TransFORM: East Coast Gathering
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We are gathering missional practitioners on the East Coast to
learn from each other and to mobilize others for forming new
missional communities.
Whether you’re a pastor, prospective "church planter," or simply
interested in finding out more about transformational missional
communities of practice, this gathering is designed to inspire and
equip you to go and do likewise!
*If you do not wish to join the TransFORM Network site, please RSVP using our alternate form »
SPEAKERS/WORKSHOP FACILITATORS:
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This is a free event. We just require that you
RSVP here so that we know how many will be attending for
planning purposes.
*If you do not wish to join the TransFORM Network site, please RSVP using our alternate form »
SCHEDULE
Get the full schedule with workshop descriptions »
| Friday, April 30 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 9:00 AM | Registration Opens / Stillness Meditation with Shinko Rick Slone |
| 10:15 AM | • Opening Session • Introduction: Steve Knight, Network Coordinator for TransFORM • Featured Speaker: Kathy Escobar of The Refuge |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:45 PM | Workshops: Constructing an Emergent Theology (Jonathan Brink) Free For All: Rediscovering the Bible in Community (Tim Conder) The Missional Church: What's the Attraction? (Don Heatley) Creating an Emerging Congregation within an Established Church Community (Jan Edmiston) Sexual Formation: Helping Individuals in Your Faith Community Be Whole People, Body and Soul (Becky Knight) |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Workshops: "Nuts and Bolts" panel discussion Simplicity: Life Planning and Money Management (Mark Scandrette) Rethinking the Role of Artists in the Church (Lisa Cole Hawkins and Jay Smith) Learning to Love the Other in God, Self, and Society (Samir Selmanovic) Calling Them Out: Using the Power of Story in the Missional Church (Jim Walker) |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner (on your own) |
| 7:00 PM | • Evening Session • Panel discussion on different expressions of missional community with Samir Selmanovic (Faith House Manhattan), Adam Moore (VOID Collective), Russell Rathbun (House of Mercy), and Lisa Cole Hawkins (Convergence), moderated by Rich McCullen (Missiongathering) • Featured Speaker: Peter Rollins of Ikon |
| Saturday, May 1 | |
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast at Wesley (light food/coffee available) / Stillness Meditation with Shinko Rick Slone |
| 8:45 AM | • Morning Session • Worship • Featured Speaker: Anthony Smith of Mission House |
| 10:15 AM | Workshops Sustainable Faith: Telling Stories that Compost (Melvin Bray and Russell Rathbun) Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask First (Heather Kirk-Davidoff) What Context Is Your Community Living In? (Phil Shepherd) The Big Pink Elephant in the Church (Rich McCullen) Whose DNA Is It, Anyway? (Todd Thomas) |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch (on your own) Special: Wild Goose Festival lunch discussion with festival director Gareth Higgins |
| 1:45 PM | Workshops: Incarnational Kids: Children’s Ministry in Emerging Churches (Pam Heatley) Organizing for Jesusistan: Lessons from the Obama Campaign’s Use of Web 2.0 (A.O. Flores) How to Start Your Own Jesus Dojo (Mark Scandrette) Creative Missional Liturgy (New Leaf Church with Amy Caruso, Jennifer Burns, and Jason Mack) Ministry in the Margins (panel discussion with Angela Harms, Hugh Hollowell, Kathy Escobar, Rev. Vince Anderson, moderated by Drew Tatusko) |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Workshops: "Nuts and Bolts" panel discussion Creation: Do We Care? And If We Do, Now What? (Beth Norcross) Seeking the Kingdom Within: A Conversation and Practice in Stillness Meditation (Mark Scandrette and Shinko Rick Slone) Cultivating Liberated Spaces (Eliacin Rosario-Cruz and Mark Van Steenwyk) FAILchurch: The Downside of Risk (Mike Stavlund) |
| 5:15 PM | • Closing Session • Featured Speaker: Brian McLaren, founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church • Music by Harp 46 • Closing Liturgy with Church of the Common Table and Rev. Vince Anderson |
| Sunday, May 2 | |
| Various Times | Choose one or more local faith communities to
visit: Church in Bethesda Church of the Common Table Convergence New Leaf Church The Corridor Kittamaqundi Community Fairlington Presbyterian Church St. John's of Baltimore City Casa Chirilagua Holy Grounds |
| Monday, May 3 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Pastors' Social Media Boot Camp with Doug Pagitt (Please note: This is a separate event and costs $95 to attend.) |
Schedule is subject to change. Main sessions marked by • will be livestreamed.
LODGING
We've negotiated a special $80/night conference rate (single or
double occupancy) at the following hotel:
Sleep
Inn Shady Grove
2 Research Court
Rockville, MD 20850
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There is a shuttle from the hotel to the metro (red line - Shady
Grove stop). Take the red line to the Tenleytown stop (nine stops
from Shady Grove - ~20 minute ride). Then it’s just a short walk (1
mile) or a ride on the American University shuttle and then a
5-minute walk from American University to Wesley Theological
Seminary.
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AIRPORT
If you're flying into Washington, D.C., for this event, the best
airport to fly into is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
WATCH ONLINE
We plan to livestream the main sessions of this event via our
Ustream channel. More details will be posted soon, including a
schedule of times.
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