CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

10th ANNUAL THEOLOGY & PEACE CONFERENCE
“Embracing WE-CENTRICITY:
PRACTICES that NURTURE the COMMON GOOD”

2017 Conference Schedule Download/Printable Version

Room Checkin — Techny 1st Floor (If you arrive after 8PM, call security at 847-553-875)
Conference Registration & Meeting Space — Techny 4th Fl.
Main Dining Room — Techny Lower Level
Evening Receptions & Social Time — Techny Room #219

Monday, May 22nd
3:00-8:00 Room Check-in — 1st Floor Main Desk
3:00- 6:00 Conference Registration — 4th Floor
6:00-6:45PM DINNER — Main Dining Room
7:00PM WATCHING FILM AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE with SISTER ROSE PACATTE  —  Includes a viewing of the film THE VISITOR, followed by discussion. Techny Room 219.

Tuesday, May 23rd
7:00 Yoga — Room 409
7:30-8:00AM Contemplative Practice — 3rd Fl. African Chapel
8:00-8:45AM BREAKFAST — Main Dining Room
9:30AM MT 101: INTRODUCTION TO MIMETIC THEORY with JAMES WARREN
9:30AM ADVANCED MT with REV. PAUL NUECHTERLEIN
12-12:45PM LUNCH — Main Dining Room
1:15PM CONFERENCE OPENING
Prayer & President’s Address
1:45PM Song
2:00-3:30 PLENARY #1: SERETA RICHARDSON on CIRCLE PROCESSES
3:30-3:45 Break — Food Served in the 4th South Break Area
3:45-5:00 QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD
5:15-5:45 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: CIRCLE PROCESS
6:00-6:45 DINNER
7:00-8:00 BIBLE STUDY on WISDOM PRACTICES with SUSAN WRIGHT
8:00 PM Song
8:30PM BUSINESS MEETING
9:00PM Reception — Room 219
9:00PM Compline — 3rd Fl. African Chapel

Wednesday, May 24th
7:00 Yoga — Room 409
7:30-8:00AM Contemplative Practice — 3rd Fl. African Chapel
8:00-8:45AM BREAKFAST — Main Dining Room
9:00AM PLENARY #2: BRIAN ROBINETTE on CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE
10:00AM Break — Food Served in the 4th Floor Break Area
10:15-11:15PM PLENARY #2: BRIAN ROBINETTE on CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE
11:15 QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
12:00PM Song
12-12:45PM LUNCH — Main Dining Room
1:00-1:30 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: TRAINING IN CONTEMPLATION AND COMPASSION led by BRIAN ROBINETTE
1:30-2:45 Free Time
2:45-4:15 PLENARY #3: JONATHAN BRENNEMAN on THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-5:45  QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD
6:00-6:45 DINNER
7:00-8:00 BIBLE STUDY on WISDOM PRACTICES with SUSAN WRIGHT
8:00PM LITURGY CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF GORDON COSBY with ELDER CW HARRIS — 4th Floor
9:00PM Reception — Room 219
9:00PM Compline — 3rd Fl. African Chapel

Thursday, May 25th
7:00 Yoga — Room 409
7:30-8:00AM Contemplative Practice — 3rd Fl. African Chapel
8:00-8:45AM BREAKFAST — Main Dining Room
Theology & Peace Board Meeting
9:00AM SPEAKER ROUNDTABLE — Where Do We Go From Here?
10:30AM Break — Food Served in the 4th South Break Area
10:45-11:30 CLOSING SESSION
11:30AM Song
Closing Prayer