| What Does God Require of Us?: National Workshop on Christian Unity
The Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square will be the setting for the April 8-11 National Workshop on Christian Unity coming to Columbus for the first time since its inception in 1963.
Planned by national and local committees, this Workshop is sponsored by the National Ecumenical Officers Association and it celebrates the spirit of ecumenism. Some of the topics covered during this event will deal with Christian unity, ecumenical discussions, interchurch conversations, regional leadership, networking and celebration.
Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, of the Northeastern Ohio Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will lead the opening worship. Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker, a United Methodist minister and Professor of Worship at Boston University School of Theology will offer a "Protestant Perspective on Vatican II", followed by a response by Dr. Jared Wicks, a theologian Jesuit who taught for many years at the Gregorian University in Rome and a current Scholar in Residence at the Pontifical College Josephinum.
Students from Ohio Theological Schools will speak on "Race and Catholicity", facilitated by the Very Rev. Dr. Tom Ferguson, Dean of Bexley Hall Seminary in Columbus. Dr. Barbara Sutton, Associate Dean of Outreach and Formation at St. John's School of Theology Seminary in Collegeville, MN will conduct a Bible Study on Luke 24:13-35.
Ms. Kathryn Lohre will speak on "Seeing Beyond the Future: The Challenge of Identifying Today's Ecumenical Opportunities" in her closing address. Ms. Lohre is the Director for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations in the office of the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Nine seminars will be offered as well as an opportunity to venture out into Columbus and enjoy the many sights and amenities that this city has to offer.
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