GLOCAL MISSION On the Roa SUMMIT to MAY 13-15 2021 RESONATEGLOBALMISSION.ORG/GLOCAL On 1 to SCHEDULE All times shown in EST/EDT Thursday, May 13 7:00pm–7:30pm Check-In Welcome to the 2021 Glocal Mission Summit! We are 7:30pm–8:30pm Welcome, Plenary: Jerusalem/Walk so glad you have decided to join us “On the Road to Speaker: David Fitch, Storyteller Panel Witness.” Our prayer is that you will be encouraged, 8:30pm–9:00pm Table Conversation resourced, and find friends to walk the journey of mission and reimagining evangelism and discipleship in this changing world. Friday, May 14 We believe God is moving in our neighborhoods even 10:30am–11:30am Plenary: Judea/Ask in the midst of COVID-19 and all the uncertainties Speaker: Rachel Beveridge, Storyteller Panel we’re facing! We hope to encounter Jesus as the 11:30am–12:00pm Table Conversation disciples did on the road to Emmaus and learn alongside them to walk, ask, listen, and re-imagine 12:00pm–1:30pm LUNCH BREAK our place in God’s mission, both locally and globally. 1:30pm–2:15pm Plenary: Samaria/Listen to the other Speaker: John Eigege, Storyteller Panel May the Spirit empower you to be Christ’s witnesses in your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of 2:15pm–3:30pm Breakout Sessions the Earth! Saturday, May 15 Sincerely, 10:30am–11:00am Plenary: Ends of the Earth/Re-imagine, Re-interpret The Glocal Mission Summit Storyteller Panel Planning Team 11:00am–11:30am Table Conversation 11:30am–12:00pm Plenary: Ends of the Earth/Re-imagine, Re-interpret Speaker: Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Closing/Send Off GLOCAL MISSION On SUMMIT 1 2 to SUMMIT SCRIPTURES Acts 1:8 (NIV) As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the them. ends of the earth.” When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke Luke 24:13-35 (NIV) it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the them; but they were kept from recognizing him. Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” Then the two told what He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked he broke the bread. him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. GLOCAL MISSION On SUMMIT 3 4 to PLENARY SESSION 1: JERUSALEM/WALK PLENARY SESSION 1 NOTES Jesus begins by reminding us that God’s mission starts at home. We are sent as Jesus to be an incarnational presence in our neighborhoods. This session unpacks mission in “Jerusalem” (Acts 1.8) and is related to “Jesus walking with them” (Luke 24.15). Plenary Speaker: David Fitch David Fitch is B R Lindner Chair of evangelical theology at Northern Seminary, Chicago. He is an ordained pastor in the Christian and Missionary Alliance and currently pastors (along with 3 other pastors) the Peace of Christ Church of Westmont IL, USA. He’s been part of planting seven churches in his lifetime. He writes on culture, church and mission at Missio Alliance, Christianity Today, OutReach Magazine, and many other websites and academic journals. He is the author of several books such as Faithful Presence (2016), The Church of Us vs. Them (2019) and most recently What is the Church? (Herald Press 2021). Storyteller Panel: Karen Wilk Dr. Karen Wilk is Go Local and Gospel Witness Guiding Team Lead with Resonate Global Mission. She serves on the Forge Canada National Team as their Neighbourhood Life Lead. She has a Doctorate in Missional Leadership and has been a pastor for 30+ years in Edmonton, Alberta, where she also enjoys being a wife, mom and neighbour! David Lundberg David Lundberg is a retired social worker and currently works part- time as a caseworker for Volunteers In Service in Grand Rapids. He has served on the Go Local Guiding Team at Shawnee Park CRC. Taehoo Lee Rev. Taehoo Lee was born in South Korea and grew up in Seoul. After studying philosophy in college, he went to a seminary to be a pastor. In 2003, he sensed God calling him to be a neighbor to the poor and moved to North Central, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Philadelphia. In 2006, he started a month-long summer camp for the children in the neighborhood. It has become a neighborhood tradition ever since. Although he does not have a “church” his neighbors view him as their pastor. GLOCAL MISSION On SUMMIT 5 6 to Sparrow Etter Carlson PLENARY SESSION 2: JUDEA/ASK Sparrow Etter Carlson is grateful to be able to spend her days in her neighborhood at the Aurora Commons and at home with her Next, Jesus reminds his disciples to proclaim his gospel to the entire husband Andy and two kids, Cedar and Kipling. She is the co- region, showing how important it is to join with what God is doing in the founder of movements created to midwife spaces where precious human beings from all walks of life can live as though we belong workplace, in the grocery store, around the neighborhood, and more. We to one another. Sparrow has been living with intention towards her are called to engage with the questions and challenges in our broader neighbors who are unhoused, drug dependent, and involved in contexts. This session unpacks mission in “Judea” (Acts 1.8) and is related survival street based prostitution for 18 years. She is a member of to “asking” (Luke 24.17-19). the City of Seattle Adult Survivor Collaborative (ASC), End the HIV Epidemic Statewide committee and King County Just Access to Healthcare for Drug users committee. Plenary Speaker: Rachel Beveridge Rachel serves with Resonate Global Mission as the Cohort PLENARY SESSION 2 NOTES Coordinator. The Cohort is a year-long experience in which fellows are immersed in a new culture by serving with local mission organizations at the grassroots level. She is passionate about helping young adults discover God’s intense love for this world, understand the deep injustices present in their communities, and live out their own unique vocation. Rachel lives in Guatemala with her husband Isra. Storyteller Panel: Sebastian Maldonado Raised in Bogotá and based in Turtle Island, Sebastian completed his studies in philosophy and theology in Toronto where he currently works as a community leader and campus minister at LOGOS Community which is a ministry of the CRCNA at York University and the Jane-Finch corridor. Both his academic and community work have focused on engaging theologies of resistance and liberation aimed at dismantling colonial patterns of thinking in local Christian programs and offering BIOPIC youth in the city theological tools that would result in a practical commitment for the historical transformation of their communities. Kurt Rietema Kurt Rietema is the Senior Director of YF Neighborhood at Youthfront and leads Christian community development initiatives for the CRCNA in a diverse, under-resourced neighborhood of Kansas City. His work includes youth social entrepreneurship, short-term mission, intentional neighboring, and creating just housing and lending partnerships for immigrants. GLOCAL MISSION On SUMMIT 7 8 to Laura Osborne PLENARY SESSION 3: Laura Osborne is Coordinator for Interreligious Relations for the SAMARIA/LISTEN TO THE OTHER Reformed Church in America and Campus Pastor with International Campus Ministry at Western MIchigan University.