The Mercer Preaching Consultation 2008
September 28-30, 2008
The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort St. Simons Island, Georgia
Co-sponsored by The James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology and The Center for Baptist Studies
Event Schedule
Sunday Evening: September 28
4:00-7:15 Check in and Registration
7:15-7:30 Music, D.E. Adams, Troubadour, Edge Outreach, Louisville, KY
7:30-8:00 William D. Underwood, President Mercer University
Welcome and a Word from Mercer
8:00-9:00 Gregory A. Boyd, Pastor, Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, MN
Revolting Beauty: Preaching and the Kingdom Revolution
Monday Morning: September 29
8:25-8:30 Music, D. E. Adams
8:30-9:00 David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University
Preaching about Politics without Being Political
9:00-9:30 John Finley, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Savannah, GA
From the Pulpit to the Table: Baptist Views on the Lord’s Supper
9:30-10:00 Tim S. Willis, Intentional Interim, Campus/College Ministry Consultant and Storyteller/Retreat Leader, Clemson, SC
Stories That Tell . . . .
10:00-10:30 Fellowship/Refreshments by Morningstar Treatment Service, Inc.
10:30-10:45 Music, D. E. Adams
10:45-11:15 Jayne H. Davis, Minister of Spiritual Formation, First Baptist Church, Wilmington, NC
Leading Exiles Home: When Babylon Tops the List of Best Places to Live
11:15-12:00 Joel Gregory, Professor of Preaching, George W. Truett Theological Seminary,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Monday Evening: September 30
7:30-8:00 Brett Younger, Associate Professor of Preaching, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, GA
Life and Death on the Way to the Pulpit: Preaching as a Spiritual Discipline.
8:00-8:25 Fellowship/Refreshments by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.
8:25-8:30 Music, D. E. Adams
8:30-9:30 Gregory Boyd
Jesus and Caesar: Preaching, Politics and Social Activism
Tuesday Morning: September 30
8:30-8:45 Wake up to Music, D. E. Adams
8:45-9:15 Michael Dixon, Vocational Minister, Ekklesia, Hattiesburg, MS
Waving or Drowning: Reflections from the First Year of an Accidental Church Planter
9:15-10:00 Gregory Boyd
Facing the Open Future: Preaching, Free Will and Divine Sovereignty
10:00-10:20 Break and Refreshments
10:20-11:20 Joel Gregory
11:20-11:30 Announcements about MPC 2009 and Adjournment
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The Mercer Preaching Consultation 2008 offers an extraordinary lineup of speakers that you will want to hear. Scheduled for September 28-30 at the King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia, this year’s program will be one of our best! Attendance at this annual event is limited to just 200 participants.
Speakers we have scheduled for this year:
Dr. Gregory A. Boyd, founder and senior pastor of Woodland Hills Church, an evangelical megachurch in St. Paul, MN. Dr. Boyd is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary, and he was professor for sixteen years at Bethel University. Known for his dynamic speaking, Dr. Boyd is also the author of fifteen books, including his best-selling Letter from a Skeptic and Myth of a Christian Nation.
Dr. Joel Gregory,professor of Preaching at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, Waco, TX. Dr. Gregory is a summa cum laude graduate of Baylor University. He earned the Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Ph.D. from Baylor. He has written five books: Gregory’s Sermon Synopses, Growing Pains of the Soul, Homesick for God, James: Faith Works and his best-selling memoir, Too Great a Temptation, which chronicles his two years as pastor at First Baptist, Dallas.
You will also hear from seven other exceptional speakers:
Mr. William D. Underwood, president, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Rev. Jayne H. Davis, Minister of Spiritual Formation, First Baptist Church, Wilmington, NC
Rev. Michael Dixon, Church Planter, Ekklesia, Hattiesburg, MS
Dr. John Finley, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Savannah, GA
Dr. David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University
Dr. Tim Willis, Intentional Interim, Campus/College Ministry Consultant & Storyteller/Retreat Leader, Clemson, SC
Dr. Brett Younger, Associate Professor of Preaching, McAfee School of Theology
Following the Sunday evening program, Mercer President William D. Underwood is sponsoring a buffet dinner for everyone attending. It will give us an opportunity to gather and fellowship with one another.
Mr. D. E. Adams, troubadour for Edge Outreach, Louisville, KY, will provide music. Mr. Adams is a vocalist, known and loved for the rich timber of his baritone voice and the warmth of his sense of humor. Mr. Adams has several CD’s of hymns and songs.
Registration is $100 per individual and is on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve your seat(s), send a check in the appropriate amount to Diane Frazier, McAfee School of Theology, 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341. To the left is the preliminary schedule of the three-day program. Make your check payable to The Mercer Preaching Consultation.
We have reserved a block of rooms at the King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort, 201 Arnold Road, St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Rooms begin at $151 per night, single or double. To reserve your hotel lodging, call (800) 342-0212, ask for The Mercer Preaching Consultation group rates and select the style room and location you prefer. You need to guarantee one night’s lodging. Rooms will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Cut off date is August 28. We have also reserved rooms at the Hampton Inn, (912) 634-2204, at $115 per night (cut off date August 28) and the Holiday Inn Express, (912) 634-2175, at $88 per night (cut off date September 5).
St. Simons Island is a major vacation spot in Georgia, as well as the southeast. Take this wonderful opportunity to enjoy a short break from family and church responsibilities while soaking up superb presentations from these gifted speakers. The schedule has free time so that you can walk the beach, play some golf or shop in the quaint little village of St. Simons. Also, you will not be at a loss for good seafood and fine restaurants! We look forward to seeing you at St. Simons this fall!
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