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This fall at Kanuga, members of historically black parishes will gather to explore answers to a tough question: What do we need to keep and what are we willing to change as we move forward in an ever changing church and world?

Kanuga’s sixth Transformation and Renewal Conference will seek a balance between preserving culture and changing with the times.

This biennial conference provides models and resources for congregational development in historically black Episcopal churches.

This year’s conference also will include a memorial celebration of the life and music of Dr. Horace Boyer, general editor of Lift Every Voice and Sing II and beloved music leader for three Transformation & Renewal conferences. He died July 21. The Rev. Canon Dr. Harold Lewis will be the celebrant.

"Dr. Boyer understood music as a source of parish growth and development," said the Rev. Lynne Washington, conference coordinator. "We look to continue Dr. Boyer's passion for parish life through music and leadership development."

Begun in 1999, this national gathering is co-sponsored by Kanuga, the Episcopal Church Office of Black Ministries and the Union of Black Episcopalians.

About the keynoter

The Rev. Junius B. Dotson is senior pastor of Saint Mark United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., the largest African-American church in the state with more than 3,500 members.

A dynamic preacher, public speaker and experienced church planter, he is highly respected for his ability to establish networks that get things done in the faith and larger communities. His ministry focuses on training, developing and empowering leaders to establish ministries that address the needs of the whole person.

Ordained in 1992, Dotson holds a master’s of divinity from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. In 1996, he started Genesis United Methodist Church in Silicon Valley, Calif., which became a model for new church starts. His innovative ministry has been featured in The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Examiner, The Sacramento Bee, religious journals, radio and television.

Dotson recently was elected president of the UMC's new church start division and charged with leading a team of 18 pastors to help start more than 650 new churches in the next four years. He also serves on the board of ordained ministry and the revitalization taskforce for the UMC's Kansas West Conference and the Wichita Food Bank executive board. He was appointed by the governor of Kansas to serve on the Kansas Sentencing Commission.

Conference staff

COORDINATOR: The Rev. Lynne Washington is director of the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond, Va. She also coordinated the Transformation and Renewal conference in 2005 and 2007.

PREACHER: The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris is the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. Ordained in 1980, she served churches in Pennsylvania and was named executive director of the Episcopal Church Publishing Company before being consecrated as suffragan bishop of Massachusetts in 1989. She retired from that role in 2003.

PREACHER: The Rev. Canon Dr. Harold Lewis, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, will preach during the celebration of life for Dr. Horace Boyer on Oct. 16. Ordained in 1971, he has served congregations in Honduras, England, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, N.Y. From 1983 to 1994, he directed the Episcopal Church's Office of Black Ministries. An author and musician, he wrote hymns published in Dr. Boyer's Lift Every Voice and Sing II.

MUSICIAN: Carl MaultsBy is a New York-based composer, arranger, conductor, keyboardist and singer. He served on the Episcopal Church's standing commission on liturgy and music and is the author of Playing Gospel Piano: The Basics.

WORKSHOP LEADERS:

• Waltier Blocker, gospel choir director at historic St. Thomas Church in Philadelphia
• Dr. C. Kirk Hadaway, director of research for the Episcopal Church
• David Hurd, music professor at General Theological Seminary in New York
• Jill Mathis, canon for congregational development and deployment in the Diocese of Pennsylvania
• Carlos Prescod, director of music ministries at the Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn
• Dr. Matthew Price, director of analytic research strategy and service development for the Church Pension Group

Cost
Double Occupancy	$510 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Single Occupancy	$671 per person Includes same as above. (Based on availability)
Participating Spouse	$456 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Nonparticipating Spouse	$405 per person Includes lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Commuter	$290 per person Includes program, lunches, suppers and use of recreational facilities. (For residents of Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford, Buncombe, Haywood or Greenville counties only)
Payment
Deposit	$50 per person Nonrefundable. Nontransferable. Deposit deducted from total fee.
Balance Due	October 15 (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, Nov. 15
Check-Out	After breakfast Thursday, Nov. 19
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