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Co-sponsored with The Episcopal Preaching Foundation, this event will inspire, inform and empower clergy and seminarians to improve their preaching.

All participants will share in a mix of worship, lecture and discussion. An emphasis also will be put on small preaching groups, led by faculty of the Foundation's annual Preaching Excellence Program, where sermons will be reviewed and critiqued.

“Everyone will bring a sermon to preach in their small group of 10 or so preachers,” said the Rev. Dr. William Brosend, conference coordinator. “The feedback will help their future preaching, as will the chance to hear our keynote speakers and other colleagues.”

Conference speakers will share what drives their preaching and how they stay inspired to make their messages reach a constantly evolving audience.

“Our speakers are all passionately committed to the proclamation of the gospel and known for their gifts and ability to inspire,” Brosend said. “Each one will have his or her own take on the theme ‘Preaching Jesus’ and explore different dimensions of the preaching tasks in the 21st century.”

About the speakers

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in June 2006 and serves as chief pastor and primate to the Church’s members in 16 countries and 110 dioceses. Ordained in 1994, she was a priest, university lecturer and hospice chaplain in Oregon before serving as bishop of Nevada from 2001-2006. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford University, a master's degree and doctorate in oceanography from Oregon State University, a master of divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific and several honorary doctoral degrees. She is the author of Gospel in the Global Village and A Wing and a Prayer.

The Rev. Dr. William Willimon has been the bishop North Alabama for the United Methodist Church since 2004. For 20 years he served as dean of the Chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University. A graduate of Wofford College, Yale Divinity School and Emory University, he has pastored churches in Georgia and South Carolina. He has authored 60 books, which have sold more than a million copies and been translated into eight languages. His book Worship as Pastoral Care was selected as one of the 10 most useful books for pastors in 1979 by the Academy of Parish Clergy. In 1996, an international survey by Baylor University named him one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-speaking world.

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Long is the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. He is the author of 13 books including Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship and The Witness of Preaching.

The Rev. Martin Smith is the senior associate rector at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., and the author of A Season for the Spirit, The Word is Very Near You, Reconciliation and Compass and Stars.

Dr. Lauren Winner is the author of Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath and Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture and Christianity Today. She has degrees from Duke, Columbia and Cambridge universities. The former book editor for Beliefnet.com, she currently serves as an assistant professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C.

Conference Staff

CHAPLAIN: The Rt. Rev. Frank Griswold was the 25th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, serving from 1998-2006. Previously he served as bishop of Chicago from 1987-1998. Ordained in 1963, he holds degrees from Harvard College and Oxford University.

COORDINATOR: The Rev. Dr. William Brosend is a director of The Episcopal Preaching Foundation and an associate professor of homiletics and the director of the advanced degrees program at the University of the South's School of Theology in Sewanee, Tenn. His book The Preaching of Jesus: Gospel Proclamation Then and Now will be published in February 2010.

MUSICIAN: Christine Brosend is an adjunct professor of voice and church music at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tenn.

Cost
Double Occupancy	$300 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities
Single Occupancy	$420 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities (Based on availability.)
Commuter	$240 per person Includes program, lunches, suppers and use of recreational facilities (For residents of Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford, Buncombe, Haywood or Greenville counties only)
Payment
Deposit	$100 per person Non-refundable. Non-transferable. Deposit deducted from total fee.
Balance Due	March 19 (To register after this date, please send a check or use a credit card for the full amount.)
Start/End Times
Check-In	4-6 p.m. Monday, April 19
Check-Out	After breakfast Thursday, April 22
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