PALCON 2018 Southern Nazarene University June 25-27, 2018 Transformational conversations on the called life, the Church, and its mission.

Inside Event Information 2 Daily Schedule 4 Monday 7 Tuesday 13 Wednesday 19 Presenter Bios 24 Lifelong Learning Information 32 1 THANK YOU! Southern Hospitality

PALCON EVENT INFO – If you need assistance with any aspect of PALCON, the PALCON Exhibitors staff will be available at the entrance to each plenary session location immediately before and after each session. You may also message them at (208) 405-1423 or (913) 205-2345, or EXHIBITS LOCATED IN WEBSTER COMMONS LOBBY find them at the Lifelong Learning Exhibit in Webster Commons. Hours: Monday, June 25 1pm-7pm Tuesday, June 26 11am-1:30pm, 4:30pm-7pm CONCIERGE DESK – For assistance with all things SNU, stop by the concierge desk located Wednesday, June 27 11am-1:30pm, 4:30pm-7pm in the A.M. Hills lobby throughout the conference. WIRELESS ACCESS – To join the wireless network, simply select the “snu-event” network. Church of the Nazarene Foundation Pensions and Benefits USA No login is required. SNU IT Support Services is available during business hours at 405-491- COM2MEX SNU Office of Admissions 6396, menu option #2. After hours, email [email protected] with any problems or concerns. Equip to Engage SNU’s College of Professional IN CASE OF EMERGENCY – In the event of a medical emergency, call 911 and identify your Grace and Peace Magazine & Graduate Studies location as Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma. Holiness Today SNU’s VETS Center Describe the building you are in or close to on campus. Following a 911 call, if time permits, Lifelong Learning Registry The Foundry Publishing call Campus Security, (405) 491-6309. For other medical needs, several urgent care facilities Love Wins Ministry USA/Canada Regional Office and pharmacies are located nearby. The Campus Security office is located inside the west Nazarene Bible College Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library doors of Beaver Science Building, and is open 24 hours a day. Nazarene Theological Seminary LOCKED OUT OF YOUR ROOM OR HAVE SOME OTHER MAINTENANCE CONCERN? Call (405) 491-6356. For after-hours maintenance response, contact Campus Security.

RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES – The Sawyer Center features a fully equipped fitness SOUTH CENTRAL USA 2018 Steering Committee center and indoor walking/jogging track. Sawyer weight room hours are 7-9am; 11am- 1pm; 5-7pm and 9-11pm daily. The SNU tennis courts, sand volleyball courts and outside Tim Britton Alan Hughes Jim Thornton basketball court are also available during PALCON. All courts are lighted. Limited equipment Jim Fitzgerald Larry Morris* Terry Toler* will be available. Inquire at the concierge desk. Chuck Fountain* Don Schultheis Debra White-Smith WEBSTER COMMONS – Dining: Your PALCON name badge admits you to the Main Campus Brock Greenhill Jason Smith Dining Area for meals. Webster Commons Office: The Webster Commons Office is open Caleb Herrera Sunie Stolhand 8am-8pm daily and offers the sale of stamps, package shipping and receiving, message *Member, PALCON 2018 USA/Canada Region Steering Committee board service, lost and found, and assistance in contacting other campus departments as needed. The Commons Office accepts credit cards or cash. Contact the Commons Office by phone, (405) 431-6321, or email ([email protected]).

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING – Free and confidential counseling services are available SNU PALCON Event COORDINATORS through RENEW Counseling Center located on the lower level of Webster Commons (exterior entrance on the east side of the Commons). To schedule an appointment, call Sallye Terry Toler Cheri Pack Siems at (405) 717-6200 or stop by RENEW (open from 9am-8pm throughout PALCON). Campus Coordinator Conference Services UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE – The University Bookstore, located in Webster Commons, is Doris Betts Steve Betts Assistant Campus Coordinator Music/Worship Leader open from 9am-7pm daily. Marcia Mosshart BUD ROBINSON ROOM – Located in the A.M. Hills Residential Complex, the Bud Robinson Assistant Campus Coordinator Room is your PALCON Hospitality Suite. Complimentary coffee service, newspapers, and other amenities are available throughout your stay.

CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES – SNU Church Relations Staff will be in the A.M. Hills Lobby at the following times to collect room keys: Wednesday, 5-7pm and 8:30-9:30pm, and Lifelong Learning EVENT CODE: 94304 Thursday, 7:30-10:30am. Linens should be placed in the bins located near the elevators on Find out more and track your hours on the chart at the back of this program. each floor. Outside of the times listed, please return keys to the Webster Commons Office.

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MONDAY, JUNE 25 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 1:00-5:00pm Registration A.M. Hills Lobby 7:00-8:15am Breakfast Webster Commons

3:00-5:00pm Organic Outreach Intensive Bethany First 8:30-11:00am Worship and Organic Outreach Intensive Bethany First Session A Atrium Session D Atrium 5:15-6:45pm Dinner Webster Commons 11:00-11:30am Break

7:00-8:30pm PLENARY 1: Carla Sunberg (p. 8) Herrick Auditorium 11:30am-12:30pm Workshops (p. 19) Various

12:30pm Lunch Webster Commons TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Community Mosaic Luncheon (p. 10) Fireside Room 1:30-4:30pm Worship and Organic Outreach Intensive Bethany First 7:00-8:15am Breakfast Webster Commons Session E Atrium Breakfast for Women Clergy and their Bethany First Encouragers Tickets, $7 in advance (p. 10) Room 150 5:00-6:30pm Dinner Webster Commons Children’s Leaders Dinner Fireside Room 8:30-11:00am Worship and Organic Outreach Intensive Bethany First Session B Atrium Hosted by Equip to Engage 7:00-8:30pm PLENARY 3: Keith Newman (p. 22) Herrick Auditorium 11:00-11:30am Break

11:30am-12:30pm Workshops (p. 13) Various THURSDAY, JUNE 28 12:30pm Lunch Webster Commons NTS Alumni Luncheon Fireside Room 7:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast Bud Robinson Room 1:30-4:30pm Worship and Organic Outreach Intensive Bethany First *See Check-Out Procedures on page 3 for room key return instructions. Session C Atrium 5:00-6:30pm Dinner Webster Commons Welcome 7:00-8:30pm PLENARY 2: Albert Hung (p. 14) Herrick Auditorium On behalf of the SNU campus family, welcome home! We hope that when you arrived you had that warm feeling you get when returning to where you know you are welcome and loved. Certainly, no one does more than our Nazarene clergy to sustain the mission of SNU. I say that because you lead your congregation in praying for her, sending and supporting You’re Not Alone on the Journey! students, and advocating to support her financially through Funding the Mission. All of this makes it possible for us to educate young people for lives of service. CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL COUNSELING Available free of charge at RENEW Counseling Center (see details on p. 3) And so, we’re honored to be hosting PALCON 2018. My prayer is that your investment of time and resources will return to you many times over in the form of encouragement, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS ON PERSONAL AND CHURCH FINANCES inspiration, and information that will make an eternal difference in your ministry. We are here Take advantage of the opportunity to connect with experienced individuals for consultation to serve you, so I hope you’ll let us know how we can help you - at any time - in any way. on church finances or on personal financial challenges from debt reduction to budgeting to preparing for retirement. To arrange for a private and confidential conversation, stop by The COMPASS Initiative exhibit or, to discuss retirement planning, the Pensions & Benefits Blessings, USA exhibit. You set the agenda for the conversation, and the consultation is free. Keith Newman The COMPASS Initiative is a Lilly-funded initiative of the USA/Canada Region to come President alongside Nazarene ministers facing personal financial challenges or leading congregations needing financial guidance.

4 5 Organic Outreach Intensive Monday-Wednesday, Sessions A-E

Bethany First Atrium KEVIN The Organic Outreach Intensive HARNEY is a multi-session training event embedded in the inspiration and insights of the worship and workshops of the SNU PALCON. The Intensive is designed to equip participants with an action plan SHERRY for launching their congregations HARNEY on a journey of transformation and RESPOND TO effective outreach. This learning opportunity is a coordinated GOD’S CALL initiative of the nine districts of the South Central USA Field. The five TO BECOME A sessions of the Intensive are held WALT at various times, Monday through BENNETT NAZARENE Wednesday. See the event MISSIONARY schedule for each session time.

Kevin Harney, Sherry Harney, and Walt Bennett together lead Sharing the message of hope begins with one step, the Organic Outreach Intensive. Kevin is lead pastor of Shoreline Community Church in Monterrey, CA and author of Reckless Faith, Empowered by His Presence, and a step of obedience and faithfulness that says yes to God’s call. more. Sherry Harney is Leadership Development Director at Shoreline, co-founder of Organic Outreach International, an international speaker, and author of several Take your first step and start your journey books including Praying with Eyes Wide Open. Walt Bennett is Executive Pastor for toward serving in missions today. Organic Outreach International and also serves as a pastor at Shoreline. Walt trains and coaches leaders throughout the world committed to infusing the DNA of their ministries and congregations with a passion for natural evangelism.

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PLENARY SESSION 1

Carla Sunberg is a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (2017) and was ordained on the Russia North District where she and her husband, Chuck, served for 13 years as pioneer missionaries to the former Soviet Union. Upon their return to the USA, they pastored Grace Point Church of the Nazarene (Fort Wayne, Indiana) and then served as co-district superintendents of the East Ohio District Church of the Nazarene until Carla’s election as president of Nazarene Theological Seminary in 2014. Carla is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University (Nursing), Nazarene Theological Seminary (MA, Theological Studies), and The University of Manchester (PhD, Historical Theology), and has an honorary doctorate from Olivet Nazarene University. Her books include Reflecting the Image: Our Call to Mirror Christ in the World and The Cappadocian Mothers among others. The Sunbergs have two married daughters and two granddaughters.

Welcome

Dear Friends, PALCON is a time of deep fellowship with sisters and brothers who understand the unique call to Christian leadership with all of its challenges and joys. Your presence here will enhance your own ministry and be a source of encouragement to your colleagues as well.

This PALCON provides a unique opportunity for us to give continued attention to our region’s Five Strategic Priorities: Leadership Development, Church Renewal, Theological Identity, Missional Outreach, and New Church Development. Leaders like you are instruments of God’s grace in advancing these efforts.

May God bless this time of prayer, preparation, and fellowship! Bob Broadbooks Regional Director, USA/Canada Region

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Tuesday, June 26 7:00 - 8:15AM BREAKFAST FOR WOMEN CLERGY AND THEIR ENCOURAGERS CONNECTING READERS Carla Sunberg, Christine Hung, Dan Copp Bethany First Room 150 Join this celebration of women clergy in the Church of the Nazarene and of those who WITH THE MESSAGE AND encourage them. This catered breakfast is open to everyone. Sponsors: NTS Center for Pastoral Leadership, Nazarene Women Clergy Council, NTS Wynkoop Center for Pastoral Ministry, and Southern Nazarene University Church Relations. MISSION OF HOLINESS

Wednesday, June 27 FOR OVER 100 YEARS. 12:30pM COMMUNITY MOSAIC, A RESOURCE FOR MINISTRY IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT

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10 Tuesday, June 26 11:30am - 12:30pm ONE TEAM SIGN UP AT WORKSHOPS ONE MISSION LC.ORG Best Practices for Pastoral Health Royce Brown 125 Jake Edwards, Jeren Rowell, Margaret Murray; facilitated by Jason Smith ONE PASSION Vocational ministry is a challenging profession, too often leading to ministry fatigue and burnout. This discussion brings hope, encouragement, and practical suggestions for pastors ready for an honest conversation on their mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Bring both a listening ear and your questions as you participate in a learning dialogue with a panel comprised of a pastor, an educator and former district superintendent, and a clinical psychologist. Esenciales Nazarenos Royce Brown 116 Roberto Hodgson El taller se enfocara en cómo usar el material de los Esenciales Nazarenos para clases de nuevos miembros, y para estudio en grupos: “El curso ha sido creado con el fin de SDMI proporcionar un resumen del propósito, la misión, la organización y las creencias clave de la LEADERSHIP Iglesia del Nazareno.” CONFERENCE Evolution in Youth Ministry: Adaptations for Preaching, Building Community, and Pastoring Royce Brown 137 #LC Travis Lee Youth ministry is constantly evolving, blazing a path into the uncharted future stretching before the broader church. New challenges require a capacity to adapt well and quickly. This workshop explores some of the changes and adaptations required in preaching to youth in a postmodern society, in fostering community across racial and socio-economic lines, and in approaching pastoral ministry. This session is for both lead pastors and youth pastors. Preaching That Transforms: Being Shaped by the Sermon on the Mount Ludwig 106 Springdale Nazarene Church Jim Fitzgerald Cincinnati, Ohio The Sermon on the Mount has long been regarded as one of the primary texts shaping the life of the Church. This workshop focuses on exploring approaches to this text, highlighting resources for study, and finding ways to move from the text to transformational application September -,  of the Sermon in the life of the congregation. Reaching Families through Ministry to Children Royce Brown 136 Leslie Hart Our mission is to “go and make disciples.” The beauty of children’s ministries is that Resourcing for district SDMI chairs, district superintendents, and district children are anxious and ready to participate in meaningful ministry. Discover how the directors of children, youth, adult, Continuing Lay Training, as well as revitalization of children’s ministry can open doors to the most productive mission field in local Sunday school and small group ministry leaders and workers. your community. Retirement Transitions Ludwig 102 Don Walter Moving from active ministry to retirement brings changes in many areas of life, from the financial to the emotional. This workshop offers practical guidelines to help ministers and spouses anticipate and enjoy this important time of life. Who is My Neighbor? Royce Brown 127 Caleb Herrera Is your church ready to minister to others? This workshop is designed to help you begin the dialogue with your congregation of whether your church is ready to begin a ministry to other ethnic and racial groups. Learn information, hear testimonials, and discover resources that will help you embark on new frontiers of missional work for your church.

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL | USA/CANADA REGION 13 TUESDAY, June 26 PLENARY 7:00 - 8:30Pm SESSION 2

PLENARY SESSION 2

ALBERT HUNG is District Superintendent of the Northern California District Church of the Nazarene. Prior to this assignment, he was lead pastor of Trinity Church, a multi- site, multi-congregational church serving the English, Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino communities east of Los Angeles, California. After several years in the entertainment business as a stage director, recording artist, and television host, Albert received a call from the Lord to pastoral ministry in 2003 while serving as a missionary in Taipei, Taiwan. He speaks frequently on the topics of preaching, cross-cultural ministry, leadership development, and the future of the church. Albert is married to Christine, who served as Rowland Heights Campus Pastor at Trinity Church of the Nazarene, a multi-campus congregation in the greater Los Angeles area. They have four children: Elijah, Micaela, Genevieve, and Nathaniel.

Welcome

We’re glad you’re here! This conference is the product of an exciting partnership involving leadership from our school and educational zone, our USA/Canada Regional Office, and our Global Ministry Center. Many people have been working to shape this time together, and praying for you and your participation in this time.

The theme for the 2018 PALCONs is the invitation of Jesus recorded in John 1: “Come & See.” I encourage you to respond to that invitation by receiving the grace God extends to you during this time together.

Grace and Peace, Dan Copp Education Commissioner | Global Clergy Development Director

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Essential Elements for Ministry to Young Families Royce Brown 136 A Devotional Journey Leslie Hart Equip your church and parents to lay the foundation for spiritual growth by exploring, through Advent equipping, and celebrating the key seasons in the life of children and their families. Holiness People, Holy Partnership: Women and Men Leading the Church Together Royce Brown 125 Carla Sunberg, Christine Hung, Jim Fitzgerald, Marlene James, Sunie Stolhand In a world that feels weary and uncertain at times, A Thrill of Hope offers us a Join the conversation with panel members about how men and women are leading powerful understanding of God’s promised hope in the person of Jesus. Ideal together in the Church of the Nazarene and how we can learn from one another. for faith communities or personal reflection, this 4-week Advent devotional Provided Benefits Ludwig 102 invites faith communities to pause, breathe deeply, and wait for the new and Don Walter glorious morning revealed to us in Christ. The Church of the Nazarene provides eligible Nazarene ministers with valuable benefits — such as group term life and disability insurance and contributions to their 403(b) retirement accounts. This workshop explains what benefits are available and This devotional is written by respected authors and pastors such as Dan how to receive them. Boone, Carla Sunberg, Jon Middendorf, Tara Beth Leach, and more. Boone, Carla Sunberg, Jon Middendorf, Tara Beth Leach, Sacramental Theology Ludwig 106 Together, they invite us to hear the good news: the Spirit of hope lives in us all! Phil Hamner We will journey deep into our heritage to discover just how the church has been sustained by the practices of sacramental life. Baptism as our entrance into the church and Eucharist as our sanctifying rite will be discussed from a Wesleyan perspective as essential practices for the Christian disciple. The COMPASS Initiative: Help for the Minister’s Personal and Church Finances Royce Brown 137 Bonnie Beam, Steve Borger Discover how you can benefit from this Lilly-funded initiative to assist USA pastors and full-time associates in reducing personal debt, preparing for retirement, and providing biblically sound financial leadership of the local church. Learn about matching grant opportunities and about financial management resources for you and your lay leaders. Un Señor, Una Fe, Un Bautismo Royce Brown 116 Roberto Hodgson El taller se enfocara en cómo usar el material para clases de nuevos miembros, y para estudio en grupos: “A medida que nuestra denominación se expande globalmente, conviene que identifiquemos no solo nuestras características distintivas, sino también en la manera que nuestra teología se deriva de la Sagrada Escritura…”. A Thrill of Hope, Pack of 10 // $59.95 Save 50% when you purchase in packs of 10! What Does Holiness Look Like in 2018? Royce Brown 127 Pastor’s Resource Download // $24.99 Roger Hahn, Tim Hahn The father-son duo – seasoned Nazarene educator, Roger Hahn, and young Nazarene clergy, Tim Hahn – discuss contemporary issues of holiness in 2018. They present perspectives of biblical and systematic theology along with traditional and contemporary views, concluding with their hopes for the Church of the Nazarene in representing the holiness message in the coming decades. TheFoundryPublishing.com | 1.800.877.0700 19

WHAT’S NEXT?!

Regional Gatherings Leadership Development Connect With Others Retirement can be just the beginning! Learn Together Is God calling you to serve in missions through your retirement years? We believe you have unique skills and Upcoming Locations experiences that can help advance God’s Kingdom. Vicksburg, MI | Dickson, TN Adrian, GA | Tishomingo, OK Discover how you can serve through NEXT?! today. Marion, IN | West Harrison, IN Eagle Rock, MO | Prescott, AZ

For more SPARK locations Follow the steps at and/or information, visit nazarene.org/mobilization equiptoengage.org/spark. to begin your journey. Friday, June 22 PLENARY 7:00 - 8:30Pm SESSION 3

PLENARY SESSION 3

Keith Newman is President of Southern Nazarene University. Before his election to that office in 2017, he was Chancellor of Indiana Wesleyan University where he had also served in other capacities. Previous to these assignments, he was Vice President for University Relations at Mount Vernon Nazarene University following seventeen years in pastoral ministry including senior pastorates in Houston, Texas and San Diego, California. Before entering the ministry, Keith served nine years with the Houston Police Department as an officer in the Radio Patrol and Juvenile Divisions and as a sergeant in the Homicide Division. Keith is a graduate of Houston Baptist University (BA, History and Christianity), Southern Nazarene University (Masters of Ministry), and Spalding University (EdD). Keith and his wife, Carolyn, have two children, Andy and Alana.

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Bonnie Beam is assistant director of The COMPASS Initiative as well as associate pastor of Grace Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City. Previously she served as an HUGH C. BENNER associate pastor of congregations in Kansas and Massachusetts. PREACHERS CONFERENCE Steve Borger served 25 years as a senior pastor and 13 years as district superintendent of the Intermountain District. Currently, he is director of The COMPASS SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2018 Initiative. Steve and his wife, Carol, live in Nampa, Idaho. Susan Carole is lead pastor of San Bernardino First Church of the Nazarene, a multicultural congregation in Southern California. She speaks from wide experience in multicultural ministry and offers practical wisdom in the development of the local church’s redemptive engagement in multiethnic communities. She holds a PhD in systematic theology from Calvin Theological Seminary and is an adjunct professor of theology at NTS and NNU. She also serves as Director of Pastoral Formation on the Southern California District. Keynote Speaker Dan Copp is Education Commissioner, International Board of Education and Global Tim Keel Clergy Development Director for the Church of the Nazarene. Previously, he served five Founding Senior Pastor years as superintendent of the Arizona District following 17 years of pastoral ministry on Jacob’s Well Church Kansas City, Missouri the Northern California and Southern California districts. Sharon Beck Brian Timmer Worship Leader Artist & Pastor Jake Edwards serves as Lead Pastor of New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene, Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Lawrence, Kansas Kansas City, Missouri www.briantimmerart.com Lee’s Summit, MO. His journey in vocational ministry has included some formative lessons regarding mental health and well-being. FEATURED PREACHERS

Jim Fitzgerald served for 28 years in pastoral ministry prior to becoming Chair of the School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Southern Nazarene University in 2017. His PhD is in homiletics and American church history from Vanderbilt University.

Roger Hahn is professor of New Testament and the Willard H. Taylor Chair of Biblical Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary. He has taught 39 years in Nazarene higher education focusing on applying biblical studies to life in the church.

Montague R. Williams Megan Pardue Stephen Green Jennell Riddick Tim Hahn is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Assoc. Prof. of Church, Culture, & Society Pastor W. N. King Chair of Theology Director of Ministries Seminary, and has pastored in Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Currently, he is a Point Loma Nazarene University Refuge Home Church Southern Nazarene University First Baptist Church San Diego, Califorina Durham, North Carolina Bethany, Oklahoma Franklin, Virginia PhD student in theology at Boston University.

Phil Hamner is Senior Pastor of Overland Park Church of the Nazarene, Overland Park, KS, where he has served for more than 17 years. Previously, he pastored in Texas, Missouri, and Indiana.

Leslie Hart is an ordained elder serving children and families through local and district ministry, currently as global Children’s Bible Quizzing coordinator and SDMI Children’s Ministries coordinator for the USA/Canada Region. She led the development of Nazarene PALCON ATTENDEES: Safe, the denomination’s comprehensive sexual abuse prevention program. Enter code PALCON10 for 10% off! Caleb Herrera is district superintendent of the Texas Oklahoma Latin District.

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Roberto Hodgson ha servido en el ministerio por más de 35 años en diferentes asignaciones como pastor, coordinador de ministerios hispanos, superintendente de distrito, y como director de Ministerios Hispanos y Multicultural USA/Canada. Fue A Dialogical Magazine ordenado como presbítero en el año, 1986. Graduado del Seminario Nazareno de las Américas, 1985. Completo sus estudios de maestría en el Seminario Teológico de Wesley en Washington, D.C. y graduó del programa doctoral en ministerio con la Fundación for Nazarene Clergy Teológica, 2002. Christine Hung served as pastor of the Rowland Heights Campus of Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Rowland Heights, CA until her recent move to the Northern California District where her husband, Albert, now serves as district superintendent.

Marlene James is pastor of Bruton Terrace Church of the Nazarene, Dallas, TX (since 2012) and was the first African American woman ordained by the Dallas District.

Travis Lee serves as Pastor of Student Ministries at Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Oklahoma City, OK. A graduate of SNU and NTS, he is a veteran youth pastor with 15 years of experience ministering in urban and suburban contexts, churches large and small.

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Sunie Stolhand is pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, Ponca City, OK and serves as Southeast USA Field representative to the USA/Canada Region Nazarene Women Equipping for Ministry Clergy Council. Don Walter serves as director of Pensions and Benefits USA for the Church of the Nazarene. He is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University, Nazarene Theological Seminary, and Webster University, and received an honorary doctorate from Nazarene Bible College in 2006. He served pastorates in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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7:00TUESDAY, - 8:30 pmJUNE 26 1.5 Plenary 1: Carla Sunberg 7:00TUESDAY, – 8:15 JUNEam 26 1.0 Women Clergy Breakfast 7:008:30 –- 11:008:15 am am 1.03.0 WomenOrganic OutreachClergy Breakfast Intensive, Session B 8:3011:30 - am11:00 - 12:30 am pm 3.01.0 OrganicWorkshops Outreach Intensive, Session B 11:301:30 - am4:30 - 12:30pm pm 1.03.0 WorkshopsOrganic Outreach Intensive, Session C 1:307:00 - 4:308:30 pm 3.01.5 OrganicPlenary Outreach2: Albert HungIntensive, Session C

7:00WEDNESDAY, - 8:30 pm JUNE 27 1.5 Plenary 2: Albert Hung 8:30WEDNESDAY, - 11:00 am JUNE 27 3.0 Organic Outreach Intensive, Session D 8:3011:30 - am11:00 - 12:30 am pm 3.01.0 OrganicWorkshops Outreach Intensive, Session D 11:3012:30 am- 1:30 - 12:30 pm pm 1.0 WorkshopsCommunity Mosaic Luncheon 12:301:30 - -4:30 1:30 pm pm 1.03.0 CommunityOrganic Outreach Mosaic Intensive, Luncheon Session E 1:307:00 - 4:308:30 pm 3.01.5 OrganicPlenary Outreach3: Keith Newman Intensive, Session E 7:00 - 8:30 pm TOTAL 1.5 Plenary 3: Keith Newman EVENT TOTAL 22.5 EVENT TOTAL 22.5

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