Schedule (2018)
Friday (Pre-Conference Concert and Art Display)
6:00pm Open house / art display
7:00pm Christopher Williams Concert
Saturday
8:15am Coffee and registration
9:00am Welcome
9:15am Co-creators with God Katherine Paterson
10:15am Breakout 1
11:05am Coffee break
11:25am Breakout 2
12:15pm Lunch
1:30pm Plenary: Katherine Paterson
1:50pm worship
2:00pm Plenary: Christopher Williams
3:00pm Breakout 3 (long)
4:45pm Plenary (various artists)
5:45pm Closing worship
6:00pm Dinner & fellowship
Breakout Sessions (2018)
Writing
- Interview with Katherine Paterson on Faith & Fiction (Katherine Paterson and Eric Taylor)
- A Christian Approach to Writing Fantasy (Matthew Dickerson)
- Memory, Imagination & Vulnerability: Connecting Our Stories and Readers’ Hearts (Eric Taylor)
- Writing about Nature and Creation as a Spiritual Reflection and Sub-Creation (Matthew Dickerson)
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Poetry as Prayer (Abigail Carroll)
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Scripture and the Poetic Imagination (Abigail Carroll)
Photography
- Visual Storytelling (Paul Rogers)
- Photography as Fine Art (Paul Rogers)
- Photography Practicum: Real Life Photography of People and Events (Paul Rogers)
Music/ Song Writing
- Song writing (Christopher Williams)
- Worship leadership (Alison McHugh)
- Worship leadership (Christopher Williams)
Painting
- Prophetic Painting: Art as a Response to God (Kevin Moffatt)
- Tools for the Painter’s Toolbox: Three Practical Painting Skills (Elisabeth Ehmann Miller)
Pastoral
- Cultivating a Support of the Arts in our Churches (Ralph Gerlach)
- The Art of Worship Leadership (Alison McHugh)
The Artistic Life
- Life-work balance. Reflections of a painting mother on how to practice art in the midst of everyday life. (Elisabeth Ehmann Miller)
- The Disciplines of the Artistic Life (Eric Taylor)