NYC Conference Event Schedule
Schedule for:
Some details subject to change. Click on speaker’s name for bio. Please note that the blue tabbed events are ticketed.
Thursday – April 23
9:00am-12:00pm – Renewing a Local Congregation, Mockingbird Style: A Pre-Conference Seminar with Aaron Zimmerman and R.J. Heijmen (Anderson Hall at Calvary). This is a ticketed event, purchase your tickets here.
1:30-3:30pm – Preaching a Gospel That’s Gospel — Iowa Preachers Project Pre-Conference Workshop with Ken Jones, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, and Jason Micheli (Anderson Hall at Calvary). This is a ticketed event, purchase your tickets here.
5:30pm – Registration opens
5:45pm – Same Old Song Pre-Conference Live Taping with Jacob Smith and Aaron Zimmerman (St. George’s Episcopal Church)
7:00pm – Opening Poetry, Devotion, & Worship – Sara Kay Mooney, Ben DeHart, + John Van Deusen
7:30pm – Opening Talk – “The Wonder of Grace (When Grief Is Everywhere)” – David Zahl
8:15pm – Cocktail Hour
Friday – April 24
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am – Opening Poetry, Devotion, & Worship – Sara Kay Mooney, Ben DeHart, + John Van Deusen
9:00am – Morning Talks
- “An Age of Unknowing: A Generation’s Yearning for Mystery” – Belle Tindall-Riley
- “The Science of Revenge and Forgiveness” – James Kimmel Jr.
11:00am
- Breakout Session A
- “Carpe Parvum: Embracing Little Ambitions in Light of the Resurrection” – Ryan Tinetti (Sanctuary)
- “The Real King of Color (A God Beyond the Pantone)” – Emily Newton (Olmsted)
- “Life Is Abundant: 15 Lessons from 15 Years of Church Planting” – Kevin Makins (Crypt)
- “I’m Not Dead Yet, But I Could Use a Hug: Naming the Deadness and Waking Up to God With Us” – Marc Choi (Chapel)
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Afternoon Talk – “Modern Love (Or Lack Thereof?)” – Christine Emba
2:00pm
- Breakout Session B
- “The Personality of Jesus: Meeting the Man the Church Forgets” – Todd Brewer (Sanctuary)
- “Grotesque Grace in the works of Guillermo Del Toro, Flannery O’Connor, and David Foster Wallace” – Kylee Pastore Asirvatham (Olmsted)
- “A Positive Charge: On Recovering Boyhood in the Lives of Lonely Men” – Ethan Richardson (Chapel)
- “More Than a ‘Like’: When Grace Calls Us Beloved” – Timothy Jones (Crypt)
3:45pm – Cocktail Hour
4:15pm – “Getting Through What You’re Going Through” – Tanner Olson
4:45pm – Drinks with Paul Zahl
6:00pm – John Van Deusen – In Concert
Saturday – April 25
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am – Opening Poetry, Devotion, & Worship – Sara Kay Mooney, Ben DeHart, + John Van Deusen
9:00am – Morning Talks
- “Blaise Pascal: Addressing the Cultured Despisers of Religion” – Graham Tomlin
- “A Conversation on Mattering” – Jennifer Breheny Wallace talks with David Zahl
10:45am – Coffee Break
11:15am – Closing Talk – “A Word for the Weary: The Consolation of Homiletics” – Tim Blackmon
11:45am – Closing Prayer
7:00pm – Post-Conference performance of The Second Avenue Subway with Sea Dog Theater. Reserve your seat and get tickets here.
Sunday – April 26
11:00am – Worship Service at St. George’s Episcopal Church with Graham Tomlin preaching
