Thursday, April 23
Clergy Seminar
Benediction Farm
We gather together to learn from one another in discussion.
What have you experienced and what lessons have you learned in pastoring a congregation deeply divided politically?
How has political division affected preaching, worship, and discipleship?
How has it affected you personally?
Format of the Day
9:30-10 a.m. Arrival and refreshments
10-11:30 a.m. Opening discussion of the question
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Material presented by Dr. Gregory Thompson
“Becoming Dissident Pastors: Nurturing Dissident Congregations”
12:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch and further discussion with Dr. Thompson
Introducing Dr. Gregory Thompson
Gregory Thompson serves as Founder and Principal of Convivium, a Creative Strategy Consulting Firm. He is the author of “The Welcome Table”, a column on Hospitality and Culture at Comment Magazine and co-author of the award winning Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance and Repair. He holds a PhD from the University of Virginia where he wrote his dissertation on the moral imagination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He is a Deacon in the Diocese of Church for the Sake of Others and is in process of transferring to DOMA.
Date: Thursday April 23
Cost: $30
Space is limited to thirty participants.
Venue:
Benediction Farm
5407 South Blue Ridge Turnpike
Rochelle, VA 22738
Phone: 434-242-3089
Further questions: Contact Rev. Wade Bradshaw wadef.bradshaw@ gmail.com, or Rev. David Comeau david@allsoulsrva.org.
