Note: On August 26th, 2021, consensus was reached to move the Annual Meeting to Online Only due to rising Covid cases.
Those who registered prior to August 26th will receive a refund for meal purchases.
Rooted and Repurposed!
Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches
Annual Meeting 2021
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Cheryl Dudley
Executive Minister of Metro New York
Theme Verse: Colossians 2:6-7 (The Message)
"My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving."
"My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving."
Registration Fee: $50. The Annual Meeting will take place on Zoom.
The information for how to access the annual meeting online will be emailed to you closer to the date.
Scholarships available: please email doug@ea-abc.org for more information.
Registration form is below following the schedule and workshop descriptions.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd!
The information for how to access the annual meeting online will be emailed to you closer to the date.
Scholarships available: please email doug@ea-abc.org for more information.
Registration form is below following the schedule and workshop descriptions.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd!
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 7th:
Ministers Council Gathering TBA
Friday, October 8th:
Saturday, October 9
Ministers Council Gathering TBA
Friday, October 8th:
- 1pm – Welcome Plenary
- 1:45pm – Workshops 1 (see description below)
- 3:45pm – Workshops 2 (see description below)
- 5pm – Dinner Break
- 7pm – Worship
Saturday, October 9
- 9:15am – Business Session Review
- 9:45am – Caucus Meetings
- 11am – Plenary/Business meeting
- 12:15pm – Lunch Break
- 1:30pm – Workshops 3 (see description below)
- 3:30pm – Workshops 4 (see description below)
- 5pm – Dinner Break
- 7pm – Worship
Workshop Descriptions:
Friday: Workshop Session 1, 1:45 p.m.
A) Homelessness – Multi-tiered Response – Olympia, WA
Theo Yu and Mark Rambo, Facilitators
Come listen and dialogue how Homelessness is being addressed in our host city as well as Olympia First Baptist’s evolving story of responding to the challenges of our home-less neighbors.
B) Anti-Racism Team
Facilitators – Rev. Wim Mauldin and Rev. Jim Hopkins
Roots and Wings: We will explore the biblical and theological roots of the work of anti-racism and celebrate the ways in which that work is and can yet unfold meaningful and beautiful ways in Evergreen congregations. A formative question for this workshop is: Are there uniquely Christian ways by which to dismantle racism?
Friday: Workshop Session 2, 3:45 p.m.
A) Local Churches Serving Multi-Ethnic Communities
Leadership – Rev. Dr. Liliana Da Valle
This workshop will address dynamics of exclusion and inclusion that take place in multi-ethnic contents. Together, we will explore our different roles in building space for all, the path to restoration, and a new criterion for oneness. Participants will be able to share their experiences and learn from one another.
B) Transitioning Ministry into a Post-Pandemic World
Facilitator – Rev. Samuel Kim
Saturday: Workshop Session 3, 1:30 p.m.
A) Hospitality and Community in a Fragmented World
Facilitators – Rev. Samuel Kim & Pastor Angeline Lau
B) Sharing the Good News in the 21st Century
Speakers: Rev. Guadalupe Vásquez, Rev. Mario Morales, and Rev. Dr. Horacio Da Valle
The church faces unprecedented challenges in the new millennium as congregations dwindle, they must think, prepare and adapt to resurrect as faithful communities that actively proclaim the Good News centered in Divine Love to transform the challenges of our times: Poverty, Racism, Economism, Militarism, Sexism, Anti-immigrant Sentiment and the destruction of our planet, which is leading to the extinction of life as we know it.
C) Burma/Myanmar – Ministry, Mission, Advocacy, Partnership
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Paul Aita & Guests
Saturday: Workshop Session 4, 3:30 p.m.
An Artful Approach to Reckoning Racialized Trauma On the Way Towards Collective Liberation
– Rev. Mylinda Baits
A) Homelessness – Multi-tiered Response – Olympia, WA
Theo Yu and Mark Rambo, Facilitators
Come listen and dialogue how Homelessness is being addressed in our host city as well as Olympia First Baptist’s evolving story of responding to the challenges of our home-less neighbors.
B) Anti-Racism Team
Facilitators – Rev. Wim Mauldin and Rev. Jim Hopkins
Roots and Wings: We will explore the biblical and theological roots of the work of anti-racism and celebrate the ways in which that work is and can yet unfold meaningful and beautiful ways in Evergreen congregations. A formative question for this workshop is: Are there uniquely Christian ways by which to dismantle racism?
Friday: Workshop Session 2, 3:45 p.m.
A) Local Churches Serving Multi-Ethnic Communities
Leadership – Rev. Dr. Liliana Da Valle
This workshop will address dynamics of exclusion and inclusion that take place in multi-ethnic contents. Together, we will explore our different roles in building space for all, the path to restoration, and a new criterion for oneness. Participants will be able to share their experiences and learn from one another.
B) Transitioning Ministry into a Post-Pandemic World
Facilitator – Rev. Samuel Kim
Saturday: Workshop Session 3, 1:30 p.m.
A) Hospitality and Community in a Fragmented World
Facilitators – Rev. Samuel Kim & Pastor Angeline Lau
B) Sharing the Good News in the 21st Century
Speakers: Rev. Guadalupe Vásquez, Rev. Mario Morales, and Rev. Dr. Horacio Da Valle
The church faces unprecedented challenges in the new millennium as congregations dwindle, they must think, prepare and adapt to resurrect as faithful communities that actively proclaim the Good News centered in Divine Love to transform the challenges of our times: Poverty, Racism, Economism, Militarism, Sexism, Anti-immigrant Sentiment and the destruction of our planet, which is leading to the extinction of life as we know it.
C) Burma/Myanmar – Ministry, Mission, Advocacy, Partnership
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Paul Aita & Guests
Saturday: Workshop Session 4, 3:30 p.m.
An Artful Approach to Reckoning Racialized Trauma On the Way Towards Collective Liberation
– Rev. Mylinda Baits
Registration Form
DEADLINE IS WED. SEPTEMBER 29th!
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