Saturday, April 21 – Tuesday, April 24, 2012
11:00–12:00 Registration
12:00–12:30 Welcome and Introductions
12:30–1:00 Centering Time
1:00–1:45 Open Space Work - Jacqui Lewis
1:45–2:00 Break
2:00–3:15 Setting the Frame: A Social Critique of Current Reality – Gary Dorrien
3:15–3:30 Break
3:30–5:15 Prophetic Preaching: Igniting Social Justice – James Forbes
5:15–6:00 Process in Teams – Coached by Curtiss DeYoung, John Janka, and Jacqui Lewis
8:30–9:00 Breakfast
9:15–10:45 Building Multicultural Congregations – Jacqui Lewis
10:45–11:00 Break
11:15–12:30 Worship Celebration
12:30–1:15 Debrief Worship with Staff and Artists – Moderated by Michael Livingston
1:15–2:00 Lunch
2:00–3:30 Re-imagining Worship – Barbara Lundblad and Janet Walton
3:30–3:45 Break
3:45–5:15 Living Our Faith in Public Life: What Congregations Are Doing – Jennifer Butler
5:15–6:00 Teams in Structured Conversation: Sharing Stories of Innovation
8:30–9:00 Breakfast and Centering
9:00–10:30 Story-telling, Theology, and Justice Making – Miguel De La Torre
10:30–10:45 Break
10:45–12:00 The Arts and Social Justice – Charles Wright
12:00–1:00 Lunch
1:00–2:00 Changing the Worship Culture in the Congregation – John Janka
2:00–2:15 Break
2:15–3:30 Messaging Social Justice – Macky Alston
3:30–4:30 Coaching and Team Work: Making Your Own Plan for Change – Coaching with Jacqui Lewis and John Janka
4:30–4:45 Break
4:45–6:15 Igniting Social Justice through Worship – Jacqui Lewis
8:30–9:00 Breakfast and Centering
9:00-10:30 Worship Igniting Millenials to Social Justice – Stephen Cady
10:30–10:45 Break
10:45–12:00 Self Care: The Art of a Spiritual Life – Adriene Thorne
12:00–12:15 Evaluation
12:15–12:30 Closing Ritual – Jacqui Lewis and Adriene Thorne
The Middle Project, Inc.
50 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
(212) 477-0666
