Forward in Faith
“Faith in the Future” is about equipping our church to understand and thrive in the 21st-century religious landscape by providing context, publishing ideas, and hosting conversations with leading experts.
Faith in the Future with Rev. Abigail Rusert, Director of the Institute for Youth Ministry, Sunday, May 23rd
We will be joined by Rev. Abagail Rusert, who is the Director of the Institute for Youth Ministry and teaches a practicum course in youth ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the Principal Investigator on the Log College Project grant—an initiative to help churches research and design new forms of youth ministry for the 21st Century. Abigail has worked with youth and adults as an associate pastor, youth director, seminary intern, chaplain, and camp counselor. She speaks regularly at ministry training events, churches, and conferences. Abigail is a graduate of Valparaiso University and Princeton Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Thomas, live in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with their kids: Dorothy, Solveig, and Frank.
Faith in the Future with Dr. Lisa Kimball and Rev. Tricia Lyons, Sunday, April 18th at 11AM
We will be joined by two of Pastor Keith’s ministry heroes and favorite people, Dr. Lisa Kimball and The Rev. Dr. Tricia Lyons, who are among the most insightful, generous, and deeply caring leaders in the church today. They are both professors at Virginia Theological (Episcopal) Seminary. A married couple, they marry together the passion for faith formation (Lisa’s area) and evangelism (Tricia’s specialty). We know you will really enjoy this time together. We’ll laugh, learn, dream, and be inspired to live our faith and lead our church into the future.
Faith in the Future with Lutheran Scholar Tim Wengert
Timothy J. Wengert is one of the most preeminent and prolific Lutheran scholars in the world today. And he taught both Pastor Keith and Lindsay Bates about the Lutheran Confessions! He will join us to talk about how our Lutheran tradition and theology provides a platform to speak to the world now and into the future.
Faith in the Future with Lindsay Bates: Innovative Ministries
Lindsay Bates, has been spent the past two years researching what Faith communities that look different than the well-loved model of worship on Sunday morning and bible study on Wednesday evening. She has found that most Churches that innovate well do so from a place of loving their communities, finding ways of being the Church that might look different in order to meet their community’s needs. Join us to hear about these congregations and dream about how UDLC might share our love and sense of humor with Ambler in a new way.