WOMEN’S CONFERENCE OCTOBER 30–31, 2015 Westminster Presbyterian Church 2151 Oregon Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 SPEAKERS: Barbara Duguid, Elizabeth Groves, Stephanie Hubach In Partnership with PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE ON REFORMED THEOLOGY 2016 HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION: THE BIBLE’S AUTHORITY, SUFFICIENCY, AND CLARITY Michael Kruger · Philip Ryken Derek Thomas PROCLAMATION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRYN MAWR, PA APRIL 29-MAY 1 Registration opens soon. Visit AllianceNet.org/PCRT In Partnership with TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule at a Glance .......................................................................3 Conference Schedule ......................................................................4 About the Speakers ........................................................................ 8 Restaurant Guide .......................................................................... 13 The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Board of Directors, and staff would like to express their gratitude: to all attendees for making the sacrifice to come to this conference to Westminster Presbyterian Church, its members, and staff to our partner P&R Publishing for supporting our mission to the speakers for sharing their time and wisdom to God alone be the glory! Special thanks to our Exhibitors: • Reformed Theological Seminary: Washington, DC • Ligonier Ministries • Rafiki Foundation • MNA Special Needs Ministries • Christian Counseling Education Foundation • WDAC Radio Bookstore provided by P&R Publishing 1 with Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and Aimee Byrd Join the Conversation mortificationofspin.org 600 Eden Road • Lancaster, PA 17601 800-488-1888 • AllianceNet.org 2 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Friday, October 30, 2015 5:30 p.m. Registration 6:30 p.m. Welcome from Westminster Presbyterian Church 6:45 p.m. Still Sinning after All These Years, Barbara Duguid 7:45 p.m. Break & Refreshments 8:15 p.m. Word from Iain Duguid 8:30 p.m. Grace in Care-Giving, Stephanie Hubach 9:15 p.m. Refreshments Saturday, October 31, 2015 7:30 a.m. Late Registration & Coffee & Refreshments 8:30 a.m. Welcome from P&R Publishing 8:45 a.m. Slip Sliding Away: Stages of Christian Growth, Barbara Duguid 9:45 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. Grace in Loss, Grief, and Rebuilding, Elizabeth Groves 10:45 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Graceland: God’s Power and the Work of the Holy Spirit, Barbara Duguid 12:00 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. Homeward Bound: Running Hard and Running Well, Barbara Duguid 2:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session 3:00 p.m. Alliance thank you & End of Conference Bookstore open during all breaks RECORDING The Women’s Conference (WC) is partially supported by the sales of recordings of our events; therefore audio and video recording are strictly prohibited during any part of this event without prior written consent from the Alliance and the WC committee. Thank you for your stewardship toward this ministry. 3 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 2015, 5:30 P.M. Prelude (6:20 p.m.) Jessica Sheetz Welcome (6:30 p.m.) Joan Stratton Director of Women’s Ministry Westminster Presbyterian Church Lancaster, PA Still Sinning after All These Years Barbara Duguid Speaker and Author Glenside, PA Break (7:45 p.m.) Refreshments & book tables open Word from Iain Duguid Grace in Care-Giving Stephanie Hubach Special Needs Ministries Coordinator Mission to North America Lawrenceville, GA 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015 Prelude (8:20 a.m.) Jessica Sheetz Welcome from P&R Publishing Slip Sliding Away: Stages of Christian Growth Barbara Duguid Break Coffee & book tables open Grace in Loss, Grief, and Rebuilding Elizabeth Groves Professor Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, PA Break Coffee & book tables open Graceland: God’s Power and the Work of the Holy Spirit Barbara Duguid Lunch Book tables open at 1:00 p.m. Prelude (1:20 p.m.) Jessica Sheetz Homeward Bound: Running Hard and Running Well Barbara Duguid Question and Answer Session Alliance thank you & End of Conference 5 MEDIA The Bible Study Hour: Preparing you to think and act biblically Clear biblical preaching that serves as both a model to pastors and a stabilizing source of biblical truth for lay people featuring James Boice. TheBibleStudyHour.org Every Last Word: Teaching the whole Bible to change your whole life Providing a rich diet of expository preaching to help people grow and apply God’s Word to everyday life with pastor, author, Christian college president Philip Ryken. EveryLastWord.org Mortification of Spin: A casual conversation about things that count Culturally relevant and often controversial topics taken on in funny, thoughtful, and unpredictable ways with Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and Aimee Byrd. MortificationofSpin.org Theology on the Go: A brief conversation about an eternal truth Pastors and theologians discuss weighty topics in a thoughtful and accessible way showing how theology is relevant today with Jonathan Master. PlaceforTruth.org No Falling Word: Instilling the Scriptures in an urban culture Proclaiming and applying the Gospel from the center of one of America’s largest cities, hosted by Liam Goligher. NoFallingWord.org Dr. Barnhouse & the Bible: Making God’s Word plain Providing scholarly exposition of God’s Word that is abrupt and captivating, with one of the most widely acclaimed American preachers for half a century, Donald Barnhouse. DrBarnhouse.org The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a coalition of pastors, scholars and churchmen who hold the historic creeds and confessions of the Reformed faith and who proclaim biblical doctrine in order to foster a Reformed awakening in today’s Church. 6 PUBLISHING reformation21: Encouraging biblical thinking, living, worship, ministry, and constructive cultural engagement Providing an authoritative, Reformed perspective on historic matters and current issues to inform, inspire, and challenge Christians. reformation21.org Place for Truth: Exploring the depths of what we believe Thoughtful yet accessible biblical, systematic and practical theology, as well as church history exploring the importance and relevancy of what we believe. PlaceforTruth.org The Christward Collective: Where doctrine and life meet Like Calvin, these younger contributors wed theological study to an all-in-life experiential godliness, applying biblical truth to a very contemporary culture. ChristwardCollective.org Daily Devotionals from James Boice, Donald Barnhouse, & Matthew Henry Devotionals sent daily to complement your time in the Word. ThinkandActBiblically.org, MakingGodsWordPlain.org, and MatthewHenry.org ReformedResources: 60 Years of Reformed Resources Thousands of audio in both CD and MP3, video, book, booklet and e-book resources from trustworthy authors and Alliance speakers at ReformedResources.org. EVENTS Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology and Regional Events The oldest, continual, national Reformed conference in North America, and regional events including theology and Bible conferences. A full listing is available at AllianceNet.org/Events. Reformation Societies: Encouraging, Emboldening, Equipping Encouraging, emboldening, and equipping pastors and church leaders for the work of Biblical reformation in the church. ReformationSocieties.org. 7 ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Barbara Duguid was born in Jos, Nigeria, to a missionary family that moved to a new country every 4 years. She graduated from Radford University with a B.S. in Medical Technology, then returned to Africa to work in the laboratory of a mission hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, where she dallied in tropical medicine and met her Scottish husband. Iain and Barb have been married for 31 years and have 6 grown children. Together they have planted 4 churches alongside Iain’s full time calling as professor of Old Testament. They now live in Glenside, PA, where Iain is teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary. Barb earned her Advanced Counseling Certificate from CCEF in Glenside, PA, and greatly enjoys the privilege of watching beloved fellow believers grow in grace. She also teaches Bible studies, speaks at retreats and conferences, and writes the liturgy used for church services each week at Christ Presbyterian Church in Glenside. She is the author of several books including: Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration and Extravagant Grace: God’s Glory Displayed in Our Weakness. Elizabeth Groves attended Dartmouth College and Westminster Theological Seminary, where she has taught Hebrew since 2009. She is also involved in the ESL ministry at her church (New Life PCA in Glenside, PA). Her husband Alan taught Old Testament at Westminster for a quarter of a century before his death from cancer in 2007. They have four married children and four grandchildren. Elizabeth’s book Grief Undone: A Journey with God and Cancer was released in the spring of 2015. Her mini- book Becoming a Widow: The Ache of Missing Your Other Half was published in 2012. Stephanie Hubach serves as Mission to North America’s Special Needs Ministries Director. Mission to North America (MNA) is a Permanent Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). She also currently serves on the Lancaster Christian Council on Disability (LCCD). Steph is the author of Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability and All Things Possible: Calling Your Church Leadership to Disability Ministry. She has been published in By Faith magazine, Focus on the Family magazine, and Breakpoint online magazine and produced a Christian education DVD series based on Same Lake, Different Boat. Steph and her husband Fred—who is an engineer