KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The Steering Committee regrets to announce that ill health will prevent Dr. Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence at Vancouver School of Theology, from participating in the opening night plenary. We ask that you keep Dr McFague in your prayers as she moves towards what we hope is a complete recovery.  For more information about Dr McFague go to www.vst.edu/main/people/faculty/mcfague.

Doug Todd is an award-winning writer on religious and spiritual affairs for the Vancouver Sun.  He has recently edited a series of essays entitled Cascadia on the religious and spiritual life of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, a region frequently called ‘Cascadia’.  He will be joined by a local panel to discuss how local religious communities respond to our local cultures.  To learn more about Mr Todd visit www.vancouversun.com/columnists/t_z.html.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Bishop Mark McDonald is the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop for the Anglican Church of Canada.  In addition to his ministry among aboriginal Anglicans in Canada, Bishop MacDonald has also edited a collection of essays on the inculturation of worship.  Visit www.anglican.ca/im to learn more about Bishop MacDonald’s ministry.

The Rev’d Karen Ward is the Abbess/Vicar of the Church of Apostles in Seattle, Washington.  A well-known spokesperson for the emerging church movement, Pastor Ward participated in the National Worship Conference 2008 in Montreal and will offer her perspectives on the congregation as an expression of a ‘new monasticism’, a religious community witnessing to the faith in changing contexts.  News about her community in Seattle can be found at www.apostleschurch.org/home.php.