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THE MERCER PREACHING CONSULTATION  07

23-25 September 2007

The King and Prince Hotel

St. Simons Island, GA

 

Click here for registration instructions /  Click here to view lodging and golf options

 

Co-sponsored by

The James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology, R. Alan Culpepper, Dean

And

The Center for Baptist Studies, Walter B. Shurden, Executive Director

 

 

R. Alan Culpepper, presiding

               

Sunday Evening: 23 September

 

4:00-7:15              Check In and Registration

 

7:15-7:30              Music, L. C. Lane, Horizon Ministry, Newnan, GA

 

7:30-8:00              William D. Underwood, President, Mercer University  

                               

8:00-9:00              Barbara Brown Taylor, Professor of Religion, Piedmont College
     “Having Skin On: The Practice of Incarnation”

                               

9:00-10:00            Reception by President’s Office, Mercer University

 

 

Walter B. Shurden, presiding

 

Monday Morning:  24 September

               

                8:25-8:30              Music, L. C. Lane, Horizon Ministry, Newnan, GA    

 

                8:30-9:00             Charles Foster Johnson, Visiting Instructor of Preaching, McAfee School of Theology
                                            "How Is It That We Hear?  Preaching in a Multi-Cultural Context"

                                               

                9:00-9:30            Peter Rhea Jones, Professor of Preaching and New Testament, McAfee School of Theology
                                           “The Writing of the Sermon”

               

              9:30-10:00            Julie Whidden Long, Minister to Children and Families, First Baptist Church, Macon, GA                           
                                           “Stooping Low to See God”

                                                               

10:00-10:30            Fellowship/Refreshments by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.

 

10:30-10:45           Music

 

10:45-11:15           Jerry Mahan, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Moultrie, GA
      “What Do You Mean They Didn’t Like Craddock?”

 

11:15-Noon           William L. Self, Pastor, John's Creek Baptist Church, Alpharetta, GA
                                          “Shearing the Sheep for Fun and Profit”

 

 

J. Truett Gannon, presiding

 

Monday Evening: 24 September                     

 
            7:30-8:00                 Rick Wilson, Professor and Chair, Department of Christianity, Mercer University  
                                            “Thoughts on Frost's 'Mending Wall'”: Rethinking the Academy and the Church"

               

8:00-8:25                 Fellowship/Refreshment Break by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.

 

8:25-8:30                 Music, L. C. Lane, Horizon Ministry, Newnan, GA

 

8:30-9:30                 Barbara Brown Taylor, Professor of Religion, Piedmont College
        "Getting Lost: The Practice of Dislocation"

 

Walter B. Shurden, presiding

 

Tuesday Morning: 25 September

 

                8:30-8:45              Wake up to Music, L. C. Lane, Horizon Ministry, Newnan, GA

 

                8:45-9:15              Winnie Williams, Author, Retired Professor, Southern Wesleyan University
                                             “The Pew Talks Back to the Pulpit About Preaching.”

 

                9:15-10:00            Jim Dant, Pastor, Highland Hills Baptist Church, Macon, GA
                                             “Loving Leviticus: What Every Baptist Should Know about the Heart of the Torah”

 

                10:00-10:20          Break and refreshments

 

                10:00-11:20          Barbara Brown Taylor, Professor of Religion, Piedmont College
                                             "Saying No: The Practice of Resistance"

 

    11:20-11:30          Announcement of Next Year’s Meeting and Adjournment

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

                               

 REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS


The registration fee is $100 per person ($200 per couple)

 

 To register and reserve your seat, send a check in

the appropriate amount to:

Terry Massey
University Advancement
Mercer University

1400 Coleman Avenue

Macon, GA 31207

 

For more information, contact Terri Massey by email
or phone her at 478.301.2943