November 9-11, 2006

Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio

Thursday, November 9

11:30 am - 8 pm

 Registration
Pre-Conference events:
 
Covenant Network Young Adult Events
12 noon - 1 pm Young Adult Network Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 pm Young Adult Network Lecture - Robert Dykstra: "The Gifts of Gays"
1:45 - 2:30 pm Young Adult Network Lecture - Q&A & follow up discussion
2:30 - 3:00 pm Young Adult Network Worship
   
1:00 pm & 2 pm Turning Points showing
   
2:30 - 3:15 pm Orientation for First-timers

 
3:30 - 3:45
Conference begins - Welcome and opening remarks
4:00 - 4:45
Plenary  - Dale Morgan: “Didn’t Our Hearts Burn Within Us?”
5:00 - 5:45
John Buchanan: “The Church We Are Called to Be and to Become”
6:00 - 7:45
Dinner
8:00 - 8:15
Greetings from the Stated Clerk
8:15 - 9:30
Opening worship:  J. Herbert Nelson preaching
9:45 -11:30
Welcoming Reception  - Hyatt Regency

Friday, November 10

11:30 am - 8 pm

 Registration

 
9:00 - 9:45
Morning Worship: Lisa Larges preaching
10:00 - 12:00

Plenary  and Keynote Address -

  • Deborah Block & Margaret Towner: "This Far by Faith"
  • Deborah Mullen: "Ordination: An Instrument for Faithfulness"
12:15 - 1:15
Lunch
1:30 - 3:15

Plenary -

  • Greetings from the Moderator
  • Doug Nave & Cynthia Campbell: "Interpreting and Living into our New Life Together"
3:30 - 4:30
Hopes for the church: Small-group discussions with Covenant Network board members
4:45 - 6:00
Workshops
6:15 - 7:45
Dinner - Jack Rogers: "Faith Stories and Teachable Moments on the Road"
8:00 - 9:30
Worship and Communion: Deborah Block preaching
10:00 - 11:30
CovNet Young Adult Reception

Saturday, November 11

 
8:30 - 9:30
Workshops
10:00 - 11:15
Workshops
11:30 - 12:30
Closing Worship: Sheila Gustafson preaching
12:30
 Conference adjourns

 Workshops will include -  Discernment: more than just talk;  Hard Wired: what determines sexual orientation, and can people change it?; Being a Non-Anxious Presence in Anxious Times; Interpreting and Using the new Authoritative Interpretation in CPM’s and COM’s; No Longer Strangers: building community across difference; What the Bible Says (and Doesn’t Say) about Homosexuality; Called to Serve: effective training and examining for elders and deacons; Determining what's "essential" for ordination; Marriages and Holy Unions; Vocation as a Reformed Distinctive; Working with others for justice, freedom, and peace: Our call as Presbyterians; Conversations with Deborah Block, Deborah Mullen, Margaret Towner and Jack Rogers; and much more