“Celebrating a Call to
Lay Ministry”
February 4 and 5, 2010
Department of
Spiritual Care & Education
The Methodist Hospital – Sponsor
St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church
Houston, TX – Host Church
Thursday, February 4, 2010
5:00pm -
6:00pm Conference
Registration
Conference
Book Room (closes 6:00pm)
6:00pm -
8:00pm “An Evening with
Kathleen Norris”
Dinner and Conversation
Welcome – Chaplain Ted M. Smith, Director, Spiritual Care
& Education,
The Methodist Hospital
Greeting – Dr. L. James Bankston,
Senior Minister,
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Dinner
Poetry Reading by Ms. Norris
Informal Conversation with Ms.
Norris
8:00pm -
8:30pm Book Room open
Friday, February 5, 2010
8:00am -
8:50am Conference
Registration
Continental Breakfast
Book
Room (closes 8:50am)
9:00am -
9:10am Welcome and
Announcements – Chaplain Smith
9:10am -
10:00am Ms. Kathleen Norris
- “Story Telling as Witness”
10:00am -
10:10am Q and A
with Ms. Norris
10:10am -
10:30am Break /
Book Room open
10:30am -
11: 20am Dr. Ben Witherington
“Laying
It on the Line: The Role of Laity in Ministry”
11:20am -
11:30am Q and A with Dr.
Witherington
11:30am -
11:50am Book Room
open
Book Signing – Ms. Norris and Dr.
Witherington
12noon -
12:50am Lunch
1:00pm -
1:50pm Ms. Norris – “Hope and Healing”
1:50pm -
2:00pm Q and A with Ms.
Norris
2:00pm -
2:20pm Break / Book Room
open
2:20pm -
3:10pm Rev. Vance
Ross
“Ministry Of, By, and
For the People – In Jesus’ Name”
3:10pm -
3:20pm Q and A with Rev.
Ross
3:20pm -
3:25pm Concluding Remarks
- Chaplain Smith
3:35pm -
3:45pm Gather for Worship
- Sanctuary
3:45pm -
4:45pm Closing Worship
with Holy Communion
Ms. Leah Taylor, homilist
Mr.
Mark Edenfield, organist
Ms.
Dawn Uebelhart, soloist
4:45pm -
5:00pm Book Room open
5:00pm Conference
Concludes
In addition I will be preaching Sunday morning at Rev. Steve Wende’s First UMC Church in downtown Houston on ‘Attempting to overcome A Tempting’— any one tempted to come? The services are at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Ya;ll come one down.
