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Consultation 06

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24-26 September 2006
The King and Prince Hotel
St. Simons Island, GA

Cost:  $50 per person


Mail your registration card to:  Terri L. Massey, Director, University Special Events
University Advancement, Mercer University, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207

Co-sponsored by

The James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology, R. Alan Culpepper, Dean

and

The Center for Baptist Studies, Walter B. Shurden, Executive Director

Walter B. Shurden, presiding

Sunday Evening: 24 September

4:00-7:30              Check In and Registration

7:30-7:45              L. C. Lane, Music Horizons Ministry, Newnan, GA

7:45-8:15              William D. Underwood, President, Mercer University  

8:15-9:15              John Killinger, Retired Minister, Professor, Author
     “Preaching as the Footnotes of Mystery”

9:15-10:00            Reception by President’s Office, Mercer University

Alan Culpepper, presiding

Monday Morning:  25 September

                8:25-8:30              L. C. Lane, Music Horizons Ministry, Newnan, GA     

                8:30-9:00              Craig McMahan, University Minister, Mercer University, Macon, GA
                                             “The Call" (Or, "Why I Didn't Do Something Productive with my Life")

                9:00-9:30              Steve Johnson, President, Reformation Ministries, Inc.
                                            “Dealing With the Preacher’s Dark Side”

                9:30-10:00            LeAnn Gunter, Associate Pastor, Peachtree Baptist, Atlanta, GA       
                                            "Our Ministry as a Journey: Lessons from an Early Traveler"
                                
               10:00-10:30          Fellowship/Refreshments by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.

   10:30-10:45         L. C. Lane, Music Horizons Ministry, Newnan, GA

   10:45-11:15         Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford, Associate Professor, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer
       University, Atlanta, GA
       "Preaching the Psalms That Hurt"

   11:15-11:45         Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, GA
                                           "Tantalus, Sisyphus, the Preaching Life, and Grace."

   11:45-12:30        Fisher Humphreys, Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Samford Univ., Birmingham, AL
      “The Preacher and Forgiveness” 

Walter B. Shurden, presiding

Monday Evening: 25 September              

7:30-8:00              Dan Day, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC
     “Ministry: A Life of Faithful Compromise"

8:00-8:25              Fellowship/Refreshment Break by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.

8:25-8:30              L. C. Lane, Music Horizons Ministry, Newnan, GA

8:30-9:30              John Killinger, Retired Minister, Professor, Author
     “Preaching That Is Important Is Always about the Important Things in People’s Lives”

Truett Gannon, presiding

Tuesday Morning: 26 September

8:30-9:15              Fisher Humphreys, Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Samford Univ., Birmingham, AL
    “The Preacher and Spirituality”

9:15-9:20              L. C. Lane, Music Horizons Ministry, Newnan, GA

                9:20-9:50          Ann A. Quattlebaum, Coordinator, The Center for Theological Exploration and Vocation
     Furman University, Greenville, SC
    “The Pew Talks Back to the Pulpit About Preaching"

9:50-10:50            John Killinger, Retired Minister, Professor, Author
    “Preaching for a Decision---Yours”

The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207      Phone (478) 301-5467