We have been prompted to create the WHOLE Conference based on our conviction that the church must proclaim the WHOLE Gospel that does indeed impact our WHOLE lives. On Friday and Saturday April 24-25, we will explore the way our faith informs our work, paid and unpaid.
ScheduleFriday, April 24
7:00-9:00 pm ..... Opening Plenary Session with Artie Lindsay, previews of workshops, and corporate worship Saturday, April 25*** 8:15-9:00 ..... Continental Breakfast 9:00-10:30 ..... Workshops (Tech, Business/Corporate, Entrepreneurship, Domestic/Caregiving, "Blue Collar" (Makers + Doers + Goers) 11:00-12:00 ..... Closing Plenary Session with Artie Lindsay 12:00-1:00 ..... Luncheon and discussion ***Childcare (Up Through Age 12) is available Saturday 8:30am to noon. |
Cost and Registration
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According to the experts, the average person will spend approximately 90,000 hours working in their lifetime. The average follower of Jesus will spend less than 10% of that amount of time attending worship services. We often operate as though what happens in those Sunday hours has very little impact on the other Monday through Saturday hours. The disconnect deepens when we factor in all of the hours spent working on things for which no one pays us. Does the way of Jesus only pertain to Sunday, or does it inform the rest of our week as well? In other words, does our faith impact our WHOLE life, or only part of it?
We have been prompted to create the WHOLE Conference based on our conviction that the church must proclaim the WHOLE Gospel that does indeed impact our WHOLE lives. We will explore the way our faith informs our work, paid and unpaid. Our main idea is that God created us as whole beings who engage our lives, work and worship with our hands, heads and hearts. Our keynote speaker, Artie Lindsay (see bio below), will explore the good news about work from Creation in Genesis and Consummation in Revelation. In between those sessions there will be workshops in which presenters will speak to specific areas of work that many of us find ourselves engaged in on a daily basis.
Our prayer is that this conference will serve to equip the body of Christ for the works of ministry we have been called to in our vocations. We believe that every aspect of our lives is under the Lordship of Jesus and that as we live out our everyday vocations, we can be agents of the redemption made possible by his life, death and resurrection. We hope you will join us to contribute to the conversation and the pursuit of the goal that God's kingdom would come and God's will would be done on earth as in heaven.
We have been prompted to create the WHOLE Conference based on our conviction that the church must proclaim the WHOLE Gospel that does indeed impact our WHOLE lives. We will explore the way our faith informs our work, paid and unpaid. Our main idea is that God created us as whole beings who engage our lives, work and worship with our hands, heads and hearts. Our keynote speaker, Artie Lindsay (see bio below), will explore the good news about work from Creation in Genesis and Consummation in Revelation. In between those sessions there will be workshops in which presenters will speak to specific areas of work that many of us find ourselves engaged in on a daily basis.
Our prayer is that this conference will serve to equip the body of Christ for the works of ministry we have been called to in our vocations. We believe that every aspect of our lives is under the Lordship of Jesus and that as we live out our everyday vocations, we can be agents of the redemption made possible by his life, death and resurrection. We hope you will join us to contribute to the conversation and the pursuit of the goal that God's kingdom would come and God's will would be done on earth as in heaven.
Keynote Speaker
Pastor Artie Lindsay serves as pastor of spiritual formation at Tabernacle Community Church, a multiethnic congregation in Grand Rapids, MI. He earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan before following God's call into pastoral ministry. He moved from his hometown of Detroit to Grand Rapids, in the fall of 1995 to complete an M.T.S. at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Prior to establishing Tabernacle Community Church, Pastor Artie Lindsay served as the associate pastor at Messiah Baptist Church in Grand Rapids from 1997-2002 under the leadership of Dr. Clifton Rhodes, Jr. Pastor Artie has a burden and passion for community revitalization, and he continues to work extensively in the community to address the very real physical, emotional and spiritual needs of community members, primarily in his role as President of Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project board. Artie is married to Raquel, and they have three children, AJ, Victoria, and Alysa.
