Pacific Coast Baptist Association

Many Faces of Peace

Seventh Annual
Spring Conference
sponsored by
Pacific Coast Baptist Association

Saturday, May 7, 2005, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
First Baptist Church of Palo Alto
305 North California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA

Theme scripture – Ephesians 2: 14 & 19

For Christ is our peace; in his flesh he has united Jews and Gentiles through breaking down the dividing wall of hatred that separated us. So now you are no longer strangers and foreigners but you are citizens with the saints and members of the family of God.

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Conference Schedule

9:00	Registration, Coffee
9:30	Morning Gathering Singing, Staff Report, Election
10:00	Keynote Presentation Interview with Dr. Gary Percesepe (Dr. Julia Burns-Robinson and Rev. Dona Smith-Powers)
10:45	Break
11:00	Morning Workshops
12:15	Buffet Lunch (by reservation)
1:15	Afternoon Workshops
2:30	Break
2:45	Communion Service, Rev. Debra Mumford, preaching
4:00	Benediction

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Gary Percesepe is Coordinating Director for the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America. He is also an American Baptist minister, an author, and a former college professor.

Conference Preacher

Rev. Debra J. Mumford serves as Director of Recruitment for the American Baptist Seminary of the West, is a Ph.D. student in homiletics at the Graduate Theological Union, and an American Baptist minister.

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Morning Workshops

Afternoon Workshops

Alternatives to Violence
Mrs. Sandy Farley and Mr. Stephen Matchett, Palo Alto Quakers
Biblical Insights on Peace and Justice
Dr. LeAnn Flesher, Associate Professor of Old Testament, American Baptist Seminary of the West
Living as a Muslim Post 9/11
Dr. Ibrahim Farajajé, Dean of Starr King School for the Ministry
Peace in Our Families
Dr. Archie Smith, Professor of Pastoral Care, Pacific School of Religion
Peace in Our Souls
Rev. Catherine Fransson, Seattle First Baptist Church pastoral team

Baptist Principles and Holy Unions
Dr. Dale Edmondson, council member, Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
C-Bay’s Concern for Youth
Mrs. Dené Mathews and Rev. Allison Tanner, leaders for Community of Bay Area Youth
Keeping Peace in the ABC Family Under Stress
Dr. Richard Ice, President Emeritus, American Baptist Homes of the West; Dr. Dayle Scott, retired ABC regional, national, and ABSW staff
Human Rights Advocacy in Cambodia
Dr. Henrik Mann, University of San Francisco, ABC clergy
Palestinian Issues After Arafat
Dr. Gary Percesepe, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

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Conference Sponsor

Sponsored by the Pacific Coast Baptist Association, a group of American Baptist congregations, clergy, and laity in fellowship since 1997 and emphasizing the following Baptist principles:

the priesthood of all believers;
soul competency;
Biblical authority;
autonomy of the local church; and
the separation of church and state.

Child care will be provided if reservation is made by April 25

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Conference Committee

Co-chairs: Dr. Dale Edmondson, Rev. Joan Thatcher
Members: Dr. Julia Burns-Robinson, Rev. Michelle Holmes , Rev. Dona Smith-Powers, Rev. Paul Hardwick, Association Minister

Pacific Coast Baptist Association
200 La Casa Via, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Rev. Paul Hardwick, Association Minister

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