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And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. —Ephesians 3:17b–18 (NIV)
 An event for members of Presbyterians Organized In Nurture and Teaching (POINT)
January 26–27, 2010 ● Nashville, Tennessee
The POINT network in worship. Photo by Linda Badger BeckerPresbyterians Organized in Nurture and Teaching (POINT) will gather for annual training January 26–27, 2010, in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators annual event, January 27-30.
The theme will be “How Deep is Your Well?” Participants will explore what it means to embrace, nurture and commit to a deeper and wider faith as the body of Christ, called to grow Christ's church deep and wide.
Dr. Susan E. Hylen, assistant professor of New Testament, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, will be our guest. Dr. Hylen, who teaches biblical interpretation and focuses her research on the characterizations, metaphor and irony in the gospel of John, will offer her insights about what a deep and wide faith looks like. She will lead a process around tables for participants to articulate their own expressions of faith and to experience corporate discernment on the depth of faith.
Online registration is a convenient way to reserve your place on the event roster.
Registration materials  will be mailed to POINT team members and presbytery staff. If you have not received the brochure in the mail as of October 30 please download a brochure and return per instructions.
Details
POINT team members, Kathryn McGregor and Cathy Burrafato, exchange ideas. Photo by Linda Badger BeckerThe event schedule will include a new-to-POINT orientation, a presbytery staff gathering, plenary and group process framed in worship, exploration of Web sites and tools, and an in-depth experience with an age-specific session of the revitalized We Believe to discover how our denominational curriculum helps congregations nurture disciples into a deeper and wider faith.
POINT volunteers and presbytery staff
January 26–27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010:
New POINT member orientation, 1-3 p.m.
Presbytery staff gathering, 1-3 p.m.
All event participants, 4–8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010:
All event participants, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee
The POINT ministry will provide scholarships for registered participants of up to $150 for travel and approximately $85 (or less if expense is less) for lodging Tuesday night for up to 150 registered and active participants who submit a reimbursement request. Vouchers for reimbursement will be provided at the event.
Note: Dinner and reimbursement applications are only available for those who register in advance, attend all sessions and serve as a presbytery’s designated POINT representative.
Register online or use the brochure, submitting to Jerri Smith, event registrar, per instructions on the form.
Renaissance Nashville Hotel, (615) 255–8400 or toll free, (800) 327–6618.
Mention “Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE)” to receive the conference rate. Make your hotel reservations early!
Agenda
Monday, January 25:
7:30–9 p.m. POINT welcome table, Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Tuesday, January 26:
9 a.m. POINT registration opens, Renaissance Nashville Hotel
10 a.m. Resource display opens
1:00–3 p.m. New POINT orientation
1:00–3 p.m. Presbytery staff gathering
4 p.m. Welcome and worship with plenary and an interactive process for exploring a deep and wide faith, “How Deep Is Your Well?” with Dr. Susan E. Hylen
6:30 p.m. Dinner together
7:15 p.m. Online resource demonstration with time to glean wisdom from individuals around the tables
8:30 p.m. Evening song benediction
Wednesday, January 27:
8:30 a.m. Morning prayer
9 a.m. Experience “deep and wide” faith formation through an age-specific session with editors of the We Believe resources
10:30 a.m. What is new from Congregational Ministries Publishing?
11 a.m. Closing worship and dismiss
Keynote Speaker
 Dr. Susan E. Hylen, assistant professor of New Testament, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, teaches biblical interpretation and focuses her research on the characterizations, metaphor and irony in the gospel of John.
Dr. Hylen received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and her Doctor of Philosophy from Emory. She is the author of the soon to be released Imperfect Believers: Ambiguous Characters in the Gospel of John, Westminster John Knox Press, October 2009.
More information about Dr. Susan E. Hylen is available at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion.
More Information
Candace C. Hill
Coordinator, Educational Ministries
Congregational Ministries Publishing
1 (888) 728-7228, x 5166
Jerri Smith, event registrar
Executive Assistant
Finance, Marketing and Sales
Congregational Ministries Publishing
(888) 728-7228, x5179
(502) 569-5990 (FAX)
While attending the APCE conference, be sure to visit the exhibit area, The Market Place. Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) national staff will be on hand to answer your questions and share their latest resources. You will have the opportunity to make personal contacts for ministry support and browse displays for the latest publications from Congregational Ministries Publishing and many other vendors.
Find other events
Check the 2009 POINT calendar to learn about events that may be of interest to members of POINT and individuals involved in the educational ministry of the church.
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