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Sunday, March 7th - Tuesday, March 9th
Where leaders in rural communities and congregations gather to gain insight and inspiration, to network and neighbor that our ministries might be empowered. This year, we focus on the theme of nurturing generosity: releasing God’s abundance in a time of perceived scarcity.
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Schedule:
Sunday, March 7 Best Western
3:00pm Registration, Refreshments, Resource Tables
4:45pm Opening Worship
6:00pm Dinner and Greetings
7:15pm Keynote Address I– Bill Northey
Closing Remarks from Connie Burkholder
Monday, March 8 Best Western and Wartburg Theological Seminary
8:00am Breakfast (Best Western)
9:00am Bible Study – Dr. Ann Fritschel
10:00am Break
10:30am Keynote Address II – Connie Burkholder
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Workshops I
2:00pm Break with Refreshments
2:30pm Workshops II
3:30pm Personal Time
(Move to WTS for evening activities)
5:30pm Dinner at WTS
6:30pm Friend of Rural Ministry Award Presentation
Dinner Keynote : Secretary Rod Nilsestuen
Closing Remarks from Connie Burkholder
Tuesday, March 9 Best Western & WTS
7:00 am Breakfast (Best Western)
(Move to WTS for morning activities)
8:30am Bible Study – Dr. Ann Fristchel
9:30am Chapel, followed by coffee time
10:30am Keynote Address III – Rev. Dr. Paul Baglyos
Closing Remarks by Connie Burkholder
12:00pm Boxed Lunch and Travel or Lunch Gathering Options:
Conversation with Paul Baglyos
Visioning, Rural Ministry Conference 2011
Accommodations:
To make hotel reservations at the $69 group rate, contact Best Western
at 800-336-4392 and use group name Rural Ministry Conference.
Support:
The endowment funds supporting this conference and the Center for Theology and Land:
Bread For Life Mission Endowment
Ralph L. Orth and Erna Graening Orth Endowment for Rural Ministry
John D Wuethrich Endowment
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