www.ccum.net/eventregistration .
Dr. Strunk's e-mail to the church concerning this conversation is contained in the post which follows this one.
The e-mail says the presenters will include Bishop Lindsay Davis, Dr. Charles Brockwell, Matthew Burgess, Bill Higgs, Dr. George Strunk, JustPeaceUMC leaders Stephanie Hixon and Dr. W. Craig Gillaim.
The following are brief sketches of the presenters:
Bishop Lindsay Davis-
Lindsey Davis was assigned to The Louisville Area effective September 1, 2008. He was elected to the episcopacy in July 1996 from the Kentucky Conference and was assigned to the North Georgia Area, where he served for 12 years.
Dr. Charles Brockwell
Charles W. Brockwell, Jr., Ph.D.:
Professor Emeritus of History, University of Louisville, Pastor
Emeritus of Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, Louisville, and
Adjunct Professor of Methodist Studies, Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary. From 1993 to 1997 he was Professor of Church
History & Wesley Studies at Louisville Seminary. He earned his Ph.D.
from Duke University in Medieval Church History and Wesley Studies in
1971. Dr. Brockwell is an Elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference. (Dr. Brockwell is also one of the founding members of Progressive United Methodists of Kentucky.)Matthew Burgess, Bill Higgs, Dr. George Strunk and - "our own."
Stephanie Hixon
Stephanie Anna Hixon
With the hope of providing services that support wholeness and wellbeing for individuals, communities, and institutional systems, Stephanie Hixon seeks to integrate best practices in alternative dispute resolution with principles of faith and spirituality, communication theory and creative organic group processes.Earning degrees in Music Therapy and Music Education from Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music (Shenandoah University), she later pursued theological coursework through the Washington, DC consortium of schools, earning a Master of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Her professional certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution was granted by Hamline University School of Law. She is an ordained elder in the Susquehanna Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and served congregations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Stephanie also served as a member of the general secretariat for The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women in the United Methodist Church providing leadership as an advocate for a diverse constituency of women within the Church. During her tenure as general secretary she offered expertise and support for the Church’s response to sexual harassment, abuse and misconduct.
Stephanie is a trained consultant and facilitator in severely conflicted situations and has extensive experience with strategies and processes to assist institutions and communities to foster environments of mutual respect and regard for all persons. Serving as Executive Director for JustPeace Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation in The United Methodist Church provides an opportunity for Stephanie to embrace her passion for justice, peacemaking and conflict transformation. In addition to training, teaching and consulting, she has facilitated mediations and circles of accountability and healing within the Church. Along with her colleagues, she believes that local churches can be centers of relational healing and peacebuilding for their members as well as the neighborhoods in which they reside.
Dr. W. Craig Gillaim-
Dr. W. Craig Gilliam
Dr. W. Craig Gilliam is the director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence for the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is adjunct faculty at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and consults with churches and other organizations across the country. Craig has 24 years experience serving in the church. His area of expertise are conflict transformation in congregations, leadership education, team building, and group process.Dr. Gilliam’s passions include family, exercise, poetry and martial arts. He is a 4th degree black belt in traditional Japanese Karate, has studied other martial arts and explores martial arts as a path to peace.
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