REGISTRATION OPEN FOR SVS 2020, WITH VJN TRACK!
Registration is now open for SVS 2020, to be held April 16-18, in Chicago, Illinois, USA is now open!Register today and save at http://SVS2020.eventbrite.com.
The guiding theme of SVS 2020 is “Hearing, Seeing, and Remembering As The People of God.” Together we will explore hearing, seeing, and remembering as theological, biblical, spiritual, pastoral, historical, and embodied practices.
This year’s conference includes an optional Vineyard Justice Network track, which will feature an off-site immersion on Friday afternoon at Chicago’s Mitchell Museum of the American Indian as well as some guided discussions to help us develop a Kingdom approach to contemporary ethical issues, over against the false choices presented by the “package-deal ethics” of our partisan political system.
We have a thrilling lineup of plenary speakers: Kathryn Edin, Glenn Packiam, and James Mumford.
- Kathryn is one of the nation’s leading poverty researchers, known for her direct, in-depth observations of the lives of low-income women, men, and children. She is Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and has decades of connection to the Vineyard movement.
- Glenn does does innovative and practical theological work at the intersection of the theology, mission, and worship life of the church. He is a pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, an ordained priest in the ACNA, and holds a Doctorate in Theology and Ministry from Durham University in the UK.
- James is a British author and journalist. Widely published on a range of subjects – ethical, political, and literary – James has a keen eye for the ironies and problems of “package-deal ethics” as dealt out by contemporary political parties. His newest book Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes exposes those ironies and charts out a valuable path forward. He has a DPhil in ethics from Oxford, and is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
Broad interdisciplinary conversations at SVS 2020, rooted in papers by thinkers from all over the Vineyard movement, will focus on the following themes:
- Listening and Remembering in the Vineyard and Beyond
- Seeing Through A Trinitarian Lens
- Hearing and Seeing In Biblical Texts
- Women in the Vineyard
Seminar-style conversations will focus on topics such as:
- Jesus Is The Answer, But What Is The Question?
- What Does Justice Look Like? What Does Justice Sound Like?
- “Do You See This Woman?” (Luke 7:44)
- Charismatic Sacramental Theology
- The Holy Spirit Before Christianity: A Book Review Panel with Dr. Jack Levison
- Remembering In Leadership Transitions
- Listening To Indigenous Voices
- Listening, Discernment, and Spiritual Practices
A full conference program draft will be available in March on our website. For all the most current details about the conference, including conference hotels, non-US registration, scholarships, information about worship, and more, go to https://www.vineyardscholars.org/annual-conference/.
For now, register for the SVS 2020 at http://svs2020.eventbrite.com. See you in Chicago!
We at SVS HQ are honored to have the opportunity to continue to serve the Vineyard by using SVS to sustain a community of theological discourse in our movement. As always, if you have any further questions, please email SVS at contact-us@vineyardscholars.org