Opening Worship • 7:30 p.m. • Saturday, July 9 • Deut. 6:1-12
Holly McKissick
Holly McKissick, started a new Disciples church before new church ministry was “cool” among Disciples. Twenty years later, Saint Andrew Christian Church, Olathe, Kansas, has welcomed 800 members, constructed one of the Disciples first “green” buildings, and taken on issues of justice and mission “from our doorsteps to the ends of the earth.” Honored with the Innovation in Ministry Award from Brite Divinity School, this story-telling preacher translates complex theological ideas into missional action for today’s Christians.
HIV/AIDS Healing Worship • 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.* • Sunday, July 10 • Mark 2: 1-12
William L. “Bill” Lee
William L. “Bill” Lee leads 800-member Loudon Avenue Christian Church, Roanoke, Va., a congregation that impacts the spiritual and physical health of thousands. Horizons Health Care Community Wide Clinic, which the church started, serves 9,000 uninsured or under-insured patients a year. At General Assembly 2007, he ended his service as the Disciples Moderator with a sermon that offered evidence of his powerful presence in the pulpit. This service of worship allows time for participants to also worship in the local community at the location of their choice.
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Emergent Worship • 7:30 p.m. • Monday, July 11 • Luke 10:1-28
Brian D. McLaren
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and networker among the most innovative of Christian leaders, thinkers and activists. He appears frequently on television, radio, news programs and print media outlets, including “Larry King Live”, “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly,” “Nightline”, Christianity Today, Christian Century and the Washington Post. Time Magazine has identified the 55-year-old as one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals.
Commissioning Worship • 7:30 p.m. • Wednesday, July 13 • Romans 10:11-15
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman founded and leads the Children's Defense Fund. Under her leadership, the Fund has become the nation’s strongest voice for children and families and has functioned in that role for 38 years. Hear her word of challenge to a church called to “Tell it!” to our children and our children’s children.