Last updated July 20, 2010

ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE

Do You Wish to Attend an Event?

To find the upcoming event(s) nearest to you
(listed by state or province / city) and / or to
download the registration brochure, click here.

To research events by date, review event details
and download the registration brochure, click:

September - November, 2010 OR
January - May, 2011

Do You Wish to Sponsor an Event?
First available Fall date: Oct. 8/9

Note: Right now, many prospective sponsors are hesitant to commit to a weekend until they see more clearly how their funding is surviving the current economic conditions. If this is also your situation, and you would like me to temporarily hold a date while you try to finalize funding, please contact me and I will do my best to accommodate you. Also: know that I am extremely vigilant about securing the lowest travel costs - even non-refundable airfares may be renegotiable! And, in this and the spring semester, I will be booking no more than 3 weekends in a row to maximize my energy level at those by giving myself some respite from traveling. So should you be even vaguely interested in a date, I encourage you to contact me asap to at least get on my 'pencilled-in' list.

●  Unless otherwise noted: All Evenings start at 6:30 PM: Registration & Refreshments; Gathering & Worship 6:45 PM; Program: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Unless otherwise noted: All Saturdays start at 8:30 AM: Registration & Refreshments; Gathering & Worship at 8:45 AM; Program 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. See Curriculum page for topics and approximate times.

●  Also, for the small group media Saturday workshop to be effective, it is crucial that each participant (not each church) brings one copy of their newsletter, welcome brochure/visitor form or packet and contact letters, and bulletin/order of worship.

●  And, by using on the links in both the location and the dates sections, you may download a brochure / registration form in Adobe PDF format.

●  Adobe Notes: 1: dial-up downloading may take 2+ minutes; 2: need Adobe Acrobat reader? click here for Adobe and download it at your convenience; 3: print margin problems?: in Adobe print screen, turn ‘off’ the "auto rotate and center pages" tab; then set your printer to landscape mode.

DO YOU WISH TO SPONSOR AN EVENT?

I present events in three contexts:

 

     ■   The Standard Magnetic Church Conference: participation is always open to everyone regardless of whether the sponsor is a judicatory or an individual congregation. These events are listed below in seasonal sections: by state-alpha/dates with Adobe Acrobat downloadable registration forms; and, by date/location with full registration information.

     ■   A Host-specific Magnetic Church Conference: participation is restricted to the members of a single congregation, usually because the entire membership is invited and space is limited. The dates of these events are listed below only to indicate that the dates are not available to other potential sponsors.

     ■   Preaching and Sunday Discussion Forums for individual churches: although open to everyone, these events are geared primarily for the members of the particular congregation and therefore are not listed below.

To date, I have been engaged to present these events sponsored by
judicatories and / or congregations of these denominations in the U.S.:

The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA)
The Episcopal Church (ECUSA)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
The Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)
The United Church of Christ (UCC)
The United Methodist Church (UMC)

and in Canada:

The Anglican Church of Canada
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
The United Church of Canada

 

●  Are you are a member of a congregation within, and / or on the staff of one of the above listed denominations? Or are you a member / staff person of a similar denomination which also ordains both women and men? And, would your church welcome me to receive communion? If your answers are ‘yes’, then I believe you would be comfortable with my approach to this ministry and would find my program theologically and culturally appropriate for members of your own church(es). And therefore I would be very pleased to provide an event for you.

●  I invite you to investigate further by:
a. reviewing the FAQ’s and Fees page for the highlights of our mutual responsibilities, ‘what you get’, and the fee structure;
b. reviewing my Biography and References, and;
c. checking the events listed by location or by date (sections below) if you would like to attend one of my already scheduled events in order to personally evaluate my ministry.

EVENTS, BY LOCATION

Please select the link.pdf to download a registration form in Adobe Acrobat format. You may also return to the top of page to locate in the "By Date" sections and read /copy all the date/ site/ sponsor/ fees details.

STATE/PROVINCE: City: (select the underlined .pdf link to download the registration form).

2010:

AZ: Phoenix; Nov. 5 & 6: aaazepss.pdf

DE: Middletown; Oct. 1 & 2: aadeep.pdf
2011:

IL: Chicago; Feb. 23 & 24: registration tba

EVENTS: SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, 2010

FALL SEMESTER

Sept. 6: Labor Day

 

     ■   Friday October 1 and Saturday October 2: Middletown, DE.
Sponsor: The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware.
Host: St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 15 E. Green St., Middletown, DE 19709.
Cost: Diocesan Members: $35 per person OR $30 each if prepaid and preregistered in groups of 4 or more. Guests: $45.00 each. Fees include materials, refreshments and Saturday lunch. Childcare is Free: But! You must pre-register them.
Registration Deadline: Sept. 24, 2010 but registrations will close earlier if we have reached fire-code mandated capacity before the deadline.
For more information and details on "what-to-bring", please request a brochure / registration form by contacting: Lois Crouse: office@st-annes-church.com; 302-378-2401; fax: 302-378-3807 or download aadeep.pdf for the brochure / registration form.

 

     ■   Friday October 8 and Saturday October 9: available.

Oct. 11: Canadian Thanksgiving; US Columbus Day

 

     ■   Friday October 15 and Saturday October 16: available.

 

     ■   Friday October 22 and Saturday October 23: on hold.

 

     ■   Friday October 29 and Saturday October 30: available.

 

     ■   Friday November 5 and Saturday November 6: Phoenix, AZ.
Sponsor and Host: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and Retreat & Renewal Center, 2310 N 56th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008.
Cost: $35@ parish members. Guests: $45 each OR $40 per person if prepaid and preregistered in groups of 4 or more. Full-time students: $25 each (must include proof of F/T status with registration). Childcare Extra Fee: $5 per family for entire event (must pre-register).
Registration Deadline: Oct. 28, 2010 but registrations will close earlier if we have reached fire-code mandated capacity before the deadline.
For more information and details on "what-to-bring", please request a brochure / registration form by contacting: Ronda Kelso: rkelso@ststephens.org; 602.206.8812; OR Fr. Greg Fry: gfry@ststephens.org; 602.840.0437; fax 602.840.4586 or download aaazepss.pdf for the brochure / registration form.

Nov. 7: End Daylight Saving Time

 

     ■   Friday November 12 and Saturday November 13: available.

 

     ■   Friday November 19 and Saturday November 20: available.

Nov. 25: US Thanksgiving

 

     ■   Friday December 10 and Saturday December 11: held as a backstop date if a prior event must be postponed due to extreme local weather or travel disruptions. (In 16 years this has never happened; still, as storms seem to be getting more violent and prolonged ... 32 inches of snow in DC Dulles!...).

EVENTS: FEBRUARY TO JUNE, 2011

WINTER SEMESTER

Please contact the persons listed below to inquire about their specific event; however, for general questions about The Magnetic Church, please select the other pages on this site.

 

     ■   Friday Jan. 21 and Saturday Jan. 22: available.

 

     ■   Friday Jan. 29 and Saturday Jan. 30: available.

 

     ■   Friday Feb. 4 and Saturday Feb 5: available.

 

     ■   Friday Feb. 11 and Saturday Feb 12: available.

 

     ■   Friday Feb. 18 and Saturday Feb 19: not available.

 

     ■   Note: Special dates and times: Wednesday Feb. 23 2PM to 6PM; Thursday Feb. 24 8:30AM to Noon: The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL.
Sponsor and Host: The Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes.
This is a special, and slightly truncated version of a regular weekend event, and is open to anyone, not only members of the Consortium. All information and registration will be processed online by the Consortium; details available shortly. You may also contact: Cynthia Cannon, Executive Director of Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes, 304 East Seventh Street, Austin, TX: 512-610-3540; ccannon@endowedparishes.org.

 

     ■   Friday Feb. 25 and Saturday Feb. 26: available Chicago area only.

 

     ■   Friday March 4 and Saturday March 5: available.

March 9: Ash Wednesday

 

     ■   Friday March 11 and Saturday March 12: available.

March 13: Start Daylight Saving Time

 

     ■   Friday March 18 and Saturday March 19: available.

 

     ■   Friday March 25 and Saturday March 26: available.

 

     ■   Friday April 1 and Saturday April 2: available.

 

     ■   Friday April 8 and Saturday April 9: available.

April 17: Palm Sunday

April 24: Easter

SPRING SEMESTER

 

     ■   Friday April 29 and Saturday April 30: not available.

 

     ■   Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7: available.

 

     ■   Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14: available.

 

     ■   Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21: available.

May 23: Canada: Victoria Day

May 30: US Memorial Day

 

     ■   Friday June 3 and Saturday June 4: available.

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