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Founded in 1999, the Tri-State Forum is in its tenth year of offering lectures, presenting an opportunity to bring together pastors, ministry professionals and others interested in lifelong learning, growth, and collegial fellowship in our common faith. The annual forum series features five day-long lectures. With 5 contact hours per event, .5 CEUs (continuing education units) are available. Cost for forum membership, which includes all five lectures, is $130. Individual lecture cost is $50 per lecture.
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Click here for a pdf of 2009-2010 brochure
A Typical Forum Schedule:
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9:00-9:30
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Registration in Fritschel |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Chapel |
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee and Registration in Fritschel |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Welcome and Introductions in Fritschel Auditorium |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Lecture Part I |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch available in the Refectory -
Pay as you go through the line |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Lecture Part II |
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2:15-2:30
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Break in Fritschel Hall |
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2:30-3:30
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Lecture Part III |
Dr. Janet L. Ramsey
Participants will be introduced to the psychology and the theology of forgiveness. Dr. Ramsey will explore the difficult theological intersection- the demand of justice for victims of oppression on the one hand, and the gospel story of grace and second chances for the guilty on the other. Using narrative theory, a variety of case studies will be presented to raise the questions surrounding situations of both “ordinary” and “extraordinary” forgiveness. The difficulties surrounding the practice of forgiveness both in our personal and corporate (community) lives will be addressed, within the larger context of the New Being we have in Christ.
Janet L. Ramsey is the Pastor George Wienman Chair for Pastoral Theology and Ministry at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. The author of numerous articles and book chapters including Spiritual Resiliency in Older Women: Models of Strength for Challenges through the Life Span and two new books forthcoming: Spiritual Resiliency and Aging: Hope, Relationality and the Creative Self (Baywood Press) available in 2010 and Discerning Forgiveness in 2011. A licensed marriage and family therapist and a Diplomat in the American Association of Pastoral Councilors, she has particular interests and expertise in gerontology, as well as forgiveness.
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