CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
| Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | |||
| EDT | PDT | Location | |
| 1:15-5:30 pm | VA Check-in & Registration | ||
| 5:30-6:00 | VA Social | ||
| 6:00-7:00 | VA Dinner | ||
| 7:00-8:00 | 4:00-5:00pm | Welcome and Worship – Rev. Dr. Diane Moffet, Warren Cooper | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online |
| 8:00-9:00 | 5:00-6:00pm | Bible Study – Rev. Dr. Patricia Tull | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online |
| 9:00-end | VA Evening Social | ||
| Thursday, September 21, 2023 | Events in blue available online | ||||
| Thursday Events | Location | ||||
| EDT | CDT | Stewart / Online 1 | Calvin / Online 2 | Knox / Online 3 | |
| 06:30-08:00 | VA Morning Activity | ||||
| 07:30-09:00 | Breakfast | ||||
| 09:00-09:15 | 8:00-8:15 | Break/MN Start | |||
| 9:15-10:15 | 8:15-9:15 | Workshop 1 | Camp Ministries in Earth Care Rev. Colleen Earp |
Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation Rev. Sam Hamilton-Poore |
Divestment and other Overtures for 2024 GA Rev. Fred Milligan |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:30 | 9:30-10:30 | Workshop 2 | Songs for Creation Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette |
Taking Your Church Carbon Neutral John Crampton |
Inflation Reduction Act Rollout Tiffany Hartung |
| 11:30-12:30 | 10:30-11:30 | Lunch | |||
| 12:30-1:15 | 11:30-12:15 | Worship | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online: Worship Leader Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett and Warren Cooper | ||
| 1:15-2:00 | 12:15-1:00 | Bible Study | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online — Rev. Dr. Patricia Tull | ||
| 2:00-2:15 | Break | ||||
| 2:15-3:15 | 1:15-2:15 | Workshop 3 | Women & Climate Faith Harris |
Farm Bill, Water, and Climate Josh Svaty |
Electric Vehicles & the IRA Zack Hurst |
| 3:15-4:00 | 2:15-3:00 | Plenary Talk | Earth Care Congregations — Jane Laping & Jo Randolph | ||
| 4:00-4:15 | 3:00-3:15 | Break | |||
| 4:15-5:30 | 3:15-4:30 | Workshop 4 | A Black Woman’s Climate Story Faith Harris |
Divest? Invest? Engage? It’s complicated. MRTI Panel |
VA: Spring House Only Potter’s Wheel: Earthen Hands Ministry Jean Brown |
| 5:30-6:00 | 4:30-5:00 | Break/MN end | |||
| 6:00-7:00 | 5:00-6:00 | VA Dinner | |||
| 7:00-8:00 | 6:00-7:00 | Plenary Talk | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online Matthew 25 Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett |
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| 8:00-9:00 | 7:00-8:00 | TBD | |||
| 9:00-end | 8:00-9:00 | CA Dinner/ VA Evening Social | |||
| Friday, September 22, 2023 | Events in blue available online | ||||
| Friday Events | Location | ||||
| EDT | PDT | CA Room 1 / Stewart / Online 1 | CA Room 2 / Calvin / Online 2 | Knox / Online 3 | |
| 06:30-08:00 | 3:30-5:00 | VA Morning Activity | |||
| 07:30-09:00 | 4:30-6:00 | Breakfast | |||
| 09:00-09:15 | 6:00-6:15 | Break | |||
| 9:15-10:15 | 6:15-7:15 | Workshop 5 | Climate and Oceans Dr. Mark Eakin |
Home Energy Conservation Rev. Dr. Trisha Tull |
Rethinking God & Creation Care Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim |
| 10:15-10:30 | 7:15-7:30 | Break | |||
| 10:30-11:30 | 7:30-8:30 | Workshop 6 | Why a Carbon Pollution Fee? Linda Racine & Curtis Baysinger |
Faithful investment and Banking Dan Terpstra and Cory Atwood |
Jim Turner A Progressive View of the Farm Bill |
| 11:30-12:30 | 8:30-9:30 | VA Lunch/ CA Check-in | |||
| 12:30-1:15 | 9:30-10:15 | Worship | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online: Worship Leader Rev. Neddy Astudillo, Music Leader Warren Cooper | ||
| 1:15-2:00 | 10:15-11:00 | Bible Study | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online — Rev. Dr. Patricia Tull | ||
| 2:00-2:15 | Break | ||||
| 2:15-3:15 | 11:15-12:15 | Workshop 7 | Deepening our Emotional Capacity Rev. Talitha Amadea Aho |
Christian based approaches to Environmental Communication and Hope Dr. Ron Amundsen, UC Berkeley |
Catherine Lynch PILP Restoring Creation Loan |
| 3:15-4:00 | 12:15-1:00 | Porch Time (Lunch for CA) | |||
| 4:00-4:15 | 1:00-1:15 | Break | |||
| 4:15-5:30 | 1:15-2:30 | Workshop 8 | Ubuntu Philosophy and Ethics: We are All Siblings from Mother Earth Fr. Fikiri Deogratias, SJ |
Do it All for the Glory of God: Eating and Living for a Healthy Climate Dr. Suzanne Jones |
VA: Spring House Only Potter’s Wheel: Earthen Hands Ministry Jean Brown |
| 5:30-6:00 | 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 6:00-7:00 | 3:00-4:00 | VA Dinner | |||
| 5:45-6:45 | 2:45-3:45 | Workshop 9 | The Crisis of Biodiversity Loss: The Climate Crisis’s Urgently Important and Often Overlooked Twin Dr. Cherie Holcomb |
Witnessing Typhoons, Seeking Justice A.G. Saño |
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| 7:00-8:00 | 4:00-5:00 | Plenary Talk | CA: Room 1 / Plenary Online Carbon is Changing Our Planet: Consequences and Actions Dr. Jeffery Reimer, UC Berkeley |
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| 8:00-9:00 | 5:00-6:00 | Regional Gatherings | Regions Meet In-person/Virtually — PEC Regional Reps | ||
| 9:00-end | 6:00-7:00 | CA Dinner/ VA Evening Social | |||
| Saturday, September 23, 2023 | |||
| EDT | PDT | Location | |
| 06:30-08:00 | VA Morning Activity | ||
| 07:30-09:00 | Checkout | ||
| 09:00-09:15 | |||
| 9:15-10:15 | |||
| 10:15-10:30 | |||
| 09:30-10:30 | 6:30-7:30 | Bible Study – Rev. Dr. Trisha Tull | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online |
| 10:30-11:30 | Brunch | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | 8:30-9:30 | Earth Care Awards Presentation | VA: Stewart / Plenary Online |
| Closing Worship – Rev. Jed Koball and Warren Cooper | |||
| 1:30-5:00 | National Drive Electric Week event | Main Parking Lot | |