Five Day Academy, October 15-20, 2006, Camp Garner Creek
The date, place, theme, and main leadership for the 2006 Five Day Academy has been announced--and interested persons will want to make certain the event appears on their calendar.
Celebrating the Body of Christ will be the theme of the Academy to be held at Camp Garner Creek from October 15-20, 2006. Featured as leaders for the Academy will be Dr. Thomas R. Hawkins and Dr. Kirk Jones.
Dr. Thomas R. Hawkins will present the session on the scriptural foundations for our understanding of ourselves as the Body of Christ. Dr.Hawkins teaches in the Career and Organizational Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. He has directed or presented at several Five-Day Academies, including the Illinois Great Rivers, West Ohio, and Iowa Academies. Prior to his current teaching responsibilities at Eastern, he served as a United Methodist pastor in the New England Conference from 1977 to 1990. More recently, he served as Director of Connectional Ministries in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference from 1999 to 2003. He is the author of Cultivating Christian Community, The Christian Small Group Leader, Loving God with All Your Mind, and The Learning Congregation. Thomas and his spouse, Jan, live on a small farm outside Charleston where they enjoy gardening, bird watching, and raising a small herd of 4-H cattle with their two sons, Robert and Jonathan.
Dr. Kirk Jones will present the session on our liturgical experience of the Body of Christ. Dr. Jones' most recent book is The Jazz of Preaching in which he explains how to dramatically improve one's preaching and public speaking through understanding and applying key elements of the musical art form known as jazz. Dr. Jones currently teaches ethics and preaching at Andover Newton Theological School, and serves as guest preacher and teacher at churches, schools and conferences throughout the United States. His writings have been published in various journals, including Leadership, Gospel Today, Pulpit Digest, and The African American Pulpit, a quarterly preaching journal he co-founded in 1997. His web site can be found at http://kirkbjones.com/index.html.
The Five Day Academy is sponsored by both the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church.
Celebrating the Body of Christ will be the theme of the Academy to be held at Camp Garner Creek from October 15-20, 2006. Featured as leaders for the Academy will be Dr. Thomas R. Hawkins and Dr. Kirk Jones.
Dr. Thomas R. Hawkins will present the session on the scriptural foundations for our understanding of ourselves as the Body of Christ. Dr.Hawkins teaches in the Career and Organizational Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. He has directed or presented at several Five-Day Academies, including the Illinois Great Rivers, West Ohio, and Iowa Academies. Prior to his current teaching responsibilities at Eastern, he served as a United Methodist pastor in the New England Conference from 1977 to 1990. More recently, he served as Director of Connectional Ministries in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference from 1999 to 2003. He is the author of Cultivating Christian Community, The Christian Small Group Leader, Loving God with All Your Mind, and The Learning Congregation. Thomas and his spouse, Jan, live on a small farm outside Charleston where they enjoy gardening, bird watching, and raising a small herd of 4-H cattle with their two sons, Robert and Jonathan.
Dr. Kirk Jones will present the session on our liturgical experience of the Body of Christ. Dr. Jones' most recent book is The Jazz of Preaching in which he explains how to dramatically improve one's preaching and public speaking through understanding and applying key elements of the musical art form known as jazz. Dr. Jones currently teaches ethics and preaching at Andover Newton Theological School, and serves as guest preacher and teacher at churches, schools and conferences throughout the United States. His writings have been published in various journals, including Leadership, Gospel Today, Pulpit Digest, and The African American Pulpit, a quarterly preaching journal he co-founded in 1997. His web site can be found at http://kirkbjones.com/index.html.
The Five Day Academy is sponsored by both the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church.
