International Anglican Church / Colorado Springs, CO and ONLINE – Feb 1-2, 2021

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Gathering Schedule

Speaker: The Rev. Brandon Washington

Monday, Feb 1

  • 2:30 pm — Doors open (Check-In & Name tag pickup)
  • 3:00 – 3:20 pm — Welcome and Pastoral words (Bishop Ken) (Live on YouTube)
  • 3:30 – 5:30 pm — The Rev. Brandon Washington (Live on YouTube)
  • 5:45 – 6:45 pm — Dinner (Jimmy John’s at IAC)
  • 6:45 pm — Clergy Vest
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm — Worship with The Rev. Brandon Washington Preaching (Live on YouTube)

Tuesday, Feb 2

In person gathering at IAC is finished – Break for lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm — Targeted meetings – by ZOOM (Register to receive the Zoom link)

  • Clergy Formation – Ordinands: Come hear an overview of the ordination process from Canon Matt (Canon to the Ordinary), from Aspirancy to Postulancy to Candidacy, including topics that will strengthen your formational experience during the ordination journey. A time of question and answer will be given. This meeting is for people interested in beginning the ordination process or already engaged in it. Sign up HERE.
  • Clergy Wives Meeting: Connection time with Sallie Ross and other clergy wives. (2:00 – 3:30 pm) Sign up HERE.
  • College of Deacons: Overview of the types of diaconal ministry currently taking place within the Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.  Deacons in DRM are serving in a variety of capacities in their communities and in their churches.  In some cases these ministries are directly related to their professional careers and others are in addition to their occupational training.  Some Deacons are enjoying a time of ministry renewal and revitalization as a result of retirement from their secular duties.  There will be an opportunity for Deacons to share, as well as, a time for encouragement, prayer, and community building during Zoom breakout groups.  Time will be given for reflection and closing comments.  This meeting is for Deacons or anyone interested in becoming a Deacon. Sign up HERE.
  • Prayer: A ministry of Transformational Prayer (or Inner Healing Prayer) can be a powerful resource for your congregation. This session will be filled with practical resources that can assist you in creating a ministry of Transformational Prayer. Come explore with us how such a ministry could fit within the context of your local community! Sign up HERE.
  • Racial Reconciliation: Pastoring through conversations about race and racial justice in our churches can sometimes feel like we’re shepherding separate communities within our church. Studies show that a significant generational gap exists in these conversations adding to their complexity. This targeted meeting will discuss tools to help us minister faithfully and in a Gospel-centered way across generations on matters of racial justice and reconciliation. Join us for this targeted meeting on pastoring through generational differences in conversations about race. Sign up HERE.
  • Theology Group: This year the theology group worked on two documents related to the sacraments: 1) Why Only Bishops and Priests Should Preside at Communion; 2) Why We Practice Infant Baptism.  Join us for a discussion of these documents.  We’ll talk about the theological and hermeneutical principles that guided our thinking and discuss related pastoral issues.  Time will be given for Q & A.  Sign up HERE.
The Rev. Brandon Washington

Brandon grew up in Dallas, Texas and studied Political Science at the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of Denver Seminary (M.A. Systematic Theology) and he is completing a second concentration (M.A. Apologetics & Ethics). He has been married to his dearest friend, Cheri, for sixteen years and they have two beautiful children, Reese and Ellis. He is the preaching pastor of The Embassy Church in Northeast Denver.

Brandon will be speaking on:

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Basis for Social Justice
    During the holocaust, Dietrich Bonhoeffer came to a theological realization. Purposefully confronting the genocide of image bearers—namely, European Jews—is compulsory. Much of this realization occurred while in America doing postdoctoral work at Union Theological Seminary and serving as a Sunday School teacher at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. These experiences contributed to his theological method and defense of temporal justice as a duty of the Church. The compulsion is not a matter of mere sentiment or reactionism.  His response to the holocaust was a deliberate outworking of his theological ethics. It behooves us to consider his views as they have present-day relevance.
  • The Apostle Paul’s Comprehensive Gospel Message
    Since Martin Luther’s gallant defense of the doctrine of justification, the post-Reformation Church has upheld justification as the gospel’s chief agenda. Luther’s codified justification in a way that is biblically upheld and laudable. However, our defense of the doctrine of justification can result in theological reductionism; we may be treating it as the sole agenda. If the gospel has additional implications, more than just eternal redemption, then truncating the message will cause the Church to veer off mission.  Paul’s gospel message underlines both eternal and temporal conciliatory fruit. It is a comprehensive message to which God has called us.