Our pre-assembly event will focus on Matthew 25
Pre-Assembly Speaker : David Anderson Hooker (click here for bio)
There will be two workshops on each of the following topics:
Dismantling Structural Racism
Eradicating Systemic Poverty
Revitalizing Congregations.
Anyone is welcome to come to the pre-assembly event by registering and paying a registration fee.
Event Schedule
10:00 a.m. Opening Devotion
10:30 a.m. Keynote – David Anderson Hooker
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. First Workshop
Building Congregational Vitality
VCI in Pittsford, NY: How one congregation is nurturing congregational vitality in the Greater Rochester Area
Bending the Moral Arc: Courageous Conversations on Race as a Matthew 25 Initiative to Dismantle Systemic Racism
Planting the Seeds of Abundance
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. 2nd Workshop
Creating a Culture of Change
Jubilee, Matthew 25 and the Work of Reparations
Mission at the Eastward: Toward Eradicating Poverty Through Innovative Solutions for Housing Insecurity
4:30 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. Closing Session – David Anderson Hooker
6:15 p.m. Dinner
