Saturday, September 24th
1:00 - 5:00 pm Symposia
Christianity in a Religiously Diverse World
6:00 - 8:30 pm Dinner for Sponsors, Presenters & Planning Committee
Sunday, September 25th
9:00 am Registration
9:30 am Worship
Safe Space, Brave Space, or Sacred Space
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Workshops
12:00 pm Lunch
Amazing Faith Lunch Conversations
1:00 pm Workshops
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Plenary
Pilgrims Instead of Missionaries
3:30 pm Closing Worship
Please contact Heather Ullsvik Loomans heather@ullsvikassociates.com or Rev. Warner with interest to support this peace conference.
Plymouth Pastor, Andrew Warner
Heather Ullsvik Loomans
Crystal Stinmates
People will leave with tangible ideas of how to cultivate more personal peace, more peace in our communities and on the global stage. All are welcome. Plymouth Church is ADA accessible, Open & Affirming.
Let's explore being the Peace we want to see.
Saturday 9/24 Pre-Conference Symposium:
General Admission - $10
Sunday 9/25 Conference: lunch included
General Admission - $30 / Late registration $40 (after 9/20)
Youth/Student - $10 / Late registration $15 (after 9/20)
Children's program (for ages 0-12) - $0
Sponsorship Opportunities
Please consider becoming a Sponsor of this unique community event. Funds raised will offset workshop costs to keep tickets prices accessible to all.
All Sponsors are invited to attend a dinner Saturday, September 24th with Reviving Peace Presenters and Planning Commitee. Sponsors also recieve tickets to the Sunday peace conference and will be publically thanked on promotional materials, unless otherwise specified.
Sponsorship Levels
For many, our faith calls us to this work: to be a Good Samaritan, to feed the poor, to be the change we want to see. Worship service will be in the UCC Protestant tradition, with interfaith contribution of prayer, music and visual art. All Plymouth services are Open and Affirming and ADA Accessible to all. This will be a chance for different people with similar goals to reflect, pray, and get fired-up, together.
Conference attendees of all faiths or none are welcome to participate as much or as little in the worship service as they are comfortable.
A few workshop details still in development-- stay tuned for updates.
Tracks serve to connect morning and afternoon workshops along common themes; participants can chose to remain in a track or pick and chose as they wish (with the exception of the Israel-Palestine track).
Limper Funded Presenters
The Armin and Shirley Limper Program in Christianity & World Religions of Eden Seminary are a primary partner in this program, providing three key theologians and grant support.
Dr. Dale Bishop has served as Executive Minister of the United Church of Christ’s Wider Church Ministries, the Director of Resources and Relationships for Interfaith Understanding at Hartford Seminary, and, from 1980 to 1999, as Area Executive for the Middle East for the UCC Church Board for World Ministries. Most recently he served as the pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Rhinelander, WI. Dr.Bishop holds a doctorate degree from Columbia University in New York City, where he also taught Middle East languages and cultures as well as Iranian Studies. Dr. Bishop’s interest in interfaith relations has a particular focus on Christian-Muslim relations.
Dr. Damayanthi Niles is Professor of Constructive Theology at Eden Theological Seminary. Her areas of focus include constructive theology, interfaith studies, comparative theology,theology and power, contextual theology with a particular interest in Asia, theological language in a landscape of conflict and violence, and the use of aesthetics in teaching theology. Her book Worshipping at the Feet of our Ancestors was published in 2012, and she is working on a forthcoming book, Constructing a Christian Theology in a Pluralistic World. An ordained Minister of the Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (USA), she received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998.