Synod Speakers
Living Mission
On Saturday of Synod 2024, during lunch, you are invited to one of these optional break-out sessions.
Meet OUR Speakers for the optional Lunch Workshops
Re-Mission: Practical Ways For Congregations To Engage With Non-Believers & Disconnected Believers
Daryl Cripe, Leadership Team, Amplio Group
As leaders, we have an expectation of our congregation living on Jesus’ mission, being in personal relationships with non-believers where they live, work, learn, and play. As these relationships blossom, our congregants need practical opportunities to engage those friends, those neighbors, those co-workers in continuing the investigation of faith within the life of their church. During this session, we will look at creating purposeful “front doors” to your church, those unique ways that our congregants can engage their specific “one” in the church, and the role of leaders ensuring your church is ready for these guests.
Who is Missing from Our Church? How to Approach Parish Ministry Like A Missionary
The Rev. Katie Hamlin
Assoc. Rector Incarnation Anglican Church
To love our neighbors, we must know our neighbors. Come and think through the barriers that keep your neighbors from hearing the good news of Jesus Christ and participating fully in the Body of Christ.
Sent to be Gathered: The Eucharist & Christian Mission
The Rev. Danny Hindman
Rector, All Souls Anglican Church
The Church is both the means and the end of Christian mission. A community gathered (even beautifully so) without hearing and heeding the call to "go" is less than the fullness of the Church. A community "going" for some other reason than the gathering of all of God's children into Christ's one Body is missing the point of Christian mission.
Join us as we explore the relationship (and the unity) between Christian mission and the Church's "sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving."
Mission in a World of Trauma
The Rev. Mike Kunzinger
Rector at Church of the Good Shepherd
What does it look like to be a trauma informed church?
It is a part of our mission to mediate Christ's healing presence to those around us; however, oftentimes we can feel at a loss when it comes to entering into pain. Join us in a discussion about what it looks like to care for others well as we take into account their trauma, hurts, and hardships.
Missions in the Anglican Communion: Developments, Trends, and Pathways for Engagement & Partnership for Your Church
The Rev. Dr. Chris Royer
Executive Director of Anglican Frontier Missions.
Drawing upon his ten years of experience as the Director of Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM), Fr. Chris will share numerous opportunities within the Anglican Communion for individual and/or parish missional engagement. Fr. Chris will discuss the emerging deaneries of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Indonesia), whence he recently returned. Fr. Chris will also speak about opportunities in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, where numerous AFM missionaries serve. Finally, he'll talk about the mission initiative of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) and their June meeting in Cairo. Ample time will be given for Q&A.
Lunch and fellowship
Space will be available for anyone who would like to enjoy lunch with the opportunity to visit
“Almighty God, you gave these your servants special gifts of grace to understand and teach the truth revealed in Christ Jesus: Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”