Conference Schedule
Sunday, May 31
2-6 p.m. Registration
6-7 p.m. Supper
7:30-9 p.m. Spiritual Discernment and the Missional Empowerment of the Church,
Lloyd John Ogilvie
9-10 p.m. Reception and Poster Session - Congregational Discernment in the Local Church
Monday, June 1
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9-10:30 a.m. Corporate Discernment: The Key to Becoming a Blessed Church,
N. Graham Standish
10:30-11 a.m. Coffee Break
11 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Consultation Discussion I: How Discernment Works in My Tradition…and Doesn’t
(Moderator, Paul Anderson; Sister Sherryl White, Catholic; Frederick Schmidt,
Episcopal; Mark Ellingsen, Lutheran)
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch - Regional Tables
2-3:15 p.m. Workshops: Authors and Experts I
3:15-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 p.m. Discernment Leadership Initiatives A, B, C
5:30-6:30 p.m. Supper
7-9 p.m. Dynamics of Discernment - Biblical and Practical, Paul Anderson
9-10 p.m. Reception and Poster Session - Teaching Congregational Discernment
Tuesday, June 2
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9-10:30 a.m. The Spiritual Preparation of the Discerning Leader, Ruth Haley Barton
10:30-11 a.m. Coffee Break
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Consultation Discussion II: How Discernment Works in My Tradition…and Doesn’t
Victoria Curtiss, Presbyterian
Chuck Orwiler, Quaker
Pete Hartwig, Pentecostal
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch - Denominational Tables
2-3:15 p.m. Workshops: Authors and Experts II
3:15-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 p.m. Workshops: Authors and Experts III
5:30-6:30 p.m. Supper
7-9 p.m. Discernment through the Ages - The Consensus Fidelium Then and Now, Peter Bouteneff
9-10 p.m. Reception and Poster Session - Organizing Communities of Discernment
Wednesday, June 3
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45-10 a.m. Panel Discussion: Spiritual Discernment As Christian Leadership
Moderator: Jan Wood
Suzanne Farnham, Creating a Culture of Spiritual Listening
Josh Reid, Doing Discernment with Youth
Teresa Blythe, Discernment, Stewardship, and Budgets
Arthur Larrabee, Discerning a Sense of the Meeting
10-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 a.m. Effective Pastoral Leadership - Discerning and Implementing the Divine Will in Unity,
Leith Anderson
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Boxed Lunches and Dismissal
1-5 p.m. Personal Retreat at Camp Tilikum (optional, $10 extra cost; free for those
staying for the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership Conference)