Schedule
October 12th
- 2-6:30pm: Pre-Conference/Presbymergent Brews and Bites
- Karl Barth: The Original Presbymergent Theologian (John Franke)
- Dinner afterwards at The Sharp Edge
- 7-9:00pm: Session #1: Stories of Emergent within the Presbyterian Church
- BJ Woodworth (The Open Door), Andrew Purves (Pittsburgh Seminary), Derek Westin (The Pittsburgh Project), Vera White (Pittsburgh Presbytery), Karen Sloan
- 9-???: Late Night Un-Conference
October 13th
- 7:30-8:30am: Breakfast (included in registration)
- 8:30-10:15am: Session #2: The Need for Reform to Allow for Emergence Part 1
- Dr. John Franke
- 10:30-Noon: Breakout Session #1
- Recovering the Two Essentials of the Christian Faith (Scott Sunquist)
- Presbymergent Preaching (BJ Woodworth)
- Presbymergent Leadership (Vera White)
- Transmisship (Terry Timm)
- Noon-1:15pm: Lunch (included in registration)
- 1:15-2:45pm: Breakout Session #2
- Relevance in the City: Thoughts on being urban, multicultural, postmodern, AND Presbyterian. (Derrick Weston)
- Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order. (Adam Walker Cleaveland)
- Emerging Traditional Congregations: Learning to Speak a New Language in an Existing Church (Brian Wallace)
- Presbymergent Spiritual Formation (Karen Sloan)
- Can Jesus Emerge? The Importance of Christology for the Emerging Church. (Andrew Purves)
- 3:00-4:45pm: Session #3: The Need for Reform to Allow for Emergence Part 2
- Dr. John Franke