Renewal Conference

Grace in Personal Relationships: Judgment vs. Love as the Core of Christianity
June 29-July 4, 2008

REGISTER NOW! More than 20 Inn rooms and several Historic Cottages are now available for this conference.

WORKSHOPS
  • Surviving and Thriving During Times of Disaster, led by the Rev. Dr. Michael Melon of Spartanburg, S.C. He has served as a missionary and church planter in locations across the globe. In August 2005, he was rector of a New Orleans inner-city church when Hurricane Katrina hit, destroying his family's possessions.
  • Listening to God for Better Prayer, led by Mary Zahl, who trained under Canon Anne Long of the Acorn Christian Healing Trust in England. The author of Listening, Long has trained clergy and lay people all over the world to incorporate listening to God, ourselves and others in order to help us become Christ's ears to the world. Zahl has taught these principles to church groups for the last 15 years and used them in her own prayer life.
  • Jerusalem Outreach: Home First, Then the World, led by the Revs. Dallas and Janie Wilson, a husband and wife team whose ministries involve disadvantaged inner-city residents, particularly families with incarcerated fathers. He is vicar of St. John’s in Charleston, S.C. She is executive director of the African-American Family Center for Biblical Dialogue.

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Paul Zahl

Paul Zahl

Internationally known author, theologian and preacher the Rev. Dr. theol. Paul F. M. Zahl will keynote Kanuga's 2008 Renewal Conference.

Based on his recent book Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, his presentation will "attempt to bring the gospel of law and grace into direct encounter with the real and tangible stress of living a life within the swooning, human world," Zahl said.

His presentations will begin with a basis in theology then discuss how an understanding of grace can transform relationships, including romantic relationships, relationships with children and relationships with everybody.

About the keynoter

Dr. Zahl returned to parish ministry in December, accepting the call to serve as rector of All Saints Church in Chevy Chase, Md.

For the past three years, he was the fifth dean and president of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Previously, he served for nine years as dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Ala., and was the rector of parishes in Charleston, S.C., and Scarborough, N.Y.

Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life by Paul F. M. Zahl

Having earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Harvard, Zahl completed graduate studies at St. John’s College in Nottingham, England; the University of Nottingham; Trinity College in Bristol, England; Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, England; and the University of Tübingen in Germany, where he received a doctorate in systematic theology magna cum laude in 1994.

Zahl has authored several books, most recently, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, published in 2007.

Others include A Short Systematic Theology; The First Christian: Universal Truth in the Teachings of Jesus; Five Women of the English Reformation; The Protestant Face of Anglicanism; and Who Will Deliver Us? The Present Power in the Death of Christ.

Additional conference staff

Jim Munroe

James Munroe

The Feitels

Carol and York Feitel

COORDINATORS: York and Carol Feitel of Spartanburg, S.C., have attended Kanuga's Renewal Conference regularly for more than 14 years. They are active members of St. Christopher's in Spartanburg, both having served as senior warden.

CHAPLAIN: The Very Rev. James Munroe is dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, Mass. A Vietnam veteran with more than 30 years' experience as a parish priest, he served as a curate for four years with Paul Zahl at Grace Church in New York while C. FitzSimons Allison was the rector. In recent years he has spent time in Israel/Palestine, involved in reconciliation efforts.

Susan Blackburn

Susan Blackburn

MUSICIANS: The Praise Band from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Summerville, S.C., led by Nowell Copley

YOUTH LEADER: Susan Blackburn has been involved in leadership for children, youth and music ministry since 1992. She currently leads a youth group at Faith Anglican Church in Memphis, Tenn., and is a member of the choir and worship team. Her 16-year-old daughter Sarah will assist her in leading the youth program at this year's Renewal Conference.

Cost

Double Occupancy

$585 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities

Double Occupancy — Prefers Single

$740 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
(Because housing for this conference is limited, single rooms are being waitlisted. If a single room does not come available, you will be charged double occupancy rate only.)

Participating Spouse

$460 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Nonparticipating Spouse

$390 per person
Includes lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Commuter

$375 per person
Includes program, meals and use of recreational facilities. (For residents of Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford, Buncombe, Haywood or Greenville counties only)

Babysitter

$205 per person
Includes lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Youth (age 10-18)

$285 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Child (age 3-9)

$285 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Payment

Deposit

$50 per person
Non-refundable. Non-transferable. Deposit deducted from total fee.

Balance Due

May 29
(To register after this date, please send a check or use a credit card for the full amount.)

Start/End Times

Check-In

4-6 p.m. Sunday, June 29

Check-Out

After breakfast Friday, July 4

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