These presentations have been open to the public and have been well received. Summer Conferences Plans are underway for our summer conferences, June 22-25, in Hillsdale, Michigan. The focus of the conferences will be pastoral care. We think this topic is very timely for three reasons. First, we have a growing need to train new, young pastoral leaders.
Transgenerational community is no longer a distant hope.
Many of our young men and women are hearing and responding to their own call to community and to be part of the bulwark. Raising up a new generation of pastoral leaders needs to be a very high priority for us for many years to come. Second, our approach to pastoral care has matured over the years. By revisiting this area we hope to strengthen and unify all our pastoral leaders. Third, we believe that this conference and this topic in particular have a special spiritual significance.