Plenaries

LIVING ON THE EDGE 

WHEN THE EDGE KEEPS MOVING

Lydia Kelsey Bucklin

Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan

Anthony Francis

Baltimore, Maryland

Steve Godfrey

Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan

Don Phillips

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Donna Sweeting

Virginia Theological Seminary

Panel hosted by Ellen Bruckner & Rayford Ray

LOCAL VITALITY

EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING NOW 

IN URBAN, RURAL, AND SMALL TOWN COMMUNITIES

Darlene Clark & Amanda Talbot

St. Luke's Youth Center

Baltimore City, Maryland

Biswa Das

Rural Shrink Smart

Iowa State University

Lanni Lantto

UP Wild Church

Northern Michigan

Panel hosted by Anthony Francis and Steve Godfrey

CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES IN PURSUING 

A GOSPEL-CENTERED LIFE IN COMMUNITY

Brandon Wrencher

Community Organizer, Writer & Trainer

Greensboro, NC

Cornelia Eaton

Canon to the Ordinary

Episcopal Church in Navajoland

Jason Sole

Abolitionist and Leader in Transformative Justice

Minneapolis, MN

Katie Rengers

Staff Officer, Church Planting

The Episcopal Church

Panel hosted by Lydia Kelsey Bucklin

HOW SHALL WE GATHER?

AND WHY PEOPLE DON’T

Conie Borchardt

Public Heart Artist, Cultural Analyst & Executive Director

Music That Makes Community

Anthony Francis

Community Activist & Urban Gardener

 Baltimore, Maryland

Craig Loya

Bishop of Minnesota

Eric McIntosh

Urban, mult-racial church planter & Canon for the Beloved Community Initiative, Racial Justice & Reconciliation

Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh

Jonathan Myers

Vicar, Creator's Table at West Central Abbey

Spokane, Washington

Panel hosted Mary Groeninger


EQUIPPING LEADERS:

PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR BRINGING THIS MOVEMENT HOME

Rebecca Hall

Program Director

Iona Collaborative

Austin, Texas

Elizabeth Mae Magill

Pastor of the Small Church Collaborative

Massachusetts

Chantal McKinney

Founder

Root Thrive Soar

Winstom-Salem, North Carolina

Donna Sweeting

Project Director

Faith Filled Families Initiative

Virginia Theological Seminary

Panel hosted by Steve Godfrey