoff Curtiss
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Monday, October 5th through October 7th 2009.
| Monday, October 5th | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Checking In Sharing Perspectives on Urban Ministry in The Episcopal Church |
| 6:00 p.m. | Supper Urban Ministry Program Wesley Theological Seminary, Mt. Vernon UMC, Asbury UMC (link) |
| 8:00 p.m. | Compline |
| Tuesday, October 6th | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bible Study |
| 9:30 a.m. | Pioneering the Future of Ministry Formation: Learning from the Fresh Expressions Movement
The Rev. Thomas Brackett
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| 12:10 p.m. | Tuesday Concert |
| 1:00 p.m. | Street Church |
| 2:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 3:00 p.m. | Pioneering the Future of Ministry Formation: Part II
Continuing the conversation, creating action plans, and sharing resources. |
| 6:00 p.m. | Supper
The Laughing Man Tavern |
| 7:30 p.m. | Pioneering the Future of Ministry Formation: Part III (Optional)
Small group work |
| 8:30 p.m. | Compline |
| Wednesday, October 7th | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bible Study |
| 9:30 a.m. | Making Plans for Church in Metropolitan Areas |
Date & Venue announced for the 2009 Fall Conference
May 28, 2009 by Geoff Curtiss
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The Fall 2009 Conference will be in Washington, DC.
Our host will be:
The Church of the Epiphany
The Rev. Randolph Charles, Rector.
The theme of the conference will be:
“Urban Congregational Development: Meeting the Challenge/ Passing the Baton”
Monday, October 5th – Wednesday, October 7th, 2009.
More details to follow.
Updated Spring Conference Agenda and Venue
April 3, 2009 by Geoff Curtiss
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Monday, April 20th through Wednesday April 22nd 2009
| Monday, April 20th | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Gathering @ the Jubilee Center |
| 6:00 p.m. | Gather for Opening Worship @ Trinity Church/All Saints |
| 6:45 p.m. | Dinner @ Trinity Church/All Saints |
| 7:30 p.m. | The De-Industrialization and Globalization of Hoboken 1980- 2009 The story of All Saints |
| Tuesday, April 21st | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bible Study @ Jubilee Center |
| 10:15 a.m. | Presentation by GreenFaith www.GreenFaith.org |
| 1:00 p.m. | Travel to Lunch at the largest environmental clean up site in NJ
Presentation by IAF lead organizer Joe Morris |
| 3:00 p.m. | Visit site of current struggle at PPG site on Garfield Ave. |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner at a local Hoboken venue |
| Wednesday, April 22nd | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bible Study @ Jubilee Center |
| 10:15 a.m. | Meet with Jubilee Officer Chris Johnson |
| 12 noon | Lunch and future steps |
For those who want to stay we will visit Manhattan in the afternoon and evening
Jubilee Center is located at 601-603 Jackson Street in Hoboken, NJ (link)
Trinity Church/ All Saints is located at 701 Washington St. in Hoboken (link)
For more information call 201-792-3563.
Those who need housing availability please contact the same number.
The cost of the conference is $150 for non-members.
Church in Metropolitan Areas announces its Spring 2009 conference
February 22, 2009 by Geoff Curtiss
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We are pleased to announce the Spring Church in Metropolitan Areas Conference entitled “The Global City and the Environment: A Faith Based Perspective”. The conference will be held Monday, April 20th through Thursday, April 23rd in New Jersey.
The Global City and the Environment: A Faith Based Perspective will explore the results of our built environment and the impact our cities have on building, sustaining and recycling our environment. The Meadowlands in northern New Jersey sits just minutes from the Empire State building and midtown Manhattan. Formerly an industrial waste site for the old industrial cities of New York, Newark, and Jersey City it is now becoming a new edge city offering eco-tourism as one of its entertainment attractions along with Xanadu and Giants Stadium. We will be hosted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission www.njmeadowlands.gov.
Our program will feature a day long session with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission at their center in the Meadowlands. We will also have sessions with GreenFaith, Interfaith Partners in Action for the Earth, www.GreenFaith.org. and with Metro IAF and particularly the New Jersey IAF group that has fought the chromium battle in against Honeywell and most recently with PPG in Jersey City, www.industrialareasfoundation.org.
Our biblical and theological reflection for the conference will be led by Judith Jones and Edmundo Desueza, CMA’s resident leaders for this reflection. The theme of their studies will be “What we have seen, what is, and what is to come” using the first three chapters of the Book of Revelation.
We will be meeting in a variety of sites to give participants a chance to experience first hand the environmental issues. We will be staying at the Marriott Fairfield Inn 850 Paterson Plank R. East Rutherford, NJ 201-507-5222. Each person needs to make their own lodging arrangements. The cost of the conference is $150 per person. Further readings materials and details of the conference will be passed on with registration.
For more information and registration contact
The Rev. Geoff Curtiss
geoff@metrochurchblog.org
201-792-3563
The Church in Metropolitan Areas is a self chosen group of persons who seek to share with one another best practices and peer-learnings as we work in metropolitan ministry settings. The group came into existence at the 2000 General Convention of the Episcopal Church. We welcome all like-minded persons of faith who seek to build vital congregations in our metropolitan areas.
Please register by April 6th so we can plan appropriately.