Conference2008

Forever Young
Small Church Communities
Breathing new life into the Church
A gathering of parish leaders committed to breathing new life into the parish

	Spirit of Christ Parish Arvada, CO (Archdiocese of Denver)		(Click to go to their website)
Dates:	July 17-19, 2008

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS:
		- Alice Camille, is an author, religious educator, and retreat leader. She has worked in parishes and campus ministry, supervised a shelter for homeless women, and led worship and dialogue in ecumenical and interfaith settings. She writes the monthly series, Exploring the Sunday Readings, as well as the "Testaments" column in U.S. CATHOLIC magazine, and is a regular contributor to Prepare the Word, God's Word Today, and Take Five for Faith. Alice focuses on putting the pieces of faith and life together. She takes God seriously and the business of religion with a sense of humor.
	*Alice Camille*, M.Div.

		Catholic Chaplain at Yale University. Bob brings a wonderful perspective of new life to all that he does. The vision of connecting life and faith through SCC’s and doing things differently have become a mainstay of life on campus, and find their way into the larger community. A priest of the Hartford Archdiocese, and one of the founding members of NAPRC - a Board member for many years. He brings much experience of relating to young people in their faith formation, as well as much experience in parish life.
	Fr. Bob Beloin

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE


Thursday, July 17	2:30-5 PM	Registration
	3:00-5 PM	SCC Basics Pre-conference Workshop
	5:30 PM	Dinner
	7 - 9 PM	Opening Prayer & Ritual ,Welcome, Introduction, Connecting Vision with the Story of Spirit of Christ
	9:00 PM	Social

Friday, July 18	8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
	9:00 AM	Morning Prayer
	9:30 AM	“Called to be Church” Vision
	10:40 AM	Break
	10:50 AM	* Workshops
	12:15 PM	Lunch
	1:30 PM	*Workshops
	2:45 PM	Doing Things Differently
	3:00 PM	Round Table Conversations (in 25 min segments)
	4:30 PM	Free Evening

Saturday, July 19
	8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
	9:00 AM	Morning Prayer
	9:30 AM	Speaker: Alice Camille
		- Response/Table Process/Dialogue with Speaker
	12:15 PM	Lunch
	1:00 PM	Speaker: Rev. Bob Beloin
		- Response/Table Process/Dialogue with Speaker
	2:45 PM	Break
	3:00 PM	Panel
	3:30 PM	Table Dialogue: What Take With us?
	5:00 PM	Eucharist with Spirit of Christ
	6:00 PM	Social with Parishioners
	6:30 PM	Banquet & Closing

THURSDAY 3 PM - 5 PM		SCC’s 101: The Basics -Rev. Art Baranowski
FRIDAY 10:50 AM -12:15 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
		Justice & Outreach
		Forming Good Questions
		What Keeps You in SCC’s (for the long haul)
		Cultural Diversity
		Nuts & Bolts of SCC’s
		Deeper Prayer
		Taking the temperature of the group
		Core Teams
		Pastoral Facilitator’s
		Resources
		Parish Youth Ministry & SCC’s
		Retreats
		The “Y” Generation
		Adjusting to Change in a group/Surviving group crises

* ROUND TABLE TOPICS	Friday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
	Welcoming new members
	Connecting the vision YM
	Connecting the vision with the “Y” Generation
	Connecting the vision with children
	Connecting the vision to Sacramental Prep.
	Connecting the vision to Schools & Rel. Ed.
	Connecting the vision to Parish Committees
	Connecting the vision to Parish Staffs
	Connecting the vision to Pastoral Care
	Connecting the vision to Bereavement Ministry
	Connecting the vision to Liturgical Ministries
	Connecting the vision to Service/Outreach Ministries