February 3-5, 2020
Location: International Anglican Church | 1305 N Union Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Monday, February 3, 2020
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pre-Gathering Workshop (IAC): Dr Ashley Null
This Workshop is available for those attending (register during Gathering registration) and others not attending the Gathering (register HERE).
Discovering the Unity Between the Patristics & Reformers
The Church Fathers and Reformers have sometimes been portrayed as sparring partners in the history of theology, forcing us to choose which “strata” of church history is most important. However, there is a deep unity in their theological understandings that points us faithfully to the gospel. Join us as Dr. Null shares about “The role of the Fathers in Reformation Protestant Thought” and “Thomas Cranmer’s Patristic Scriptural Hermeneutic,” followed by a panel discussion.
4:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Gathering Registration (IAC)
5:15-6:30 pm
Dinner at IAC
6:15 pm
Clergy Vest (Green – in the 3rd Classroom)
6:30-8:30 pm
Opening Eucharist with Dr. Ashley Null Speaking, The Comfortable Words
(All Clergy Vest – Open to the public)
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Clergy Wives Breakfast
Clergy Husbands Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:55 am
Light Breakfast (IAC)
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Morning Prayer
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Plenary – Dr. Ashley Null, Cranmer’s Patristic Understanding of Holy Communion
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Synod Meeting
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch (IAC)
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Workshops
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- Matt Burnett – Reading the Bible Politically
In “The Bible in Politics” Richard Bauckham offers the reader a way, with particular examples, to read the Bible politically and to gain an understanding of the social relevance of the Bible that is strongly exegetical, disciplined, informed, imaginative, and politically fruitful. - Ben Fischer – Lessons from Late Medieval Hermeneutics
Along with war, climate change, famine, and plague, the fourteenth-century English church was wrecked by shifts in biblical interpretation that effectively undermined the authority of the Bible just when confidence in truth was most needed. This talk explores the hermeneutic that emerged from the crisis and required that the Bible be made available in the vernacular, resulting in a broad move of lay piety and groundwork laid for the Reformation. My contention is that we must be employing this hermeneutic today. - Heath Hale – Hope for Sexual Addiction: Redemption through Virtue & Liturgical Worship (and from models of Disease & Choice)
Sexual Addiction is rampant in both culture and church. Addiction models of disease or choice are un-Biblical and/or unhelpful. Perhaps there is hope for the addict in first redeeming the Church’s classical principles of virtue, habit, and liturgy. - Cindy Hamilton – Prayer Practicum
Join Dn. Cindy Hamilton, Diocesan Prayer Leader, for a time of sharing about how the Spirit is working through prayer in our churches, and for practicing prayer together. Participants are encouraged to send Cindy (cindy@adventdenver.com) your church’s prayer emphases and practices prior to the session for inclusion in the workshop! - Michael McClymond – What is Neo-Gnostic Spirituality? And How Should Pastors Respond to It?
Students of church history will be aware that gnosticism during the second century was the first major heretical movement in the history of Christianity. Yet new versions of ancient, gnostic ideas are circulating widely today. Father Richard Rohr—whose book The Universal Christ (2018) was the #1 best-selling book on Christ at Amazon.Com for about a year—argues that Christians need to give up their focus on “Jesus” and instead embrace a supposedly more spiritual “Christ” who is no longer understood as fleshly, material, or human. This seminar will explore some possible pastoral responses to the emerging neo-gnosticism in our culture today. - Ken Robertson – The Gospel According to Gender
What do the debates surrounding same sex attraction, gender dysphoria, sexual ethics, the #metoo movement, and women’s ordination all have in common? A robust theology of gender that spans the Biblical story is necessary to engage all of them thoughtfully, not just reactively. Join Pastor Ken as he describes how International Anglican Church tackled an exploration of a theology of gender in 2019, and the fruit that emerged from the journey. - Chris Stroup – Religion, Race, and the Early Church
Religion, Race, and the Early Church: Religion and race were intimately connected in the world of Jesus and the early Christians. This workshop will consider how race and religion shaped early Christians and what implications this might have for our conversations about race and Christianity today. - Billy Waters – Raising Money for New & Existing Churches
In light of the current trend of people giving less and less to the church, how should we respond? Rising educational debt, increased cost of living, and less normalcy of a ‘steady paycheck’, is changing the way people give to the church. In this workshop, we will look at the cultural movement in regards to giving and what are the principles and practices of gospel generosity.
- Matt Burnett – Reading the Bible Politically
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Targeted Meetings
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- Musicians – Daniel VanValkenburg
Musical Worship: Sharing fresh music, insight, and best practices from leading musical worship in various DRM congregations - Children & Youth – Christy Penley & Wes Trevor
Children & Youth: Sharing thanksgivings, challenges, and new ideas for discipling kids & youth in the DRM. - Clergy – Sponsored by College of Deacons
Mutual Ministry: The Deacon-Priest Partnership. What does a healthy and vibrant partnership between deacon and priest look like, and what practices help cultivate such a partnership? Join us as we hear from three deacon-rector teams about what they have learned about the gifts and challenges of partnering as two ordained orders with one mutual mission. - Ordinands – Matt Burnett
Ordinands: Come hear about the ordination process from Canon Matt, including some new changes that will strengthen your formational experience in the ordination journey.
- Musicians – Daniel VanValkenburg
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