From inspiring worship and keynote conversations to leadership intensives, workshops, and networking opportunities, every session has been thoughtfully designed to help you practice Ubuntu through learning, collaboration, and collective action.

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conference agenda

7:30 - 9:00 pm

Pre-Conference Concert with John P. Kee

Conference check-in and registration

7:30 – 8:45 AM

BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:15

Intercessory Prayer

9:15 - 10:30

Opening Plenary:

Welcome & Opening Music
Plenary Sermon - Rev. Racquel Gill

10:30 - 10:40

BREAK

10:40 - NOON

Radically Inclusive Parenting Project Presentation

Rev. Neddy Yong

Regeneration Conversation

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III & Ciarra Jones

Facilitator: Rev. Terence Mayo

12:00 - 1:30 PM

SPONSORED LUNCH Seminary/Theological Education

Black Mountain School of Theology, Pacific School of Religion, 3rd Testament Update & more

1:45 - 5:00

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP SESSIONS

1:45 - 3:15 WORKSHOP SESSIONS A

LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE | Creative Grounding: Resiliency through Sacred Memory + Collage

Rev. Dr. Kendal Brown

Transforming Parenthood: Equipping Leaders to Support Inclusive Families

Rev. Neddy Yong, Co-Director, Radically Inclusive Parenting Project

Discerning Outside the Dominant: LGBTQIA Clergy and the Sacred Call Beyond

Traditional Ministry

Rev. Dr. Danie Buhuro

Trans Joy in a Time of Collective Grief & Political Backlash

Rev. Yunus Lawrence Coldman

3:15 - 3:30 BREAK

3:30 - 5:00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS B

LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE | Creative Grounding: Resiliency through Sacred Memory + Collage

(CONTINUED) Rev. Dr. Kendal Brown

Adese Church Model: Mission-driven, Revenue Generating, Spiritual Enterprises for Churches

Rev. Dr. Patrick Duggan

Regeneration of Worship Through the Arts: Reimagining Sacred Space, Creative Expression, and Community Engagement for a New Generation

Rev. Dr. Dominique P. Denman

7:00 - MIDNIGHT

RELAX & CONNECT

Offsite Activity - Sapphire Collective Event

7:30 – 8:45 AM

BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:15

Intercessory Prayer

9:15 - 10:35

Opening Plenary:

Opening the Way/Ancestral Grounding
Opening Music
Welcome Greetings: National, Regional & State

10:35 - 10:45

BREAK

10:45 - NOON

Resistance Panel

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Rev. Cherisse Scott, Bishop William Barber,

Rev. Dr. Osagyefo Sekou. Facilitator: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart

12:00 - 1:30 PM

SPONSORED LUNCH featuring Bishop William & Rev. Dr. Della Owens-Barber

- Repairers of the Breach

1:45 - 5:00

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP SESSIONS

1:45 - 3:15 WORKSHOP SESSIONS A

LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE | Power From the Cross, Not the Throne: Faithful Action in the

Face of Democratic Backsliding

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart & Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Resisting the Global Anti-Movement & Its Impact on US Policies

Bishop Andrea Vassell, Dr. David Williams, Rev. Phil Gray & Rev. Alba Onofrio

From Calling to Capacity: Building Sustainable, Fundable Faith-Based Organizations

Dr. Shawnté Elbert

3:15 - 3:30 BREAK

3:30 - 5:00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS B

LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE | Power From the Cross, Not the Throne: Faithful Action in the

Face of Democratic Backsliding (CONTINUED)

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart & Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Faith-Rooted Toolkit for Advocacy & Organizing

Rev. Cherisse Scott & Elder Victor Hannah

Refusing to Rush, Reclaiming the Circle: A Labyrinth Walk for Liberated Leadership

Rev. Daniela Harrigan

5:00

RELAX & CONNECT

Walk the Labyrinth - find your Affinity Circle of interest and networking for dinner and informal

conversation

7:00

JUSTICE REVIVAL SERVICE

Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, preaching
Brian Courtney Wilson, special musical guest

7:30 – 8:45 AM

BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:15

Intercessory Prayer

9:15 - 10:30

Opening Plenary:

Welcome & Opening Music
Introduction of Speaker - Bishop Roger Billingsley-Hayes
Plenary Sermon - Rev. Dr. Melva L. Sampson

10:30 - 10:40

BREAK

10:45 - NOON

Repair Panel

Rev. Margaret Conley, Rev. Dr. Bryant Woodford, Rev. Tanya Hatton

Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Mashaun Simon

12:00 - 1:30 PM

SPONSORED LUNCH Resistance and Repair: Countering Anti-LGBTQ+

and Specifically Anti-Trans Public Policy Freedom Center for Social Justice and other invited

guests - Rev. Dr. Carmarion D. Anderson, Moderator

1:45 - 5:00

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP SESSIONS

1:45 - 3:15 WORKSHOP SESSIONS A

LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE | Power From the Cross, Not the Throne: Faithful Action in the

Face of Democratic Backsliding (CONTINUED)

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart & Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

When Community Breaks: Practicing Ubuntu in Divided Times

Reverend Anthony W. Sullivan Jr., M.Div

Sacred Reckonings

Rev. Sara Green

Pieces of Us: Building Alternative Ministries Through Ubuntu

Rev. Melinda Love, Rev. Ursula McClure, and Prophet Twanna Jones

3:15 - 3:30 BREAK

3:30 - 5:00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS B

A Brother's Breath: The Sacred Work of Repair for Men of Faith

Rev. Sam Offer and Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington

Ubuntu and the Wounded Healer: Practicing Collective Repair in Clergy Care

Rev. Erica D. Geralds, LPC

Spiritual Violence and the Generational Wounds of White Christian Supremacy

Rev. Alba Onofrio

6:00

BIRTHDAY MIXER FOR BISHOP FLUNDER’S 71st

Poolside

7:00

RELAX & CONNECT

Meet with your Region for dinner & conversation, walk the Labyrinth, See Charlotte, etc.