World Mission Celebration ’09 Plenary Sessions and Worship

Plenary sessions
“Educate, connect and send forth” is the engine that drives World Mission Celebration ’09. Five plenary sessions will highlight the marvelous ways God is at work in the world through Presbyterian mission.

The following areas will be highlighted:

The Americas
Topic
Theological education and evangelism

Presenters
Anne Barstow, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
Diego Higuita, Presbyterian Church of Colombia
Jack Hanna, Haiti Fund
Dan McNearny, Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
Mark Adams, PC(USA) mission worker
Alice Winters,PC(USA) mission worker

Europe
Topic
Evangelism

Presenters
Gabriela Horakova, pastor in the Czech Republic
Burkhard Paetzold, PC(USA) mission worker
Michael Parker, PC(USA) international evangelism coordinator
Julia Thorne, PC(USA) immigration lawyer

Africa
Topic
Health and development

Presenters
Medical Benevolence Foundation staff, PC(USA) mission personnel, PC(USA) International Health & Development staff

Asia and the Pacific
Topics
Primary, secondary and higher education

Presenters
Peter Armacost, Forman Christian College
Veeda Javaid, Education Board Presbyterian Church of Pakistan

Middle East
Topics
Advocacy and interfaith dialogue

Presenters
Mary Mikhail, Near East School of Theology
Muhammad Sammak, author and interfaith activist
Art Beals, PC(USA) mission worker
Douglas Dicks, PC(USA) mission worker
Nuhad Tomeh, PC(USA) mission worker

Worship

Photo by Joseph Williams.

General Assembly Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick commissioned 48 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission workers who itinerated throughout the church during October 2007 as part of “Mission Challenge ’07.” The commissioning service was part of “World Mission ’07: A Celebration of Grace,” a global mission conference that drew more than 600 mission-minded Presbyterians to Louisville for four days of worship, Bible study, plenary and panel presentations on various aspects of Presbyterian World Mission, and a host of practical workshops for congregations, presbyteries and mission networks.

Encounter God as we:

• Connect with others through worship as we sing and pray with the global church
• Get inspired by powerful preaching informed by our commitment to mission in partnership
• Are sent forth from closing worship where all participants are commissioned for our common call to live and share the Gospel near and far

Let’s celebrate. Let’s worship together. Let’s be empowered. Let’s go out to live our call.