Savannah Presbytery's 39th Annual
Leadership Development Conference
February 16-17, 2018
Since 1979 Savannah Presbytery has hosted a Training Event for members of the Church, now called the Leadership Development Conference. The event takes place each February at Epworth by the Sea on St. Simons Island, GA. We have enjoyed outstanding keynote leadership and many splendid workshop leaders from within our presbytery! The Leadership Development Conference is for pastors, clerks, elders, deacons, treasurers, youth leaders, Sunday school teachers, choir directors, Christian Educators and anyone committed to the church of Jesus Christ.
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2018 Conference Theme: "The Tree of Life"
The wisdom literature of ancient Israel (Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes) invites us into an age-old and enduring conversation about what is good and wise in life. How do we discern right from wrong in a world of complex and competing claims? What values do we treasure and why? What makes for strong families and just communities? What cultivates empathy and motivates acts of kindness? How do we understand money, the power of speech, the realities of suffering, and the inevitability of death? And how do we teach it all to our children? Through the particular lens of the book of Proverbs, this study explores how the ancient Israelite sages wrestled with such questions, the formation of moral character, and what it means to "fear the Lord." February 16-17, 2018 Epworth-by-the-Sea St. Simons Island, GA |
Meet the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christine Roy Yoder
Christine Roy Yoder received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. A teaching elder in the PC(USA), she serves as Interim Dean of the Faculty, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. She is the author of Wisdom as a Woman of Substance: A Socioeconomic Reading of Proverbs 1-9 and 31:10-31 (DeGruyter, 2001) and Proverbs (Abingdon Old Testament Commentary Series, 2009), in addition to many articles and chapters in books. She received a Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology (2014-15) to work on her current book, tentatively titled Contours of Desire in Israelite Wisdom Literature (Baylor University Press). Other forthcoming projects include a commentary on Ruth for the Illuminations commentary series (Eerdmans). Christine is an advisor to Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies, and a senior editor on the Common English Bible Translation Board.
Christine Roy Yoder received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. A teaching elder in the PC(USA), she serves as Interim Dean of the Faculty, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. She is the author of Wisdom as a Woman of Substance: A Socioeconomic Reading of Proverbs 1-9 and 31:10-31 (DeGruyter, 2001) and Proverbs (Abingdon Old Testament Commentary Series, 2009), in addition to many articles and chapters in books. She received a Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology (2014-15) to work on her current book, tentatively titled Contours of Desire in Israelite Wisdom Literature (Baylor University Press). Other forthcoming projects include a commentary on Ruth for the Illuminations commentary series (Eerdmans). Christine is an advisor to Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies, and a senior editor on the Common English Bible Translation Board.
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Step 1:
Please fill out the registration form below and bring to the church office with a check for $30.00 made out to SSPC. We will cover the other half of your registration fee. Please deliver form and payment to church office no later than JANUARY 31! After January 31, you will have to pay $35.00 to register. 
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Step 2:
Please download the document below to complete your registration form. Attached is the schedule for the conference as well as descriptions of the workshops that are available for you to attend. If you have any questions or need assistance filling out the form, please call or come by the church office.
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