Shaping Sermons to Nurture Justice:
A Workshop on Prophetic Preaching
The Beatitudes Society would like to congratulate this year's Preaching Workshop Scholarship Recipients
Berkeley:
Sara Emmerich, Wesley Theological Seminary
Audrey deCoursey, Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, Elgin, IL
Sara Dorrien, Columbia Theological Seminary
Martin Elfert, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Otis Gaddis III, Yale Divinity School
Maxwell Grant, Community Church of The Pelhams, NY
Karen Haig, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Michelle Meech, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Ernest Morrow, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Meighan Pritchard, Pacific School of Religion
Jacquelin Rostad, Luther Seminary
Pamela Shepherd, First Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
Chicago:
Oby Ballinger, Community United Church of Christ, Lauderdale, MN
Jason Chesnut, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Rev. Erik Christensen, Pastor, St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, Chicago, IL
Chase Danford, Virginia Theological Seminary
Marie Harkey, Episcopal Divinity School
Chaka Holley, Chicago Theological Seminary
Leah Lyman Waldron, Candler School of Theology
Elsa Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School
Abby Mohaupt, McCormick Theological Seminary
Brad Pace, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Graduate
Julie Watson, Eden Theological Seminary
Chris Wogaman, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Graduate
“Preach the Gospel by all means; and if necessary, use words.”
The Beatitudes Society's Prophetic Preaching Workshop is Not a Contest - not a Prize, but a Process.
Each year the Preaching Workshop offers Peer learning that is
* Collegial
* Ecumenical
* Small
As we are listening each other into speech, voices are empowered by
* a sense of solidarity
* being grounded in our own authentic preaching voices
* feeling confident
* knowing they are supported
* being connected to caring peers
What the preachers from the inaugural 2009 Prophetic Preaching Workshop said:
— “I learned more in those few days than I often do in classes that last an entire quarter.”
— “If the Beatitudes Society had to choose only one thing to do that would support its mission this would be it.”
— “This is what we should be doing more of.”
Berkeley, CA: March 5-8, 2010
Chicago, IL: April 9-12, 2010
Click here for directions to CDSP and Techny Towers, 2010 Workshop Locations
2010 Workshop Facilitators/Mentors:
The Rev. Dr. David J. Schlafer has taught philosophy, theology, and homiletics at a number of seminaries in different denominational traditions. He conducts conference on preaching across the United States and in England. He has edited or authored eighteen books including Surviving the Sermon, Your Way with God's Word, Playing with Fire, and Preaching What We Practice (with Timothy Sedgwick).
Rev. Patricia de Jong has been Senior Minister of First Congregational Church of Berkeley, United Church of Christ, in Berkeley, California since 1994. She was the first woman to be called to that position. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University and Pacific School of Religion and has served as a Campus Minister at the University of Oregon, the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Rev. Jim Gertmenian is Senior Minister of Plymouth Congregational Church and a founder of the Plymouth Center for Progressive Christian Faith. His leadership at Plymouth has advanced a nationally recognized progressive Christian pulpit rooted in a vibrant, living congregation. His vision has led to the creation of the annual Emerging Leaders Conferences, bringing together seasoned leaders of progressive Christianity with younger seminarians from around the country. Jim is a graduate of Oberlin College and Union Theological Seminary and has served pastorates in New York, Connecticut and Minnesota.
The Rev. Anne S. Howard is the Executive Director of The Beatitudes Society. An Episcopal priest, she is the author of Claiming the Beatitudes: Nine Stories from a New Generation. Former Associate Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California, she is now is Preacher-in-Residence at Trinity.