MN Conference Event Schedule
Some details subject to change. Click on speaker’s name for bio. Please note that the blue tabbed events are ticketed (in addition to the Registration fee).
Friday – October 2
1:00pm – Pre-Conference tour of The Minneapolis Institute of Art with Amie Hollmann, a New York gallery creative director, curator and artist.
Encounter highlights from the institute’s collection through the centuries that illuminate grace — revealed through beauty, struggle, creativity, and hope.
This is a ticketed event, purchase your ticket here.
5:00pm – Registration Opens
6:00pm – Welcome and Opening Music
6:15pm – “Young People and a Church of Consolation: Evangelism in an Age of Despair” – Andrew Root (Sanctuary)
7:00pm – Music Interlude
7:15pm – Andrew Root & Tony Robinson in Conversation (Sanctuary)
8:00pm – Dinner
Saturday – October 3
8:00am – Coffee Hour
9:00am – Opening Music & Devotion
9:30am – “Sandwiched Between Crises: The Fusion of Grace and Truth in Midlife” – Gretchen Ronnevik (Sanctuary)
10:45am
- Breakout Session A
- “Kids Don’t Follow” – Joey Goodall (Education Hall)
- “Qualifying the Unqualified: Grace in Young Adulthood” – Grace Leuenberger (Fellowship Hall)
- “Grace for the Sometimes/Frequently/How About ‘Always?’ Challenging Relationships Between Adult Children and Parents?” – Tony Robinson (Sanctuary)
11:30am – Coffee Break
11:45am
- Breakout Session B
- “Most Simple, Most Ordinary, Most Terrible: Grace for Ivan Ilyich and the Rest of Us” – Mark Koschmann (Sanctuary)
- “Faith Begins With Play: Enchanting the Next Generation” – Melina Smith (Education Hall)
- “Multiple Exposures: Finding Grace Amidst the Noise of a Layered Life” – Manuela Thames (Fellowship Hall)
12:30pm – Lunch (Not provided, food trucks on site)
1:45pm – “Grace for Children, Grace for their Parents, and Grace for Retired Old Men!” – Paul Zahl (Sanctuary)
2:30pm – Closing Music & Devotion
3:00pm – End
