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[Recd: Ch# Amt: ]For Olmsted office use:
Pastors’ Academy 2018with Dr. Jennifer McBride
May 21-23, 2018Cost:
Tuition: $180.00 + R&B: $132.00 = $312.00(includes class, 2 nights stay, and 6 meals)
Send this form with $25 deposit toOlmsted Manor/P.O. Box 8/Ludlow, PA 16333
phone: 814-945-6512 e-mail: [email protected]
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Jennifer McBride is the Associate Dean of Doctor of Ministry Programs and Continuing Education at McCormick Theological Seminary. She holds a Doctorate and Masters in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, with a focus on theology, ethics, and culture, and her Bachelors in Religious Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.McBride has served as the Board of Regents Endowed Chair in Ethics and Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Wartburg College and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology at Emory University. At Emory’s Candler School of Theology, she served as Program Director for the Atlanta Theological Association’s Certificate in Theological Studies at Metro State Prison for Women.McBride is author of The Church for the World: A Theology of Public Witness and co-editor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought. She is President of the International Bonhoeffer Society (English Language Section). In her book Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel, McBride seeks to organically connect liturgy with activism and theological reflection. This text is rooted in experiences teaching theology in a women’s prison and participating in the Open Door Community - an intentionally interracial, residential Christian activist community in Atlanta. ODC has been engaged in mercy and justice work on behalf of the homeless and prison populations for 35 years.
Radical Discipleship, Public Witness, and Liturgical Politics:TheSocial and Political Implications of the Gospel
Join us May 2018 for our annual spring Pastors’ Academy! At Olmsted’s Academy, you will experience relevant teaching, learn and share with other pastors, and enjoy all the comforts of an Olmsted retreat - all while you earn continuing education credit. Your leader, Jennifer McBride, will teach on the social and political character of the good news, and utilize the liturgical seasons as a framework for engaging social evils like mass incarceration, capital punishment, and homelessness.
Things to Know:
Check-in is Monday, 3-5pm.
WPA UMC continuing ed credits are Available!
Scholarships are available to First-Time Attenders! You can
register online!
To prepare for the retreat, participants will be provided with a selection of required reading upon registration.
Pastors’ Academy
2018
About Olmsted
Surrounded by the lush woods of the Allegheny National Forest, Olmsted is a unique place to come away and seek spiritual renewal. In a hostile world, we provide sacred space and Christian hospitality. Olmsted is the perfect location for your personal
time away or your next group retreat.
To find us by GPS:17 East Main StreetLudlow, PA 16333
Olmsted ManorP.O. Box 8
Ludlow, PA 16333
(814) [email protected]