Thurber Conversation Archives

The Rev. Dr. Reggie L. Williams is planning a couple of exciting opportunities to take our studies to the city streets. One focuses on the history of Black Paris, the other on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident.

Featuring Dr. Scott Cormode
Tuesday 5 April 19h30-21h via Zoom.

The church as we know it is calibrated for a world that no longer exists.  The basic assumptions about what it means to be church have changed and will continue to change.  We the Church need to find a way to be agile enough to step into a future that we cannot predict.  This book, The Innovative Church, was road-tested over the course of four years with over 100 congregations seeking to take the next faithful step.  At its core, it asks one simple question: How do we embody a never-changing gospel in an ever-changing culture?

Dr. Scott Cormode (PhD, Yale University) is the De Pree Professor of Leadership Development at Fuller Seminary.  He founded the Academy of Religious Leadership and the Journal of Religious Leadership. He is a former academic dean and is presently a senior fellow at the Fuller Youth Institute.

Thurber Conversations are an adult community gathering and growth time that is open to all.

Video recordings of selected past Thurber Lectures and Conversations here

Featuring Al Tizon
Tuesday 15 March via Zoom and also in-person in the Thurber Room -- Lecture and Zoom at 19h45; Meal at 19h.

A "Pass Vaccinal" is required for the in-person event in the Thurber Room.
There will be a meal served at the live gathering. We are asking for a donation of 5€ to help cover the costs of the food. 

Al Tizon is Affiliate Associate Professor of Missional and Global Leadership at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. Previous leadership positions he has held include Executive Minister of Serve Globally, the international ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church and co-president of Christians for Social Action, founding director of LIGHT Ministries in the Olongapo City, Philippines and associate professor of holistic ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University near Philadelphia, PA. Al has engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry in the United States and in the Philippines.

You can read more about Al's latest book Whole and Reconciled: Gospel, Church, Mission in a Fractured World on his website: https://www.draltizon.com/ We are excited to welcome Al to ACP and benefit from his expertise in mission and ministry.

Thurber Conversations are an adult community gathering and growth time that is open to all.

Video recordings of selected past Thurber Lectures and Conversations here

Featuring Dominique DuBois Gilliard, Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Tuesday 1 February 19h30 via Zoom and also in-person in the Thurber Room

Ever wonder what it means to have privilege? Feel confused about how to use one's privilege for the betterment rather than the detriment of the body of Christ? Dominique Gilliard has done some groundbreaking work helping churches and other organizations recognize where privilege exists and rather than deny it, work toward using it in a way that honors God. You won't want to miss this compelling and challenging evening as we continue to wrestle with what it means to be a church that cares deeply about being a reconciling community. 

This is event is part of the Many Colors, Creeds, Cultures...and Conversations! series.