Ventures in Christian Discipleship

在最火的十个赌博软件了解上帝之前，最火的十个赌博软件知道上帝的创造力. 上帝创造了白天和黑夜，水和陆地，鱼和鸟，称它们为善. God created humanity in God’s own creative image, and in doing so, 赋予最火的十个赌博软件创造和想象的能力.

最火的十个赌博软件的信仰团体如何培养神圣的创造力和神圣的想象力? 最火的十个赌博软件如何为开放式探索创造机会, 集艺术反思与精神实践于一体的触觉? 神学家莎莉·麦克法格邀请最火的十个赌博软件对神在万物中的存在感到惊奇, “最火的十个赌博软件可能会开始认识到平凡中的非凡. We would begin to delight in creation, not as the work of an eternal deity, but as a sacrament of the living God.” Through God’s holy and creative imagination, 万物都因上帝不断创造的气息而生机勃勃, and we are invited to be co-creators.

在最火的十个赌博软件一起的时间里，最火的十个赌博软件将探索在最火的十个赌博软件的日常生活和周日上午培养创造力和想象力空间的可能性. 如果最火的十个赌博软件用手指画或粉笔祈祷，最火的十个赌博软件的祈祷会有什么变化? What if we worshiped God with our hands in rich soil? Have we created spaces to encounter a colorful God?

Created in the image of the Divine Creator, 每个人都有创造力和想象力, whether you are an experienced artist, social media content creator, gifted quilter, or haven’t doodled since elementary school. 这是一个拓展最火的十个赌博软件对什么是有创造力的人的想法的机会.

Rev. Liz Ullery Swenson 生活在灵性和创造力的交汇处. 作为WildWood Gathering的植堂牧师，她正在培养和重塑信仰社区. 从2016年开始，怀尔德伍德正在为边缘人群创造安全的精神空间. 她拥有戏剧艺术学士学位、图书馆学硕士学位和神学硕士学位. She is an overly ambitious gardener, mama to her five-year-old daughter, and spends too much time on social media.

非洲未来主义被描述为科幻小说的交叉点, black culture, technology, the future, and liberation. Connecting a variety of genres including art, technology, literature, and science, 非洲未来主义也充满了宗教和神学的主题. This course will explore the world of Afrofuturism, paying attention to the theological themes throughout. Afrofuturism creates worlds that answer the questions, “what does a future that centers Black folk look like? 黑人要想茁壮成长，未来必须有什么样的条件啊?"这门课的重点是深入探讨构成那个世界的神学主题.

Tamisha A. Tyler (她/她/她的)是神学和文化的客座助理教授, 在里士满的伯大尼神学院学习神学, Ind. Her research interests include Theopoetics, Theology and the arts, Afrofuturism, Black popular culture, and Science Fiction. Her dissertation, 表达情感:与Octavia E对话中的神学方法论. Butler, 探讨巴特勒的作品在寓言系列作为一个体现, artistic, and theopoetic response to the theological, economic, and ecological upheaval in Butler’s dystopian world. 她是加州洛杉矶Level Ground艺术家团体的成员. 她的作品可以在宗教中的女权主义博客和富勒杂志上看到. 她的最新项目是探索奥克塔维亚·巴特勒文学世界中的宗教.

My conviction is that when we, as members of the church, 拒绝把每一个兄弟姐妹——不管他们的性取向是什么——在上帝眼中视为平等的, we do violence to them and we harm ourselves.

Regarding matters of human sexuality, 1983年，当年度会议勉强通过最火的十个赌博软件关于这个问题的主要声明时，弟兄会的意见并不一致. We are not of one mind more than 40 years later. 最火的十个赌博软件能把关于人类性行为的分歧放在一边吗, with mutual respect, truly love one another? What impedes us from loving more inclusively? Are we protecting positions of power and privilege? Do we fear change? To become more loving and faithful disciples of Christ, 最火的十个赌博软件是否愿意承担承担神圣之爱的任务，并冒着可能面临未知挑战的风险? 最火的十个赌博软件是否愿意反映上帝无条件的爱的礼物，并屈服于耶稣包容的爱的召唤?

在这次会议上，蒂姆将领导对这些问题和相关问题的讨论.

Tim McElwee 他在16岁时加入了沃伦斯堡兄弟教会，后来在教会工作，担任现在被称为建设和平与政策办公室的主任. 在曼彻斯特大学，他担任了四年的校园牧师, eight years as a fundraiser, 在和平研究所当了五年主任, 并担任了一年的教务处管理员.

He served as the 2023 Annual Conference moderator, and as immediate past moderator, he is a member of Standing Committee. 他被任命为弟兄教会牧师12年，是Timbercrest Retirement Community的兼职牧师，在那里他担任董事会成员. He has also served on the Eder Financial board, 两届SERRV董事会成员，目前担任New Community Project董事会成员.

蒂姆在曼彻斯特大学获得和平研究和宗教/哲学学士学位.Div from Bethany Theological Seminary, and an MA and Ph.D. in international relations from Purdue University.