Convocation Participants’ Info We’re thrilled you’re coming to Convocation 2023: Onward to Perfection! Please complete the attached form to help us make Convocation the best experience it can be for you. Name(Required) First Last Phone(Required)Email(Required) Accessibility Transportation to/from your hotel ASL interpretation at the workshops I attend Other (please describe below) Please let us know if you require the following accessibility measures during Convocation. Check all that apply.If you selected "Other" above, please describe the additional accessibility measures you need in order to fully participate at Convocation:Would you like the opportunity to tour the Convention Center where General Conference will be held? Yes No Workshop SurveyPlease select one workshop from each session below that you would like to attend. This will help us to gauge space needs for each workshop. (General Conference delegates: please note that we are trying to schedule 4 hours for you to work together. We will try to minimize overlap with workshops.)Friday Workshops: Session 1 Decolonizing the Church: Liberation for ALL Begins at the Margins (with Rev. Juan Carlos Huertas) Black, Queer, and Blessed: Toward a Black Queer Theology (with Arthur Tredwell) Coming out and Finding a Way (with Rev. Audrey Myers) Using your Voice for Advocacy (with Chris Pepple) Understanding Transgender: What Parents and Allies Should Know (with Janet Duke) Difficult Subjects in Worship: Why We Should Include Them and Best Practices for Implementation (with Rev. Amanda Hementez) Friday Workshops: Session 2 This is My Story This is My Song (with Rev. Dr. Steve Harper) Black, Queer, and Called (with Rev. Kimberly Scott) A Vile Past Toward a Vital Future (with Dr. Ashley Boggan) Organizing in the Annual Conference using Existing Relationships (West Ohio Model) (with Rev. Deb Stevens) Introduction to Queer Theology (with Dr. Joseph Smith) Helping Gender Diverse Kids (with Rev. Rachel Cornwell) The Importance of Pastoral Transitions in Reconciling Congregations (with Rev. David Meredith and Rev. Robert English) Saturday Workshops: Session 1 The Global Social Principles (with Neal Christie) Bold Inclusion: Communicating God’s Love in Rural Contexts (with Rev. Ryan Scott) Effective Communication in the Chaos of General Conference (with the LYNC Communications Team) It’s Our Bible, Too! Small-Group Scriptural Resources You Can Trust (with Sarah Wilke) Increasing Solidarity with LGBTQ+ Candidates and Clergy (with Rev. T.C. Morrow and the Queer Clergy Caucus) Organizing your Annual Conference for LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Justice (BWARM Model) (with Rev. Deb Scott) Torn: A Book Discussion (with Justin Lee) Saturday Workshops: Session 2 So you Want to be a LYNC Volunteer at General Conference (with Dr. Mittie Quinn) Incompatible No More: Exploring the Incompatibility Language Through Comics (with Rev. Charlie Baber) Though We Are Many We Can Be One: Resolving Church Conflict (with Mary Gladstone-Highland) Activism at the Jurisdictional Level for Intersectional Justice (Rev. Jason Takagi) How Annual Conference Lay Leaders can Engage with the Annual Conference (with Derrick Scott and Alice Williams) Messaging in Local Congregations (with Rev. Molly Vetter and Rev. David Meredith) No Pride in Apartheid: Exposing Israeli Apartheid & Pinkwashing, Introducing Apartheid-Free Communities (with Lisa Bender and Theresa Basile) Sunday Workshops: Session 1 The Bible in One Hand the Newspaper in the Other: Advocacy for Justice Dialogue with Elected Officials (with Reed Howard) My Story as a Trans Woman (with Laci Basel) How and Why to Talk about Sex: Creating a Positive Vision for Loving Each Other Well (with Jon Carl Lewis) Talking to Relatives: How to Promote Justice Across the Political Spectrum (with Nick Mundwiller) Pathways to Congregational Support for Same Gender Weddings (with Ann Brown Birkel and others) Bar of the Conference (Live) (with Derrick Scott) Sunday Workshops: Session 2 Intersectionality 101 (with Rev. Dr. Leo Yates and Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo) Spiritual Self-Care Practices Through Writing our Stories (with Rev. Grant Showalter-Swanson) Pathways to Community: Building a Reconciling Community in your Hometown (with Jennifer Von Essen) Public Policy Advocacy: Building Partnerships and Maintaining Momentum for the Long Haul (with Rev. T.C. Morrow) Pathways to Congregational Support for Same Gender Weddings (with Ann Brown Birkel and others) Communicating Across the Divide (with Justin Lee) Historical and Theological Grounding of LGBTQ+ Theology (with Rev. Dr. Thomas Norrell)
