Midwest Bible Conference Sept. 16-19 at the Cedars Camps

The Midwest Bible Conference will be an experience that is intended to set hearts on fire. We are offering three days of dynamic presentations at a price that is well below half the cost of our conference at Asilomar. If you think that means sleeping on a hard bunk, you will be delighted by the range of housing options Cedars provides – including private bed and breakfast rooms with air conditioning. The food for adult conferences at Cedars is truly outstanding, as is the hospitality of the staff.

The spirit and fellowship of our Asilomar Bible Conference brought close to home at a fraction of the cost.

The speaking team for the Midwest Conference includes an American Orthodox Rabbi and African-American Presbyterian pastor who are class taught in Christian Science. Both have been very popular at Asilomar and this conference at Cedars will be their first speaking engagement with Christian Scientists in the Midwest. We expect some who attend the Asilomar conference will also want to come to this one. Look at the tentative schedule on the facing page and I think you’ll see we are bringing a joy-filled, love-inspiring, Bible-based, and Christ-following witness of hope. We will strive to help each attendee better understand the story of the Bible and their own spiritual journey and how to share this story more freely and effectively.

All registration for this conference will take place through Cedars Camps (www.cedarscamps.org) and updates with more specifics will be posted on our newly designed website: dc2-2.serafinihosting.com/~bss. An expanded print brochure of this conference will be available in January, 2010.

Tentative Schedule the Midwest Bible Conference

Thursday, September 16

Midwest day 1

7:30 p.m. Multi-Media Theme Presentation with Dick Davenport
8:45 p.m. Bonfire and Singalong with Dwight Oyer

Friday, September 17

9:30 – 10:45 a.m. The Unity of Prophetic Judaism and Metaphysical Principles in the First Century with Rabbi David Louis
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Title of talk is TBA with Reverend, Doctor, Ricky Porter
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Title of talk is TBA with Madelon Maupin
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. and 4:45 – 6:00 p.m. Two opportunities in which to choose among small group breakouts:

  • Rabbi David Louis – explore how the principles of repentance, sacrifice, atonement, resurrection, salvation, redemption and life everlasting all had their roots in Torah. He will also analyze Old Testament healings in light of metaphysical understanding inherent in the original Hebrew, grammar, letters, and overtone in which they were discussed.
  • Ricky Porter – Title of breakout TBA
  • Madelon Maupin – examine the majestic themes of the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Romans that have done so much to shape Christian theology
8:00 p.m. Special Christian Science Lecture related to our theme

Saturday, September 18

9:30 – 10:45 a.m. “Forgetting Those Things Which Are Behind”… Envisioning the Future with Paul with Maryl Walters
11:00 – 12:15 a.m. Women Who Followed Jesus with Shirley Paulson
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Free time for Fellowship, Recreational Offerings, or Personal Time
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. and 4:45 – 6:00 p.m. Two opportunities in which to choose among small group breakouts:

  • Maryl Walters – Jeremiah: I’ve Got a Story to Share, But is Anyone Listening?
  • Shirley Paulson – Who Hijacked the Story? Constantine, the Council of Nicea, and the Roots of Who “Owns” the Name of Christian and Who Gets Called a Heretic – Then and Now
  • Helen Mathis – Relating Scripture to Contemporary Life: The Bible and Homosexuality – A Scholar’s View
8:00 p.m. Contemporary Worship Celebration with inspirational music, drama, and testimony

Midwest day 2

Sunday, September 19

Outdoor Breakfast and Church Service (with a trail-ride option)
Closing Gathering and Sharing
Conference officially ends at 1:30 pm (recreational activities continue around the camp until 4:30 pm)