LIGHT TO LIVE IN:
The Biblical Call to Peace Rooted in Justice

BPFNA Summer Conference 2010
July 12 - 17, 2010
Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York USA

We invite you to join us in the lovely Finger Lakes region of New York for our 25th annual conference. Keuka College is one of our all-time favorite locations, and this will be our third conference at this site. Come and see why! Our theme for the week will be answering the challenging scriptural call for peace rooted in justice.

This life-sustaining week will include —

TONY CAMPOLO
Teacher, Writer, and Social Justice Activist
• Keynote: “Red Letter Christians: Taking Seriously the Words of Jesus”
• Bible Study: “Light to Live In: Following Jesus”

PEGGY CAMPOLO
Long-time Advocate with the GLBTQ Community

HARRY KNOX
Director, Religion and Faith Program, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Tony & Peggy Campolo and Harry Knox will participate in an interactive dialogue “Christians, The Church, and Sexual Orientation: Advancing the Conversation”

MAUNG MAUNG YIN
Vice-principal and Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Peace Studies Center, Myanmar (Burma) Institute of Theology
• Morning Prayers: “Sustaining a Heart of Peace in the Midst of Violence”

RACHEL McGUIRE
Pastor and Urban Community Builder
• Preacher

PAT DUTCHER-WALLS
Professor of Hebrew Bible, Vancouver School of Theology
• Bible Studies: “Amos’ Vision of Justice”
• Workshop Series: “Modern Realities and the Prophetic Vision”

KIM & REGGIE HARRIS
Singers, Songwriters, Storytellers, Educators
• Leading music all week, including a family-friendly concert

DUANE BINKLEY
Missionary to the Karen & other Burmese peoples, appointed jointly by American Baptist Churches USA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
• Leading focused programming for immigrants, refugees, and those who work with them

MICHAEL WARE
Pastor, Preacher, Teacher and lifelong Peaceworker
• Worship Coordinator

LESLIE LEE & STEVE GRETZ
Singer-Songwriters
• In a special evening concert
 

Focused Programming for Immigrants, Refugees & Those Who Work with Them

This conference will include a special focus on and for immigrants and refugees. Youth and adults who have immigrated to North America are especially invited to attend. Youth who are immigrants or from immigrant families will take part in the conference youth group – special effort will be made to welcome them and help them integrate into the conference community. A networking seminar and focused workshops will be offered for churches which already have significant immigrant/refugee membership. Workshops and other resources will be available for churches interested in beginning these ministries as well. Contact us if you’d like to take part this focused programming.
 
COME FOR FREE – If you recruit five FIRST-TIME attendees, you can attend the conference for no charge! Email LeDayne McLeese Polaski from our contact page for more information.

Help us publicize the conference! Click here for a one-page PDF flyer you can email, or print to post or share with friends and colleagues. If you need customized publicity materials for your church bulletin, newsletter or website, email Johnny Almond from our contact page.

 

Jesus once again addressed them, "I am the world's Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in."
—John 8:12

Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group