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The Rev. L. Gregory Jones
June
22, 24, 26 |
The Rev. Dr. L. Gregory Jones is an ordained
United Methodist pastor who has served since 1997 as the eleventh
dean of Duke University Divinity School. Widely recognized as
a scholar and church leader on such issues as forgiveness and
reconciliation, Christian vocation, and strengthening the church
and its ministry, Dean Jones is known for teaching that fosters
students' imaginations in connecting Christian faith to everyday
life, for research that promotes interdisciplinary conversation,
and for a commitment to ecumenical dialogue. He is the author
or editor of thirteen books, including the acclaimed Embodying
Forgiveness, and, most recently, Everyday Matters: Intersections
of Life and Faith and the co-authored Resurrecting Excellence:
Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry. He writes a regular column,
"Faith Matters," for The Christian Century, for which
he is also an editor-at-large. He has also published more than
one hundred articles in a variety of publications. For ten years
he was Co-Editor of the journal Modern Theology, a scholarly
journal published by Blackwells in Oxford, England, and he currently
serves as an Associate Editor for the journal.
A speaker in great demand, Dr. Jones has
preached in major pulpits and lectured widely at annual conferences
across the country. He has also delivered numerous distinguished
lectureships at colleges and universities. In addition, he has
given significant leadership for many pastors' schools and other
continuing education events for laity and clergy. Rev. Jones
and his wife, the Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones, have recently
written several units (and appeared in the accompanying videos)
for The United Methodist Publishing House's new "Living
the Good Life Together" series.
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The Rev. Susan P. Jones
June
23, 25, 27 |
The Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones is an
ordained Elder in the WNC Conference of the United Methodist
Church where she chairs the Order of Elder. She currently serves
as Director of Clergy Formation at Duke Divinity School. Her
responsibilities include teaching, mentoring students for ordination,
and coordinating the Teaching Congregations program. Most recently
she oversaw the completion of the school's new $22 million building
addition. Rev. Jones is a frequent retreat leader for lay and
clergy groups. Her travel on behalf of the Divinity School includes
pilgrimages to South Africa, Russia, Estonia, France, Israel,
Palestine, Uganda, Rwanda, and Korea.
Susan and her husband, L. Gregory Jones,
Dean of Duke Divinity School, have recently written two books
on Attentiveness and Forgiveness in the "Living the Good
Life Together" series published by the United Methodist
Publishing House. They are the parents of Nathan (20), who is
a junior at Duke, Benjamin (17), and Sarah (12). |
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The Rev. Timothy Carl Ahrens
June
29 - July 4 |
Rev. Timothy Carl Ahrens is Senior Minister
at The First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in
Columbus, Ohio. His dynamic preaching, passion for social justice,
and strong leadership are among the qualities that have designated
him as a distinguished voice in his community and across the
nation. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, during his early
career he served in four urban settings of ministry: St. Louis,
New Haven, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. He was called to his
current post at First Church in January of 2000. This downtown
church, which was born out of Abolitionist principles, carries
a 155 year legacy of progressive theology that has long attracted
people of conscience and remains heavily steeped in the tradition
of the Social Gospel. A strong and respected voice in the community,
Reverend Ahrens works to build relationships with other city
leaders to work for improved education, fair housing, healthcare
reform, equal rights, and abolition of the death penalty. Committed
to helping congregations become more multi-racial, more multi-cultural,
and more accepting and welcoming to persons of all races, socio-economic
backgrounds, and sexual orientations, Rev. Ahrens has served
the United Church of Christ at the association, conference, and
national level, and is an adjunct faculty member and member of
the Visiting Committee of Chicago Theological Seminary.
In the fall of 2005, Rev. Ahrens answered
a different call and began to address the role of religion in
public and political life. Disturbed by the increasingly publicized
voices of religious leaders whose views demonized and divided,
Tim posed a sole question to his colleagues around the State,
asking them: "Is what you are seeing in the public square
reflective of the Christian faith you have known and lived?"
The overwhelming answer was a resounding "NO!" With
that, "We Believe Ohio," a movement engaged in uniting
diverse religious voices to achieve social justice, was born.
Since its inception, the organization has grown to include over
400 Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Seik leaders. The group has
received national and international attention while bringing
an interfaith message of hope, love, and justice to all with
their belief that God calls upon us all to "unite and heal
the world." Rev. Ahrens has appeared on Ohio Public Radio,
C-Span, CBS Evening News, and was featured on ABC "Nightline"
on the evening before the November 7, 2006 election. Articles
featuring him have been published in Time Magazine, The New Yorker,
The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times,
Christianity Today, The Christian Century, and numerous Ohio
newspapers and magazines. In November, 2006, Rev. Ahrens was
heralded as one among five pastors keeping alive the social justice
tradition of the late William Sloane Coffin. |
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Rev. Daisy L. Machado
July
6-11 |
Professor of the History of Christianity
at Union Theological Seminary with a special focus on U.S. Christianities,
Rev. Dr. Daisy L. Machado is the first U.S. Latina ordained in
the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In ministry she has
served congregations in Brooklyn, Houston, and Fort Worth. A
native of Cuba, Dr. Machado was raised in New York and has lived
in Texas and in Lexington, Kentucky, where she served as Academic
Dean of Lexington Theological Seminary. Dr. Machado has a great
interest in the concept of "borderlands," a multilayered
term that not only refers to a specific geographic location,
but for Latinas and other women of color, also refers to a social,
economic, political, and personal location within the dominant
culture. She is also a strong advocate for a comprehensive reform
of current U.S. immigration laws.
Dr. Machado holds a B.A. from Brooklyn
College, an M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work,
a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, New York,
and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She is the author
of Borders and Margins: Hispanic Disciples in the Southwest,
1888-1942 (2003), and is co-editor of A Reader in Latina Feminist
Theology: Religion and Justice (2002). Author of seventeen chapters
in anthologies and encyclopedias, as well as numerous articles
in journals and magazines, she has lectured extensively throughout
the U.S., as well as in Mexico, Venezuela, and Germany. |
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The Rev. Peter Gomes
July
13 |
The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes is
an American Baptist minister ordained to the Christian Ministry
by The First Baptist Church of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Since
1970 he has served in The Memorial Church, Harvard University,
and since 1974 as Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey
Minister in the Memorial Church.
A member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
and of the Faculty of Divinity of Harvard University, Professor
Gomes holds degrees from Bates College and from Harvard Divinity
School, and is the recipient of thirty honorary degrees. He is
an honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, The University of Cambridge,
England, where The Gomes Lectureship is established in his name.
Widely regarded as one of America’s most distinguished preachers,
Professor Gomes has fulfilled preaching and lecturing engagements
throughout this country and the British Isles. Named Clergy of
the Year in 1998 by Religion in American Life, Professor Gomes
participated in the presidential inaugurations of Ronald Reagan
and George H. W. Bush. Among his many New York Times and national
best-selling books are The Good Book: Reading the Bible with
Mind and Heart, Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living, The
Good Life: Truths That Last in Times of Need, Strength for the
Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living, and The Backward Glance
and the Forward Look. He has also published ten volumes of sermons.
Profiled by Robert Boynton in The New Yorker, and interviewed
by Morley Safer on 60 Minutes, The Reverend Professor Peter Gomes
was included in the summer 1999 premier issue of Talk magazine
as part of its feature article, “The Best Talkers in America:
Fifty Big Mouths We Hope Will Never Shut Up.”
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The Very Rev. Tracey Lind
July
14-18 |
The Very Reverend Tracey Lind is Dean of
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a city congregation that serves
the Cleveland community with worship, arts and music, peace and
justice ministries, and education and spirituality programs.
Part of Trinity Commons, Trinity Cathedral is an award-winning,
environmentally-sustainable campus, developed under Dean Lind’s
leadership, which includes the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio and
three retail stores that offer fair trade and spirituality products.
As Dean of Trinity, Rev. Lind speaks, teaches, and preaches around
the country. She is also a city planner whose ministry includes
work for environmental justice, interfaith relations, sustainable
urban planning, arts and culture, and the diversity of the Episcopal
Church. Her work involves serving as a board member of many nonprofit
organizations including the Episcopal Church Publishing Company,
Ten Thousand Villages of Cleveland, Hospice and Palliative Care
Partners of Ohio, Music and Performing Arts at Trinity, The Quadrangle,
and the ACLU Cleveland Chapter. She is also the Convener of We
Believe Ohio – Greater Cleveland. Prior to becoming Dean
at Trinity, Dean Lind served as Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Paterson, New Jersey.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Rev. Lind is
an alumna of the Columbus School for Girls. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in urban studies from the Honors College at the University
of Toledo, a master of community planning from the University
of Cincinnati, and a master of divinity from Union Theological
Seminary in New York. Author of Interrupted by God: Glimpses
from the Edge, Dean Lind is also an emerging photographer who
has exhibited photographs in New York/New Jersey-area juried
shows and in numerous other individual exhibits around the country. |
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The Rev. Kenneth W. Chalker
July
20-26 |
After his powerful message on the final
Sunday of the 2007 Season, Chautauqua is delighted to welcome
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Chalker back for a full week to its International
Ecumenical Pulpit. Rev. Chalker has served as Senior Pastor at
First United Methodist Church in downtown Cleveland since 1986,
where the church has experienced exceptional growth in membership
and programming under his leadership. Twice named one of Cleveland's
most interesting people by Cleveland Magazine, Dr. Chalker is
an active participant in the life of the City of Cleveland. He
serves on the boards of many community organizations including
the Greater Cleveland Roundtable, the Cleveland Orchestra Community
Relations Committee, NCCJ (National Conference for Community
Justice), and the Board of Trustees of Mount Union College. A
graduate of Leadership Cleveland, Dr. Chalker is deeply committed
to the needs of Cleveland's children and homeless individuals.
An enthusiastic and inspirational public
speaker, Dr. Chalker is also a writer who has published a book
and numerous articles for newspapers and journals. He is a former
radio and television commentator and a recipient of the Cleveland
Advertising Club's "Outstanding Communication Achievement
of the Year" Award. Instrumental in the selection of Cleveland
as the site of the United Methodist General Conference in 2000,
for five years he chaired the Host Committee of the East Ohio
Conference in preparation for and execution of this grand event
that brought United Methodists and visitors from around the world
to Cleveland. Dr. Chalker is a graduate of Garrett-ETS at Northwestern
University, Duke University Divinity School, and Mount Union
College in Alliance, Ohio. |
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The Rev. Raphael G. Warnock
July
27 - August 1 |
The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock serves
as Senior Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual
home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The son of Pentecostal-Holiness
ministers, Rev. Warnock was licensed and ordained at the historic
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, and then
served as Assistant Pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist
Church of New York City. Before coming to Ebenezer, Pastor Warnock
served as Senior Pastor of Baltimore’s Douglas Memorial
Community Church. He is a graduate of Harvard’s Summer Leadership
Institute, and has worked with the National Black Leadership
Commission on AIDS. His work and activism have been both local
and global, working on behalf of national causes as well as world
peace and small democracies in our hemisphere such as Haiti.
He is the author of “Educating Teens for Positive Peer Intervention,”
which serves as Georgia’s official curriculum guide for
teen peer programs aimed at reducing the State’s teenage
pregnancy rate.
Dr. Warnock is a graduate of Morehouse
College and holds Master of Divinity, Master of Philosophy, and
Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Union Theological Seminary
in New York City. Sought after as a preacher and scholar, he
is a member of the American Academy of Religion. |
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The Right Rev. John Bryson
Chane
August
3-8 |
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, D.D.
was consecrated as the Eighth Bishop of Washington on June 1,
2002. As Bishop of Washington, Bishop Chane serves 93 congregations
and 45,000 members in the District of Columbia and in the Counties
of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles, and Saint Mary's in
Maryland. He also serves as President and CEO of the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which governs Saint Alban's School
for Boys, The National Cathedral School for Girls, Beauvoir Primary
School, the Cathedral College, and the National Cathedral --
all of which are located on the 53-acre Cathedral Close.
An active member of many boards and advisory
committees, including the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese
of Jerusalem, The University Council Committee On Religious and
Spiritual Life at Yale University, The Episcopal Church Publishing
Company, and The Virginia Theological Seminary, Bishop Chane
serves as Co-Chair of the "Bishops Working for a Just Society"
Coalition and on the Episcopal Church's Committee on National
Affairs. He was recently appointed to serve on a Global Anglican
Task Force investigating human rights violations in the Kingdom
of Swaziland, Africa, and his diocese has established a partnership
with the Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
He has received honorary doctorates from both Virginia Theological
Seminary and the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
Bishop Chane has participated in two international
affairs panels hosted by the Washington Press Club, and is the
author of numerous published articles on the Church and Secular
Society, Global Terrorism, and The Episcopal Church and Human
Sexuality. He was recently honored for his ongoing work in Abrahamic
Dialogue by the Inter-Faith Conference of Metropolitan Washington,
and he was a recipient of the Inter-Faith Bridge- Builders' Award.
The former Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral,
San Diego, California from 1996-2002, he has also served as Rector
of Saint Mark's Church in Southborough, Massachusetts, as Canon
Pastor of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Erie, Pennsylvania, and as
Curate/ Priest in Charge of Saint Paul's Church in Montvale,
New Jersey. He holds degrees from Boston University (BA) and
Yale Divinity School (M.Div). |
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The Rev. Otis Moss III
August
10-15 |
Having captivated Chautauqua's Morning
Worship congregation during Week Nine in 2007, Chautauqua is
also delighted to welcome Rev. Otis Moss III back to its International
Ecumenical Pulpit for a full week. Rev. Moss serves as Pastor
of Trinity United Church of Christ under the leadership of Senior
Pastor, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Prior to joining the
pastoral staff at Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Moss
served as pastor of the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in
Augusta, Georgia, whose membership grew from 125 to over 2100
members under his leadership.
Rev. Moss received his B.A. in Religion
and Philosophy from Morehouse College, and graduated from Yale
with a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Ethics
and Theology. He has been Adjunct Professor of Voorhees College,
and has served as a guest lecturer for the Interdenominational
Theological Center, Emory University, Presbyterian College, Paine
College, Dillard University, Howard University, Yale, Harvard
University, and Morehouse College. He has also shared Chautauqua's
pulpit with his father, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
Engaging in continuing ministry to youth
and young adults, Rev. Moss also pursues a love for African-American
homiletics and church history. He has done extensive research
in the areas of African-American culture, theology, and youth
development. He is the author of Redemption in a Red Light District,
and his essays, articles, and poetry have appeared in Sojourners
Magazine, The Urban Spectrum, and The African American Pulpit
Journal, which, along with BeliefNet, recently named Reverend
Moss as one of the "20 to watch" ministers who will
shape the future of the African American Church. As such, his
passion for youth and intergenerational ministry has led him
to create the Issachar Movement, a consulting group designed
to bridge the generation gap within churches and to train a new
generation of prophetic church leadership. |
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Rev. Bruce Sanguin
August
17-22 |
Rev. Bruce Sanguin has been an ordained
minister with the United Church of Canada for 20 years. Currently
serving Canadian Memorial United Church and Center for Peace
in Vancouver, Canada, where he has been the minister for 12 years.
A registered marriage and family therapist and clinical member
of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists,
Rev. Sanguin has authored three books: Summoning the Whirlwind:
Unconventional Sermons for a Relevant Christian Faith; Darwin,
Divinity and the Dance of the Cosmos: An Ecological Christianity;
and The Emerging Congregation: A Map for Change and a Model for
Renewal (April 2008 release). He is a practitioner of Bikrams
(Hot) Yoga, a lover of golf and tennis, and will play his guitar
and sing for anybody willing to listen.
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Rev. Dr. Jon M. Walton
August
24 |
Senior Pastor of The First Presbyterian
Church in New York City since 2001, Rev. Dr. Jon M. Walton had
previously served congregations in Delaware, Long Island, and
New Canaan, Connecticut. A Visiting Lecturer in Homiletics at
Union Theological Seminary in New York, Rev. Walton was selected
as one of ten “exceptional and gifted” clergy to participate
in the Vanderbilt / Lilly Foundation study to attract gifted
students to theological study. He was the recipient of the Outstanding
Ministry Award given by the New York City Council of Churches
in 2006, and was also honored with a Doctorate in Humane Letters
by Macalaster College in Minnesota in 2005.
The author of a book and numerous articles,
Dr. Walton received a BA from Macalaster College, a Master of
Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a Doctor
of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. A gifted
preacher, he is regularly sought as a guest preacher throughout
the country. |
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