Gathered in Christ:
New Companions, New Questions

September 24-26, 1999
Messiah College, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

"Wherever people are drawn together in the name of Jesus Christ, it is the work of the Holy Spirit. This means that all efforts aimed at promoting the unity of the church and all initiatives in which Christians seek to participate in God's healing of creation are fundamentally related." (World Council of Churches, CUV, 4.1)
  

Friday, September 24
8:30 a.m. Optional Field Trip: The Amish area of Lancaster county
3:30 p.m. Executive Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 p.m. Opening Prayer
7:45 p.m. Exploring the Concept of a "Forum for Christian Churches and Ecumenical Organizations"

Ms. Jean Stromberg, World Council of Churches, US Office
Dr. Donald W. Dayton, Drew University, Madison, N.J.

8:30 p.m. Discussion
9:00 p.m. Social
  

Saturday, September 25
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:15 a.m. Oral and Documentary Approaches to Ecumenical Dialogue

Dr. Del Tarr, President Emeritus, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
Dr. Esther Byle Bruland, William Tyndale College

10:15 a.m. Discussion
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Conversations between Evangelicals and Catholics/Evangelicals and Orthodox:
Wider Partnerships, narrower Focus?

Brother Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C., National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Rev. Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin and Marshall College
Dr. George Vandervelde, Institute for Christian Studies

12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:25 p.m. Break for lunch
12:30 p.m. Board Luncheon Meeting
2:00 p.m. NAAE Business Meeting
2:30 p.m. New Starting Points in Ecumenical Peace Dialogue

Anne Riggs, Religious Society of Friends-SEIA Staff
Rev. John Remple, Mennonite Central Committee-Liaison to the United Nations
Dr. Dina Pence Frantz, Bethany Theological Seminary

3:15 p.m. Discussion
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Reports on Ecumenical Events
4:45 p.m. Evening Prayer
Evening Banquet
  

Sunday, September 26
9:00 a.m. Pietism and the Post-Modern Context of Ecumenical Dialogue

Dr. Douglas Jacobsen, Messiah College, Harrisburg, PA

10:00 a.m. Discussion.
10:30 a.m. Closing Business Meeting (if needed)
11:00 a.m. Worship: St. John's Lutheran Church,
Dillsburg, PA
(It is the practice of the NAAE to join in the worship of a local congregation in the community where it holds its annual conference, rotating among churches as may be possible. Members participate in the service as the disciplines of the host congregations and their own church and conscience may suggest.)
12:30-3:00 p.m. Board Luncheon Meeting