Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

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Wind and Flame: Women Claiming Sacred Space is a celebration of the ordination of women in the Presbyterian Church: Deacons (100 years), Elders (75 years), and Clergy (50 years). Whether you belong to the Presbyterian family or other denominations and faiths, come to listen, speak, teach, worship, and feast together.

The keynote address for this event will be presented by The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, the Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.

The first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA), Cannon focuses her work in the areas of Christian ethics, Womanist Theology, and women in religion and society. She has lectured nationally on theological and ethical topics and is the author or editor of numerous articles and seven books including Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community and Black Womanist Ethics. Dr. Cannon holds degrees from Barber-Scotia College (B.S.), Johnson C. Smith Seminary (M.Div.), and Union Theological Seminary in New York (M.Phil, Ph.D.)

Inaugural Lectureship

Dr. Cannon will, at the same time, inaugurate the Katie Geneva Cannon Lectureship, which will become an annual program of the Women’s Center at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. This annual lectureship will be presented by a woman scholar who belongs to a racial ethnic minority in the United States and who raises a critical voice against the dominant oppressive structures and ideologies of the era.

SCHEDULE

Sunday March 26	5:30 p.m.	Celebration dinner, Welcome and Reading of the Honor Roll—Gardencourt
	7 p.m.	Lecture and Inauguration of the Katie Geneva Cannon Lectureship, Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon —Gardencourt, Hundley Hall
	8:30 p.m.	Reception and Booksigning—Gardencourt
Monday March 27	9 a.m.	Worship with Robina Winbush—Caldwell Chapel Robina Winbush is director of the Department of Ecumenical and Agency Relations for the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
	10 a.m.	Workshops—Laws Lodge W-1 Coming Home: Asian-American Women Doing Theology—Unzu Lee, a one-and-a-half generation Korean American and staff member for Women Ministries at the Presbyterian Church (USA) W-2 Finding the Power and Authority of Our Voices: Young Women in Ministry—Sarah Colwill, associate pastor, Flourtown Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia Presbytery W-3 Models of Hispanic-American Ministry—Rebecca Reyes, Latino Health Project coordinator, Duke University Hospital W-4 Turning Points: Stories of Life and Change in the Church —Lou McAlister East, organizing pastor of Epiphany Presbyterian, a new church development in Greensboro, North Carolina
	12 noon	Lunch and Panel Presentation—Winn Center Women in Solidarity Across Lines of Authority: Lay Women and Clergy Working Together PANELISTS: Amy Plantinga Pauw Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology, Louisville Seminary Frances Adeney William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission, Louisville Seminary Fairfax Fair Pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Kentucky. Patricia Tull A. B. Rhodes Professor of Old Testament, Louisville Seminary
	12:30 p.m.	Workshops—Laws Lodge W-5 Faith and Money Matters: Finding Your Vision, Values, and Authority —Dianne Reistroffer, professor of ministry and director of Methodist studies, Louisville Seminary W-6 Defecting in Place: In, Out, In-Between... a Love/Hate Relationship with the Church—Mary Kuhns, a pastoral counselor and couples and family therapist in private practice W-7 The Changing Image and Practice of Ministry through the Presence of Women —Betty Meadows, General Presbyter of Mid-Kentucky Presbytery W-8 Mission in the Church for Our Time—Gail Nelson serves in an ELCA congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, and partners with her husband in an inner-city new church development
	3:30 p.m.	Closing Celebrations—Laws Lodge The conference concludes at 4:30 p.m.

Online Registration
Register and pay all fees for this event:

All events on March 26-27; $40
Dinner and Lecture on March 26; $25
Events on Monday, March 27 only; $15
Download a full brochure and registration form for Wind and Flame (PDF)

Registration Deadline: March 10, 2006

More Information

Accommodations: Please make your own reservations for overnight accommodations at Laws Lodge, 502.992.0220. Rooms are $65.83 (tax included) per person. Rooms may be shared, and rollaways and cots are available for an additional $10 per night. Make requests when reserving your room
Sponsors: This event is sponsored by the Women's Center at Louisville Seminary and The Justice for Women Committee of Mid-Kentucky Presbytery
Contact: Polly Johnson, phj5@insight bb.com
Johanna Bos, jbos@lpts.edu
Stephenie Maddox-Hill, smaddox@lpts.edu
1044 Alta Vista Road
Louisville, KY 40205-1798
502.992-5423; 800.264.1839
Presbyterian Church (USA): Learn more about the history of the ordination of women in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and plans for more celebrations