Thursday, July 29
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Morning |
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10:00 – 1:30 |
Registration, lunch. |
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Afternoon |
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1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:15 |
Welcoming remarks: Halbert
Beginning with 5 minutes of silent worship
Our collective commitment: Edward Southwick, Jr. |
| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Break |
| 2:30 – 5:30 |
Featured Speaker: Dr. Lyone Fein
There will be a 15 min. break before the Q & A/discussion. |
Evening |
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| 5:30 – 7:30 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 – 8:00 |
Worship service: Barbara Hester |
| 8:00 – 10:00 |
Social time |
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Friday, July 30 |
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Morning |
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| 9:30 – noon |
Panel: Eugenics, Race, and The Urantia Book
Gard Jameson, Ph.D.
Kermit Anderson, M.Ed., M.A.
Patti Snyder, Ph.D.
Charles Laurence Olivea, M.Ed., M.A.
Meredity Tenney, J.D.
Chris Halvorson, Ph.D.
Andrew Myers
Halbert Katzen, J.D.
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We will take a short break in the middle of the discussion. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, the Q & A/Discussion session will need to overlap into lunch. The discussion will end at 1:00
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| Noon – 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon |
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| 1:30 – 3:30 |
Panel: Organizational Efforts
Gard Jameson: Urantia Foundation
James Woodward: UAI Study Group Chair
Merritt Horn: Fellowship
Robert Borello: Florida/Bookfair
Jo Ann Wiedman: Multi-organizational involvement
Meredith Tenney: Multi-organizational involvement
Halbert: UBtheNEWS |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
Break |
| 4:00 – 5:30 |
Panel: Adapting to Cultural Differences
Roger Basset: Works with Shroud of Turin researchers
Don Ware: UFO community
Ann Garner: Interfaith
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Evening |
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| 5:30 – 7:30 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 – 9:30 |
Chris Halvorson, PhD:
Logical Consistency vs Personal Creativity
There will be a break in the middle before Q & A/discussion |
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Note: We do not expect the Thursday and Friday schedule to change much, if at all. The Saturday and Sunday schedule is still be worked out and several changes may be made to what is currently posted.
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Saturday, July 31
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Morning |
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| 9:30 – noon |
Communication Skills Programming
Harry Menton: The First Thing Is First
15 minute Break
Family, friends, and co-workers: upgrading initial impressions
Open discussion. Facilitator: Donna Whelan |
| noon – 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon |
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| 1:30 – 2:15 |
Outreach to Universities and Researchers:
Halbert
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| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Break
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| 2:30 – 5:30 |
Booths, Multimedia, and Other Bold Maneuvers
Paul Klaver: A champion of bold maneuvers
Lisa Rae Crowe: Websites
Mary Jo Garascia: Truthbook
Doug Cable: Wandering Urantian
Larry Whelan: Give Aways
Ann Garner: Interfaith
Jim & Barbara Lee: Farmers Market Booth |
Evening |
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| 5:30 – 7:30 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 – |
Social time. Some awesome musical guests may show up! |
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Sunday, August 1
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Morning |
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| 9:30 – 10:45 |
TBD
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| 11:00 – noon |
Outreach Skills Programming:
Harry Menton: Dropping the Knife |
| Noon – 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon |
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| 2:00 – 4:00 |
Open Discussion on implementing strategic outreach initiatives
The last half hour will be a "Burn Ceremony" to release ourselves from whatever resistance we have to doing outreach. |
