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WALTER BRUEGGEMANN ON:
The Food Fight of Faith
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Walter Brueggemann will trace the trajectories of accumulated food and share food references through the Bible, stretching from manna to Eucharist amid many “storehouses.” According to Brueggemann "food is an image in the Bible for all the levers of life and death...power, control, wealth. I think it now takes much moral courage to "call out" the dominant system of food (leverage) as a system of greed, anxiety, and violence; it takes even more moral courage to line out, in talk and in walk, an alternative system of food (leverage) in terms of generosity and justice. I cannot think of any issue that is so urgent in its evocation of moral courage as that.”
BONNIE ANDERSON ON:
Reservoirs of Hope for Proactive Change:
Courage, Power and Leadership
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Change is inevitable, in fact “Change Happens”, but change can be initiated for the purpose of achieving a goal or mission. Instead of planning and/or instigating change, most often we react to change. We aren’t “in front” of change, and rarely are we proactive, using the strategies and tools of planned change that are available to us. Created, intentional change is a tool for the ministry of all the baptized, indeed, for the ecumenical religious community. However, instigating change is not for the faint of heart nor the uninformed. At the heart of proactive change is courage. It is within the context of courage that we choose to act, both individually and communally. Without courage, change still happens, but we are reactive in its wake. Courageous change is marked by the characteristics of planning, intentionality and creativity. The address will explore:
+ Tapping moral capital
+ Analysis of the context for proactive change & why the people of God need to know this
+ The inhibiting and enabling factors of courage
+ Moral courage and the lost art of speaking up
+ Specific methodologies for proactive courageous change
+ It’s own form of rocket science
THE RIGHT REVEREND MICHAEL BRUCE CURRY
XI Bishop of North Carolina
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Michael Bruce Curry is the eleventh Bishop of North Carolina, He received the M.Div. degree from Yale Divinity School and studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary, and the Institute of Christian Jewish Studies. As a parish rector, Bishop Curry had extensive involvement in Crisis Control Ministry, the Absalom Jones initiative, and the brokering of millions of dollars of investment in inner city neighborhoods. He inspired a $2.5-million restoration of St. James' after a fire. Bishop Curry has a national preaching and teaching ministry, having been featured on The Protestant Hour and as a frequent speaker at conferences around the country.
NATHAN DUNGAN
Share Save Spend, Founder and President
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For over 20 years, Nathan has been an industry thought-leader on helping youth and adults link their money decisions to their values. Nathan speaks and consults nationally with families and organizations about the topic of money and the effects of mass marketing on money habits. Twin Cities Public Television premiered a special created and hosted by Nathan called Money 'n' Sanity in 2007. The program featured three generations of a family struggling to communicate their feelings and values around money and the effect it has on their relationships.
BREAKOUT SPEAKER BIOS 2012
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The Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley
Rector, St. Paul's, Richmond, VA
Affinity Group Leader: Challenges of Urban Parishes
The Very Rev. Walter Brownridge
Dean, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Honolulu
On: Making Reconciliation Real
The Rev. Luke Back
Rector, Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, TX
Affinity Group Leader: Creating a Different Kind of Legacy
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The Rev. Richard A. Burnett
Rector, Trinity Church, Columbus, OH
Facilitator: Smart Network for Rectors and Deans
Dr. Jason Byassee
Fellow in theology and leadership at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
On: Cultivating Vibrant Institutions
Ms. Frances Caldwell
Director of Giving, Diocese of Virginia
Affinity Group Leader: Capital Campaigns
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Ms. Pattie Christensen
Vice President, Church Pension Group
Affinity Group Leader: Got HR?
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Mr. Bill Craddock
Episcopal CREDO
ON: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working
The Rev. Chip Edens
Rector, Christ Church, Charlotte NC
ON: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working?
Mr. David Ely, CFA
Vice President & Portfolio Manager,, State Street Global Advisors, Boston, MA
Presenter: Endowment Trustee Smart Network
Dr. John Fenner
Center for Courage & Renewal
Smart Network for Wardens, Rectors and Deans
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The Rev. Dr. Jason Fout
Assistant Professor of Anglican Theology, Bexley Hall
On: The New Urbanism: A Brief Primer for Church Leaders
Dr. Greg Garrett
Writer in Residence, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin
On: Exploring Moral Imagination in Literature and Culture
Pamela S. Wesley Gomez
Director of Development and External Church Affairs, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
On: Enabling Generosity and Simplifying Stewardship
The Rev. Dr. David Gortner
Director of D.Min. programs, Prof. of Evangelism/Congregational Leadership, Virginia Theological Seminary
On: Taking it to the Streets: Everyday Evangelism
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The Most Rev'd Frank T. Griswold
Former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA
On: Smart Network for Assisting Clergy
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Ms. Rebecca Hall
Director of Adult Education and Spiritual Formation, St. David's Austin TX
On: Affinity Group: Creating Vibrant Small Groups In Your Church
Mr. John Harris
President, Union of Black Episcopalians
On: Where do we Go from Here?
The Rev. Ann Hallisey
Dean of Admissions, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
On: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working?
Dr. J. Barney Hawkins
Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA
On: 20 Things we Learned in the Quiet Phase of our Capital Campaign
On: Smart Network for Assisting Clergy
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The Rev. Micah Jackson
Bishop John Hines Assistant Professor of Preaching, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX
On: The Sermon on the Amount
The Rev. Elizabeth Butler Jameson
Vice President at Seabury Next,
On: The Soul of Money: Your Relationship with Money and what it Means
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The Rev. Dr. Charles Kiblinger
Consultant
On: Getting out of the Pew: Church as Physical Home for Your Work in the World
Mr. Nathan Kirkpatrick
Managing Director, Leadership Education, Duke Divinity School
On: Cultivating Vibrant Institutions
The Rev. Clarence Langdon
Canon for Ministry Development for the Diocese of Chicago
On: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working?
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David T. Leibell, Esq.
Trust Attorney, Wiggin & Dana, Greenwich, CT
Presenter: Smart Network for Endowment Trustees
The Rev. Canon Harold Lewis
Rector, Calvary Pittsburgh
On: Civil War, Civil Society, Civil Rights
The Rev. Canon Joanna Leiserson
Canon for Christian Formation, Mission and Outreach Ministries, Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati
On: Smart Network for Christian Formation
The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham
Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA
On: 20 Things we Learned in the Quiet Phase of Our Capital Campaign
Ms. Wendy Mauney
Business Administrator, Christ Church, Charlotte, NC
On: Smart Network for Business/Parish Administrators
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Ms. Chris McLeod
Executive Director, The Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust
On: Smart Network for Stewardship Professionals
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Mr. Darien Auburn McWhirter III
Attorney at Law
Affinity Group Leader: Got HR Issues?
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Ms. Barbara Miller
Auburn University
Affinity Group Leader: Creating a Different Kind of Legacy
Ms. Kimberly Mize
Director of Stewardship, Christ Church, Charlotte, NC
Smart Network for Stewardship Professionals
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Mr. James W. Murphy, CFRE
Senior Program Director, Episcopal Church Foundation, New York City
On: Empowering Your Parish's Future Mission with Planned Giving
On: Smart Network for Endowment/Foundation Trustees
Mr. Jim Naughton
Partner, Canticle Communications, Washington, DC
On: Courageous Communications
The Rev. Britt Olson
Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of Northern California
On: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working?
Mr. Ernest Q. Petrey
President, Ardleigh Minerals
On: 7 Steps to a Successful Endowment
Mr. David Posteraro
Partner, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz Pll, Cleveland.
On: Intellectual Property Rights and the Church
Mr. Kirby Purjet
Administrator, Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas, TX
Facilitator: Smart Network for Business Administrators
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Mr. Kenneth Quigley
Director of Endowment Management Solutions, Episcopal Church Foundation, NYC
Presenter: Smart Network for Endowment Trustees
The Rev. Canon Chuck Robertson
Canon to the Presiding Bishop, New York City
On: Learning From God's Dangerous People
The Rev. John Runkle,
Former Conservator, The National Cathedral
On: How to support Physical Endowments - Strategies that Work
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Ms. Jeanie Sablatura
Director of Communications, St. David's, Austin TX
On: Smart Network for Communicators
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Dr. William Sachs
Executive Director of the Center for Interfaith Reconciliation
On: How do you foster spiritual growth and how do you know it's working?
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The Rev. Dr. Sam Wells
Chaplain, Duke Divinity School
On: Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics
Ms. Jean White
Chair of Recent Search Committee, St. Paul's Richmond, VA
Affinity Group Leader: Churches in Rector Search
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Rebecca Wilson
Partner, Canticle Communications,
On: The Stewardship of your Technology
Austin, TX 78701
