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The UnitedMethodistAssociation of Scholars inChristianEducation

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UMASCE CONSULTATION 2011

July 30 to August 2 at Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN

Innovating from the Margins

The shape of the "Church that is yet to be" is unclear. How do we minister in these in-between times?
At our 2009 Consultation, we were called to stand with people on the margins and in the in-between in the educational ministry of the church. God is at the margins and that is where we are called to be. So our next Consultation will explore such innovations that are currently going on and join our collective imagination to focus on how we can further lead from the margins toward creating communities of truth seeking new directions.

We are returning to Fall Creek Falls State Park because of its proximity to Nashville and because of the facilities and the good price. We hope that everyone can find a way to be there.

Goals:
1) To unpack assumptions/mental models about what people need in terms of formation.
2) To explore what is happening in formation--alternative/experiments for engaging theological questions.
3) To ask how do we discover what people are asking and how do we create environments where these issues/questions emerge.
4) To explore what difference this makes for our work in faith formation in our respective contexts.

Our Officers for 2009-2011

President: Wanda Stahl
President-Elect and Design Team Chair: Susan Willhauck
Secretary: Debora Junker
Design Team Members: Carol Krau and Bruce Roberts
Executive Secretary: Ben Marshall

About this Web Site

It seems best to use this web site more as a location for documents to which we need to refer than for ongoing information, except for the purpose of providing for consultation registration, etc.

The list of members of UMASCE will no longer contain contact information, so if you are wishing to locate someone please contact Ben Marshall at rben@airmail.net and he will provide you with how to contact that person. This change seems best for security purposes.

BECOMING A MEMBER OF UMASCE

If you are not already a member, or have let your membership lapse in the last year or so, we strongly encourage you to join or renew your membership now. The Building the Future project is a very important one and will yield some exciting results, but only if we have everyone possible working on it.

You can join or renew by simply clicking here on Member Sign-Up and filling out the information and sending it on by email. Then send your check for $35 for regular membership or $17.50 for retired or student membership to the address foung on that page.

If you have questions or need further help please email Ben Marshall at rben@airmail.net.