Synod’s Congregational Development Conference
Is November 4-6 In Nashville

T he Synod Partnership for Congregational Development will be holding it’s biannual conference for church redevelopment and new church development from Thursday, November 4 through Sunday, November 6 at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN. The keynote speakers will be Alex Thornburg and Ted Foote, co-authors of Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt (2000) and Being Disciples of Jesus in a Dot.Com World (2003). Worship will be provided by Carol Tate, who, before being called as a pastor, had a career as a musician. Carol has been liturgist and seminar leader at Montreat Music and Worship Conferences and at the Reclaiming the Text Conference.

There will also be seven workshops from which to choose: Dealing Effectively with Conflict; Postmodernism and the Church; Using PERCEPT and Vision 2000 for Community Mission Planning; Redevelopment, New Church Development: a model for success; Models of New Church Development, Who, What, Why and When; Developing Hispanic Ministries; and Energizing Congregations—Planning for Growth. Workshop choices must be marked on the registration forms.

Cost for the conference is $50. Registration forms are available through your presbytery office or can be downloaded from the synod web site.