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Transformational Preaching at the Crossroads

Monday, May 14

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church: Why Preaching at the Crossroads Is So Important

2:00 - 8:00 PM

Registration

6:30 PM

Opening Concert: Dwight Andrews Quintet

7:00 PM

Worship, Sermon: Anna Carter Florence

8:00 PM

Lecture: Andrew Young

Tuesday, May 15

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

8:45 AM

Worship, Sermon: Thomas Long
9:35 AM Lecture: Anna Carter Florence
10:30 AM Break: Coffee and Snacks provided
11:00 AM Lecture: Thomas Long
12:00 Noon Lunch Break (Optional lunch buffet will be available at Peachtree Road UMC; ticket maybe purchased at the time of registration.)
1:30 PM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: Paul Roberts
2:30 PM Lecture: Michael Curry


Buckhead Theater: Emergent Preaching at the Crossroads, with Troy Bronsink

8:45 AM Worship, Sermon: Claudio Carvalhaes
9:35 AM Conversation: Tony Jones and Doug Padgitt
10:30 AM Break: Beverages provided
11:00 AM Lecture: Nadia Bolz Weber
12:00 Noon Lunch Break (no lunches available at this venue)
1:30 PM Worship, Sermon: Nadia Bolz Weber
2:30 PM Lecture: Andy Root

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

6:45 PM Worship, Sermon: Michael Curry
7:30 PM Concert: Peter Mayer (invited) with Grace Kelly


Wednesday, May 16

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

8:45 AM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: Craig Barnes
9:35 AM Lecture: John Bell
10:30 AM Break: Coffee and Snacks provided
11:00 AM Lecture: Craig Barnes
12:00 Noon Lunch Break (Optional lunch buffet will be available at Peachtree Road UMC; ticket maybe purchased at the time of registration.)
1:30 PM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: David Lose
2:30 PM Lecture: James Howell

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Prophetic Preaching at the Crossroads

10:00 AM Worship, Sermon: Raphael Warnock
11:00 AM Lecture: David Lose
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:30 PM Worship, Sermon: Walter Brueggemann
2:30 PM Lecture: Barbara Lundblad

Buses will depart from Peachtree Road United Methodist Church and some Buckhead area hotels beginning at 8:00 AM and run continuously throughout the day until 5:00 PM. Participants may arrive before the program or stay after the last lecture to tour the Martin Luther King Jr. Center (http://www.thekingcenter.org), including the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Box lunches will be provided at the church and are included in the $20.00 fee.

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

6:45 PM Worship, Sermon: Barbara Lundblad
7:30 PM Grace Kelly with Peter Mayer

Thursday, May 17
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

8:45 AM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: TBD
9:35 AM Lecture: John Bell
10:30 AM Break: Coffee and Snacks provided
11:00 AM Lecture: Lillian Daniel
12:00 Noon Lunch Break (Optional lunch buffet will be available at Peachtree Road UMC; ticket maybe purchased at the time of registration.)
1:30 PM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: James Howell
2:30 PM Lecture: Paul Rauschenbush

Buckhead Theater

8:45 AM Worship, Sermon: Grace Imathiu
9:35 AM Lecture: Claudio Carvalhaes
10:30 AM Break: Coffee and Snacks provided
11:00 AM Lecture: Anthony Bailey
12:00 Noon Lunch (no lunches available at this venue)
1:30 PM Lecture Part 1: Adam Hamilton
2:30 PM Lecture Part 2: Adam Hamilton

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

7:00 PM

Ascension Day Worship Service featuring the full orchestra and choirs of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church
Sermon: Lillian Daniel

Friday, May 18
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

8:45 AM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: Karoline Lewis
9:35 AM Lecture: Will Willimon
10:30 AM Break: Coffee and Snacks provided
11:00 AM Worship led by John Bell, Sermon: Will Willimon

Registration/Check-in will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Conference will conclude at noon on Friday.

Continuing education contact hour certificates will be awarded to participants.

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The goals of the Festival of Homiletics are:

+To bring together a wide variety of outstanding preachers and professors of homiletics
+To inspire a discourse about preaching, worship, and culture
+To engage issues related to church in the 21st century.
+To engage theologically the practices of preaching and worship
+To invite individual preachers to consider various styles and methodologies of preaching
+To inspire preachers in their roles of proclaiming the gospel