Pastoring in a Day of Political Turmoil
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.