Co-sponsored by
Methodists United for Peace with Justice (MUPWJ)
Temple United Methodist Church, San Francisco
Pre-Conference Dialogue for College and Seminary Students
Tuesday evening dinner, September 26 through Thursday lunch, September 28
Edge Campus Ministry, San Francisco State University
Led by Carolyn Talmadge
Final Conference Program
| Thursday, September 28th |
| 9:00 a.m |
Pre-conference gathering for young people and students |
| 1:00-5:00 p.m |
Registration |
| 3:00 |
Leadership Orientation |
| 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Opening Worship
Welcome: Rev. Schuyler Rhodes, host pastor
Preacher: Bishop Beverly Shamana
Readers and prayers: Tyree Johnson, Martha Milk, E.J. Fieldhouse,
Rev. Brenda Vaca, Temple UMC |
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| Friday, September 29th. |
| 8:00 a.m |
Gathering with coffee, tea and donuts |
| 9:00 |
Opening Worship
Preacher: Rev. Dante Tangoman, Pastor Geneva Avenue UMC,
San Francisco
Readers:
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| 10:00 |
Plenary on the WESLEYAN HERITAGE. |
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Introducing the Conference: Howard W. Hallman, Chair
Methodists United for Peace with Justice
"A Wesleyan Theology of Peace: What's the Evidence?"
Rev. Greg Bergquist, Pastor, UMC, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 11:00 |
Break out into four Quadrilateral groups to discuss
Wesleyan heritage for a theology of peace.
Scripture: Biblical Perspectives
Discussion leader: Rev. Brenda Vaca, Temple UMC, San Francisco
Reporter: Jim Hipkins, MUPWJ Board of Directors
Tradition: Christian History
Discussion leader: Prof. Diane L. Lobody, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Reporter: David Wildman, UM General Board of Global Ministries
Reason: Theological Perspectives
Discussion leader: Bishop C. Dale White, United Methodist Church
Reporter: Bruce Pettit, UM San Francisco District
Experience: Nonviolent Action
Discussion leader: Rev. Kelvin Sauls, UMGeneral Board of Discipleship
Reporter: Joyce Georgieff, MUPWJ Board of Directors |
| Noon |
Box Lunch |
| 1:00-3:45 p.m |
QUADRILATERAL GROUPS
Scripture: Biblical Perspectives
Discussion leader: Rev. Brenda Vaca, Temple UMC, San Francisco
Presenter: Prof. Richard Hays, Duke Divinity School
“Dealing with Violence: New Testament Perspective”
Tradition: Christian History
Discussion leader: Prof. Diane L. Lobody, Methodist. Theological School
in Ohio
Presenter: Prof. Albert Hernandez, Iliff School of Theology
“Approaches to War and Peace in Christian History”
Reason: Theological Perspectives
Discussion leader: Bishop C. Dale White, United Methodist Church
Presenter: Prof. D. Stephen Long, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
“A Theology of Peace for the 21 st Century”
Experience: Nonviolent Action
Discussion leader: Rev. Kelvin Sauls, General Board of Discipleship
Presenters: “Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Arun Gandhi, M.K. Gandhi Institute
Bishop Forrest Stith, United Methodist Church |
| 4:00 |
Plenary: Feedback from four Quadrilateral groups
Presiding: Howard W. Hallman
Reporters from four groups
Reflections: Bishop Forrest Stith |
| 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Film: “A Force More Powerful” featuring Desegregation in
Nashville, Tennessee; Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March
Introduction: Rev. Carlee L. Hallman, Bethesda, Maryland
Discussant: Arun Gandhi |
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| Saturday, September 30th |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Gathering with coffee, tea and donuts |
| 9:00 |
Worship
Preacher: Rev. Schuyler Rhodes
Reader: |
| 10:00 |
Quadrilateral Groups
Scripture: Biblical Perspectives
Discussion leader: Rev. Brenda Vaca, Temple UMC, San Francisco
“Preaching and Teaching the Gospel of Peace”
Tradition: Christian History
Discussion leader: Prof. Diane L. Lobody, Methodist Theological School
in Ohio
Presenters: “EUB and Methodist Positions on War and Peace”
Prof. J. Steven O’Malley, Asbury Theological Seminary
Prof. Barry Penn Hollar , Shenandoah University
Reason: Theological Perspectives
Discussion leader: Bishop C. Dale White
Presenters: “Perspectives of Theologies of Liberation”
Kevin Burke, SJ, Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley
Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto, Pacific School of Religion
Prof. Douglas Powe, Saint Paul School of Theology
Experience: Nonviolent Action
Discussion leader: Richard Deats, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Presenters: “Global Perspective”
Middle East: Mubarak Awad, Nonviolence International
South Africa: Kelvin Sauls, UM General Board of Discipleship
Philippines. Rev. Elizabeth Tapia |
| Noon |
Box Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m |
Plenary: Reports from Quadrilateral Groups
Presiding: Howard W. Hallman
Presentation by reporters
Reflections: Bishop Forrest Stith |
| 2:45 |
Plenary continued
Discussion of “Peace Possibilities in Israel/Palestine”
Speaker: Mubarak Awad, Nonviolence International
DISCIPLESHIP FOR TRANSFORMING THE WORLD
“Connecting with United Methodist Church”
Bishop Roy Sano, Council of Bishops |
| 4:30 |
Time for networking and informal conversation |
| 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Concert: Emmit Powell and the Gospel Elites |
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| Sunday, October 1st |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Closing Plenary: consolidated report from plenary sessions
Presiding: Howard W. Hallman
Reporter: Richard Deats, former editor, Fellowship magazine
Reflections: Bishop Forrest Stith
Closing remarks: Rev. Schuyler Rhodes |
| 11:00 |
Worship with Communion
Worship leader: Rev. Schuyler Rhodes
Preacher: Bishop Roy Sano
Lay Readers: Chudy Nnebe. Mae Fajrdo
Communion Celebrants: Bishop Sano, Bishop Forrest Stith
Bishop C. Dale White, Rev. Brenda Vaca |
| 12:30 p.m |
Luncheon |
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