Will There Be Faith? following Christ in a secular age

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Will There Be Faith? following Christ in a secular age

A 1Life Foundations Conference

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When and where

Date and time

Fri, May 12, 2023 7:00 PM - Sun, May 14, 2023 12:00 PM PDT

Location

Fleetwood Christian Reformed Church 9165 160 Street Surrey, BC V4N 2X7 Canada

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About this event

  • 1 day 17 hours
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Andrew Root is an author, speaker and practical theologian (Luther Seminary) provocatively calling the North American church to a deeper understanding of the culture in which we are seeking to pass on Christian faith.

His books include: The Congregation in a Secular Age; The Pastor in a Secular Age; Faith Formation in a Secular Age; Churches and the Crisis of Decline; When the Church Stops Working

Conference will include:

  • Friday Morning Youth Ministry Track
  • Friday Afternoon Youth Ministry Track
  • Friday Evening Public Talk w/ Andrew Root
  • Wait for the Lord: Friday Evening Prayer
  • Saturday Church Café
  • Saturday Afternoon R & R
  • Saturday Evening Supper & Concert (Mark Glanville Jazz Trio)
  • Sunday Gathered Worship

Agenda

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Friday Morning Youth Ministry Track

Andrew Root

Andy Root will lead youth & young adult ministry leaders/pastors to a deeper understanding of the culture in which we disciple our young people. How does a secular view of the full life compare to a ...

2:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Friday Afternoon Youth Ministry Track

Participants will debrief and chill together on the beach or in the bowling alley with Youth Task Force team Curtis Meliefste, Natasha Vedder & Erik Delange. Afternoon concludes with dinner at Northv...

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Friday Evening Public Talk w/ Andrew Root

Andrew Root

Andy will unpack the secular agendas shaping the western church today, in particular our fear of decline and our obsession with innovation, speed and youthfulness. But recovering a biblical imaginati...

9:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Wait for the Lord: Friday Evening Prayer

The push for innovation has accelerated life for many of our congregations. The first day of our conference will conclude with a time of quiet evening prayer in the simple, yet rich and meditative st...

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Saturday Church Café

Andrew Root

Led by Andrew Root, participants will be guided through five interactive teaching sessions. Together we’ll prophetically explore how a secular age challenges and shapes our callings to preach & worsh...

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday Afternoon R & R

1Life Curators

Participants will be invited to join one of the 1Life curators and other local hosts to a time of rest and recreation in one of our local gardens, parks, beaches or backyards. Solitude & sleep also e...

5:45 PM - 6:30 PM

Saturday Evening Supper

A sit-down time of table fellowship with fellow conferees (for full conference ticket holders only)

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Saturday Evening Concert: Mark Glanville Jazz Trio

Mark Glanville

This talk-y jazz event will see Mark & his pals letting his passion for jazz become a metaphor for the building of missional community. Mark is an Old Testament scholar, Associate Professor of Pastor...

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Sunday Gathered Worship

Fleetwood CRC

This closing gathering of our conference will invite us to experience gathered worship as a moment where God is uniquely present, drawing us to remember and be restored to a larger vision. A kairos m...

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