Lake Junaluska Multicultural Conference Schedule
"Creating a Church for All People"
November 29 – December 1, 2012
[Schedule subject to adjustment]
Thursday, November 29
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration and Hotel Check-in
Bethea Welcome Center
All Plenary Sessions held in the Harrell Center Auditorium unless noted otherwise.
1:15 - 2:30 Opening Worship
Lakeside Gathering for Native American Smudging Ceremony and opening of worship (weather permitting); moving into Harrell Center Auditorium as worship continues
2:30 - 2:50 Refreshment Break
2:50 - 3:30 Overview and Introduction
3:30 - 5:00 Plenary Session I – Denise Trevino, Kaleidoscope Institute
Respectful Dialogue: Navigating the Waters of Diversity
Core Competencies of a church leader in the 21st century
Respectful Communication Guidelines
Mutual Invitation
Table Group Dialogue
5:30 - 6:45 Dinner – Terrace Hotel Dining Room
7:00 - 8:00 Kaleidoscope Bible Study: Luke 21:25-36
[Advent I RCL Year C]
Friday, November 30
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast – Terrace Hotel and Lambuth Inn
9:00 - 9:30 Morning Prayer & Praise Harrell Center Auditorium
9:30 - 10:15 Plenary Session 2
Key Note Speaker: Bishop Linda Lee (ret./Wisconsin)
10:15-10:35 Refreshment Break
10:35 – 11:10 Table Group Dialogue
11:10 - 12:00 Plenary Session 3
Using “Role Play” for self-awareness and group discovery:
“What color should the church be?”
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Terrace Dining Room
1:30 - 2:20 [SKYPE Segment]
Intercultural Competency: Kristina Gonzalez, Kaleidoscope Institute
Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity
Intercultural Development Inventory Group Profile feedback.
2:20 - 2:40 Break
2:40 - 3:45 Plenary Session 4 – Bill Cruse and Denise Trevino, Kaleidoscope Institute
Exploration of the UMC Organizational Iceberg –
5 minute regroup & stretch/energize
3:50 – 4:45 Connecting the UMC Organizational Iceberg with the IDI: insights and implications
4:45 - 7:00 Free Time and Dinner - Terrace Dining Room
7:15 - 8:30 Worship and Holy Communion
Saturday, December 1
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast – Terrace Hotel and Lambuth Inn
9:00 - 9:30 Kaleidoscope Bible Study: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
[Advent I RCL Year C]
9:30 - 10:00 Plenary, 5 – Bill Cruse
KI’s Process for Planned Change: from concerns to transformational change
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:00 Table (or Affinity) Group Dialogue
Envisioning Transformational Change
11:00 - 11:45 Closing Plenary 6
Key Note Speaker: Bishop Melvin G. Talbert (ret./Nashville)
A focused large group dialogue, Q&A: what are we going to do and how will we be accountable to one another?
11:45 - 12:30 Closing Worship
12:30 Departure