How will the full communion agreements of today affect the Church of the future?  This two-day conference will bring together leading ecumenists from the Lutheran, Episcopal, UCC, Methodist and Presbyterian traditions to discuss the current state of ecumenism and its future in the mainline churches.  Gathering Together is hosted by Yale Divinity School’s Lutheran Studies Program and its Ecumenical Task Force.  



Gathering Together is free of charge and open to the public.  For more information contact Paul Steuhrenberg, Director of the Lutheran Studies Program at Yale Divinity School at paul.stuehrenberg@yale.edu.  

Details

When: March 25 & 26, 2011

Where: Yale Divinity School
                409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 

Who:  
  • Jane Fisler-Hoffman                                                                                                          Ecumenical Representative, United Church of Christ
  • Mark Hanson                                                                                                                    Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Gradye Parsons                                                                                                                   Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Edgardo Colรณn-Emeric                                                                                                   United Methodist Co-Chair, UMC-ELCA Joint Commission on Full Communion    Research Professor of Theology and Hispanic Studies, Duke Divinity School
  • J. Robert Wright                                                                                                                 Professor of Ecclesiastical History,                                                                                   General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church 

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 25:
3:00 PM - Panel Discussion: Full Communion & Ecumenical Relationships Today
4:45 PM - Panel Discussion: Impact of Ecumenism on Mission and Ministry
6:00 PM - Vespers
6:30 PM - Reception

Saturday, March 26:
8:00 AM - Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - Morning Prayer
9:00 AM - Panel Discussion: Future Directions
10:45 AM - Closing Eucharist
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