Afternoon
[A1] Heal Our Hearts, Heal Our Streets, Heal Our World
God is redeeming individuals, neighborhoods, and a broken world. The message of salvation is both personal and social. In this session we will explore a vision for redemption that includes healing hearts and challenging systems of injustice.
Speaker
Shane Claiborne
[A2] Welcoming the Stranger: A Christian Response to Immigration
At a time of unprecedented global forced migration, what should be the church’s response? The U.S. has traditionally played a leadership role in offering refuge to the world’s persecuted but recent policy changes has led to many asylum-seekers and refugees being left in vulnerable situations. Learn about these recent policy changes and also how the church can lead in serving and advocating for our immigrant neighbors.
Speaker
Jenny Yang
[A3] The Opportunity of Conflict: Becoming Everyday Peacemakers in Our Homes, on Our Streets, and in Our World
Five minutes on our smartphones and we are again confronted with the conflicted reality of our country and world. As followers of Jesus, do we throw up our arms and walk away or roll up our sleeves and join God in healing our broken world? The work of peacemaking is often stigmatized as something soft and idealistic, reserved for political power brokers or those on the fringes of society. As followers of an others-oriented, enemy-loving God, it is clear to us that peacemaking is neither soft nor idealistic, but a subversive, costly way of life that moves us toward conflict armed to heal rather than to win. What if conflict is not a problem to fix, but an opportunity for transformation? What are the tools we need in order to move toward conflict in our relationships, neighborhoods, and world as participants in God’s mission of restoration? This breakout session will equip you with a theology for peacemaking and offer a tangible set of practices to join God in mending the divides of our conflicted world.
Speaker
Jon Huckins