Information About Past Conferences
2011 No longer Jew or Greek: Creating Multicultural Communities Faith on campus
Westminster House
University of California, Berkeley
June 22-25, 2011
June 22-25, 2011- Westminster House, UC Berkeley
- Featuring Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education Claremont School of Theology
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2010 Finding Holy Ground: Converging Streams of Righteousness and Justice
- Wesley Theological Seminary & American University, Washington, D.C.
- June 21-25, 2010
- Featured Speakers: Shaun Casey, professor at Wesley Theological Seminary and former spiritual advisor to Barack Obama; Carol Howard Merritt, author of Tribal Church; Mark Forrester, campus minister at Vanderbilt University
Not your Momma’s Mission Trip!
Exploring models of justice, hearing from organizations working on specific justice issues, and gaining understanding on policy development, this year’s conference offers perspectives on how to get your ministry involved in social justice concerns.
Highlights included:
- A day out in DC exploring justice models and an opportunity to engage in a specific justice issue
- 4 separate workshop sessions with 4 workshops per session (Topics include Technology Usage, Fundraising, Board Development, Lamenting and the Psalms, Call and Vocational work with college students, Young Adult formation, Veteran’s Issues, Coffeehouse and Third Place Ministry, Immersions in Israel & Palestine, and more)
- Opportunities to dialogue on the future of campus ministry and where we go from here
- A resource display with your comments and recommendations for books and resources for your campus ministry.
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2009 God Shows No Partiality – Faith in a Global Perspective
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Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- June 22-26, 2009
- Featured Speaker(s) Included: Stephen Prothero, David Odell-Scott
In Cleveland, OH this gathering explored inter-faith relationships on campus. Steven Prothero offered a keynote calling attention to the reality of religious illiteracy among students and adults alike while David Odell-Scott offered a scholarly examination of biblical passages that appear to argue for Christian exclusivity.
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2008 Convergence: Bridging Ministry
- University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, KS
- July 17-20, 2008
- Featured Speaker(s) Included: Jan Rivero
This conference, shortened due to an international gathering that year, focused on nuts and bolts skills, offering three tracks for learning: Campus Ministry 101 for newbies, Campus Ministry 202 for those who’ve been at this awhile, and Congregationally-based campus ministry. Jan Rivero offered keynotes about ministry as hospitality to all three groups.
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The Blues and Rhythm of Campus Ministry
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- June 28-July 1, 2007
- Featured Speaker(s) Included: Jean Twenge, James Lawson, Michael Rose
In Music City USA, this conference explored the blues as a metaphor for the personal challenges of ministry. Beyond the many fabulous musicians who performed and spoke about music in a spiritual context, Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me, offered a unique presentation about the generational characteristics of Millenials, while James Lawson spoke of his experience integrating the diners of Nashville as a Vanderbilt Divinity student.
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2006 Soul Matters: Campus Ministry at the Crossroads
- Lewis and Clark University, Portland, OR
- June 28-July 2, 2006
- Featured Speaker(s) Included: Marcia McFee
This conference invited attendees to engage in new and creative avenues of worship planning. Marcia McFee offered stimulating, multi-sensory worship experiences as well as concrete methods of expanding the worship planning circle. This conference also offered a pre-session Campus Ministry 101 course for anyone entering the field with less than 3 years experience.
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2005 Campus Ministry and All that Jazz
- Columbia University NY, NY
- July 5-9, 2005
- Featured Speaker(s) Included: Doug Adams, Charlie Ryu, James Forbes, Suzanne Guthrie, Lauren Winner
Ministry of any sort is an art form, campus ministry no less. By visiting the many religious venues in the city in which art plays a prominent role, this gathering encouraged participants to incorporate the arts into their work with students. Keynoter Doug Adams, now deceased, offered many ways in which popular media mimic biblical tales while James Forbes demonstrated the art of the homily at a Riverside Church “Space for Grace” service.
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2004 July 1-7– Global Chaplains in Brisbane, Australia
June 27-July 2, 2003 San Antonio, TX (St. Mary’s University)
June 28-July 2, 2002 Chicago, IL (Radisson Hotel (this was with ECMT)
July 7-11, 2001 Hampton, VA (Hampton University)
June 22-28, 2000 Vancouver, BC, Canada (University of BC) Global
June 26-30, 1999 Estes Park, CO
June 28-July 2, 1998 New Haven, CT (Yale U)
June 26-30, 1997 San Francisco, CA (U. of San. Francisco)
June 22-28, 1996 Durham, ENGLAND (Collingwood College) Global
July 20-24, 1995 Tulsa, OK (University of Tulsa)
August 5-9, 1994 E. Lansing, MI (Michigan State)
July 9-13, 1993 Washington, D.C. (Howard U.)
1992 REGIONAL CONFERENCES
1.) June 25-28 TX El Paso (UT El Paso)
2.) June 25-28 Minneapolis (U of Minnesota)
3.) June 29-31 Fayetteville, AR (Mt. Sequoyah Conference
Center)
4.) July 24-27 Fairbanks, AK (University of Alaska)
June 28-July 1, 1991 New Orleans, LA (Dilliard U.)
July 31- August 5, 1987 Philadelphia, PA (Univ. of PA)
1990 Cambridge, MA (Episcopal Divinity School)
1989 Berea, OH (Baldwin-Wallace College)
1988 San Diego (UC San Diego)
August 3-7, 1986 Durham, NC (Duke U.)
June 23-27, 1985 Portland, OR (Lewis & Clark College)
July 16-18, 1984 Ft. Worth, TX (TX Christian U.)
August 8-12, 1983 San Antonio (Mex-Amer Cultural Center)
June 28-July 2, 1982 Washington, DC (Georgetown U)
August 18-22, 1981 Berkeley, CA (UC Berkeley)
October 27-28, 1964 St. Louis, MO
June 23-26, 1965 E. Lansing (Michigan State)
June 23-25, 1966 Athens, GA (U. of Georgia)
June 19-23, 1967 E. Lansing (Michigan State)
1968 ——–
1969 Chicago, IL
1970 Chicago, IL
1971 Chicago, IL
1972 Chicago, IL
1973 Chicago, IL, Rougemont, NC….
August 5-9, 1973 Denver, CO (CO Women’s College)
1974 VARIOUS REGIONAL CONFERENCES
August 10-13, 1975 Boulder, CO (U. Of Colorado)
1976 VARIOUS REGIONAL CONFERENCES
August 2-6, 1977 Berea, KY (Berea College)
1978 VARIOUS REGIONAL CONFERENCES
August 6-9, 1979 St. Paul, MN (Macalester College)
June 23-26, 1980 Denver, CO (CO Women’s College)
1980 ———–






