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It's All About Love: A Festival for the Jesus Movement

“It’s All About Love” was a festival for the whole Episcopal Church, July 9-12 at the Baltimore Convention Center. More than 1,000 people enjoyed revival worship, plenary speakers, and 100+ workshops, panels, and practice opportunities around Evangelism, Racial Reconciliation, and Creation Care. Together with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris, and dozens more inspiring leaders, we continue to be renewed and equipped to share the power of love.

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10:15am EDT

Registration (after Morning Worship) Festival Way - Exhibit Hall

2:00pm EDT

Sacred Ground "Alumni" Gathering BCC - Rom 338

3:30pm EDT

Registration & Festival Gathering Hilton East - Off Eutaw Street

4:30pm EDT

Speak in Love: an Executive Council Town Hall BCC - Rom 336Sarah Stonesifer Boylan

6:00pm EDT

It's All About Love Sacred Space (Interactive Prayer Room) Opens Sacred Space Prayer Room BCC - Room 344Lilly Lewin

7:00pm EDT

Revival Worship with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Live Hymnal & Friends BCC - HALL EThe Most Rev. Michael Curry • Altagracia Perez-Bullard • Cynthia Barker • Live Hymnal • Lee Spencer Osorio

8:00am EDT

Registration (before Morning Worship) Festival Way - Exhibit Hall

9:00am EDT

Morning Worship and Plenary with Dr. Kwok Pui Lan on Racial Reconciliation, "Awake, Arise, Act: Racial Reconciliation Now" BCC - HALL EDr. Kwok Pui Lan

10:00am EDT

Festival Way Exhibit Hall Opens Hilton - Key Lobby

10:15am EDT

Break On Site Huddle: Budget Listening Session 1 Festival Way - Exhibit Hall Huddle: Evangelism Grant Cycle 2023 Info Session and Meet-Up BCC - Huddle Hub 1Jerusalem Greer Eco-Grief Prayer Space Opens Hilton - Eco-Justice Prayer Room Registration (after Morning Worship) Festival Way - Exhibit Hall

10:45am EDT

Baptized in Dirty Water: Environmental Racism and Flooding over the Levee of History BCC - Rom 341The Rev. Jemonde Taylor Data that Makes a Difference: Using Neighborhood Data to Inform Justice Work Hilton - TubmanThe Rev. Molly James • Dr. Delia Heck Igniting the Advocate's Heart: Spirituality in Nature & Creation Care Hilton - CarrollPayton Hoegh 2/3 of Latinos Speak English – Interested? Hilton - BrentThe Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén Creating a Third Space: Evangelism with the "Nones" and "Dones" Hilton - Key Ballroom 8The Rev. Portia Hopkins Preparing Leaders for Evangelism Hilton - DouglassThe Rev. Heather Barta Won't You Be My Neighbor? Hilton - Key Ballroom 3The Rev. Tom Brackett • Steve Matthews You Are Not Alone: Evangelism Lessons from Neighbors Around the Globe BCC - Rom 338Jenny Grant • Glenda McQueen • Elizabeth Boe • The Rev. David Copley • Lynnaia Main • Paul Feheley TikTok Evangelism Hilton - Paca Experiential SpaceThe Rev. Elizabeth Riley Speaking of Freedom: Dismantling White Supremacy in the Episcopal Church Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers • Winnie Varghese • The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas Criminal Justice Reimagined Hilton - Key 11The Rev. Canon Walter Brownridge • Gayle Fisher-Stewart Listening with Love: Active Listening and Motivational Interviewing BCC - Rom 342The Rev. John Unger • Marti Steiner Unger Prophetic Voices: Social Justice Preaching Practicum BCC - Rom 336The Rev. Isaiah 'Shaneequa' Brokenleg The Power of Dialogue: An intersection of Racial Justice, Evangelism, and Advocacy Hilton - Key Ballroom 1Alan Yarborough

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Break - Provided with registration On Site

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Huddle with UTO: All About the 2024 Grant Cycle Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Heather Melton Lunch Huddle: Becoming Beloved Communities: One Step at a Time Hilton - Key Ballroom 6Don Edwards Lunch Huddle: Belief Boot Camp Hilton - Key Ballroom 1The Rev. Dr. Tricia Lyons Lunch Huddle: Meet the President: All Church Geeks Welcome! Hilton - Key Ballroom 8President Julia Ayala Harris Lunch Huddle: Sacred Ground BCC - Rom 338

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Huddle: Podcast Launchpad: Making the Most of Limited Resources – It's Not as Hard as You Might Think! BCC - Rom 336Lisa Work • The Rev. Rich Nelson Huddle: Province IV/V Creation Care Network Gathering Hilton Huddle Hub 1- StoneThe Rev. Heather Barta • The Rev. Jerry Cappel

2:00pm EDT

Communicating about Climate in Your Congregation and Community Hilton - TubmanThe Rev. Carol Devine Earth-size Impact: Scaling Up with Advocacy for Environmental Policies Hilton - DouglassSusie Faria Environmental Racism and Allyship BCC - Rom 336Alaura Carter • Rachel Lea Scott Bridging the Gap: Exploring Mentorship and the Intergenerational Divide Hilton - BrentThe Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers • Chelsi Glascoe Evangelism in the Context of Church Analytics Hilton - CarrollThe Rev. Molly James • Matthew Price How to Do Digital Ministry Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Bro. Andrew Morehead • The Rev. Elizabeth Riley • The Rev. Dr. Jerry Maynard The Heart of Evangelism Hilton - Key Ballroom 1Miriam McKenney • The Rev. Scott Gunn Dance as the Embodiment of Good News and Resilience Hilton - Paca Experiential SpaceThe Rev. Julie Hoplamazian Healing the Cultural Divide between Indigenous Peoples and The Episcopal Church Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Rev. Bradley Hauff All About Love: bell hooks, Pauli Murray, and Love as a Tool for Reconciliation BCC - Rom 341Olufemi A. Gonsalves COMMUNITY WALK: From Division to Unity: Reconciling with the Church's History OutdoorsAnthony Francis • The Rev. Grey Maggiano Dismantling Racism in Predominantly White Spaces Hilton - Key Ballroom 8The Rev. Nora Boerner • The Rev. Canon Meg Wagner • The Rev. Kim Turner Baker Leading Racial and Public History Projects: Lessons from Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause BCC - Rom 342The Rev. Melanie Mullen • Christopher Graham • The Rev. Maria Kane, Ph.D.

3:15pm EDT

Break On Site Good News Garden Meet Up BCC - Huddle Hub 1Brian Sellers-Petersen • Jerusalem Greer • Phoebe Chatfield HUDDLE: Diocesan-Scale Solar Development Hilton Huddle Hub 1- Stone Using Mapping for Eco-justice: Hands-on huddle workshop Hilton - DouglassDr. Delia Heck Why We Need Women's Ministries Hilton - Key Ballroom 3Lisa Bortner Eco-Grief Prayer Space Hilton - Eco-Justice Prayer Room

3:45pm EDT

Agrarian Ministry & Good News Gardens 101 BCC - Rom 341The Rev. Derrick Weston • Jerusalem Greer • Brian Sellers-Petersen • The Rev. Anna Woofenden First Things First: Genesis and Grounding Our Creation Care in Scripture Hilton - CarrollThe Rev. Jerry Cappel Stories from the Ground: Listening to Maryland Environmental Activists - Panel Hilton - BrentBolon Xi-Amaru • Adama Moussa Harouna • Wellington Ashe • Samuel Jordan • Robin Lewis Christian Witness in a Multireligious and Multicultural World Hilton - Key Ballroom 1The Rev. Salmoon Bashir Connecting the Stories of Our Congregations to the Good News of the Gospel: A Narrative Preaching Workshop BCC - Rom 338The Rev. Perry Pauley Evangelism in the Public Square: The Episcopal Church and the United Nations Hilton - DouglassThe Rev. Bradley Hauff • Lynnaia Main Growing Grateful Hearts - A UTO Sponsored Workshop BCC - Rom 336Heather Melton • Rowan Larson • The Very Rev. Dr. Caroline Carson Prioritizing Latinx Ministry: Asking the hard question to welcome a new community Hilton - TubmanNancy Frausto Speed Dating: connecting around our ministry passions Hilton - Paca Experiential SpaceAsma Lee • The Rev. Isaiah 'Shaneequa' Brokenleg Removing  Barriers and Building Bridges: How Solid Structure and Adaptive Leadership Can Catalyze Evangelism Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Venerable Jennifer McKenzie Children's Books as a Path to Racial Healing Hilton - Key 11Miriam McKenney COMMUNITY WALK: From Division to Unity: Reconciling with the Church's History OutdoorsAnthony Francis • The Rev. Grey Maggiano It's About Time: Race, Mental Health and Wholeness BCC - Rom 342Carrie A. Brown Truth-telling about our Churches and Race Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Joe McDaniel Jr • Don Edwards

5:00pm EDT

Baltimore Convention Center Sustainability and Beehive Tour Baltimore Convention CenterBrian Sellers-Petersen Evangelism Experiments Meet-Up BCC - Huddle Hub 1The Rev. Ken Kroohs Huddle: Bee Hive and Sustainability TourGood News Gardens Dinner Break Off Site & Receptions

7:00pm EDT

Revival Worship with Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, and Live Hymnal & Friends BCC - HALL ERev. Mariama White-Hammond • Cynthia Barker • Live Hymnal • Lee Spencer Osorio

8:00am EDT

Registration (before Morning Worship) Festival Way - Exhibit Hall

9:00am EDT

Morning Worship & Plenary: Young Voices for Creation Care BCC - HALL EArun Sharma • Phoebe Chatfield • Adrienne Elliott

10:15am EDT

Break On Site Huddle: Meet Episcopal Church Eco-justice Fellows BCC - Huddle Hub 1Michelle Dibblee • Adrienne Elliott • Arun Sharma HUDDLE: Praying People: Creating a new prayer resource with Forward Movement Hilton - 3rd Floor Lobby EastMiriam McKenney • The Rev. Scott Gunn

10:45am EDT

Protest Chaplaincy and Civil Disobedience Hilton - Key 11The Rev. Melanie Mullen • The Rev. Dr. Jerry Maynard Renewable Energy and the Church: Panel BCC - Rom 338Cal C Harling • Katie Ruth • Phoebe Chatfield • David Rice A Closer Walk with Jesus through the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Hilton - BrentTom Welch • Tom Martin Discipleship as foundation for evangelism: You can’t give what you don’t have. Hilton - Key Ballroom 1The Rev. Jay Sidebotham Latino Ministry Wisdom for Evangelism Hilton - DouglassThe Rev. Samuel Borbón Lay Preaching: Why it Matters BCC - Rom 336Beverly Hurley Hill • Stephen Bradley Smith Care of Creation Worship Resources Hilton - Paca Experiential SpaceThe Rev. Ellis Clifton Revival in Rural America: Area Mission as 21st Century Circuit Riding Hilton - Key Ballroom 8The Rev. Andrew Terry Circles of Color: Co-Powering People of Color in Diocesan Life Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Adrienne Elliott • Altagracia Perez-Bullard • The Rev. Eric Metoyer • The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton • The Rev. Carla Robinson Decolonizing World Mission Hilton - TubmanMartha Gardner • The Rev. Canon Ranjit K. Mathews Tell Me the Truth About Racism: Antiracism for Kids BCC - Rom 339Jennifer Enriquez • Rev. Will Bouvel What Comes Next? A Path from Sacred Ground to Racial Justice Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Rev. Marisa Sifontes

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Break - provided with registration On Site

12:25pm EDT

Lunch Huddle: The Power of Storytelling for All: From Ancient Near Eastern Times to Modern Children’s Bedtimes Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Kay Apigo

12:30pm EDT

EDS Alumni/ae Lunch with Dean K. B. Douglas Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas Lunch Huddle: Episcopal Relief & Development and Good News Gardens presents the Abundant Life Garden Project® BCC - Rom 342Sean McConnell • Brian Sellers-Petersen • Jerusalem Greer Lunch Huddle: Formation of the Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice: A Community Conversation BCC - Rom 338John Kitagawa Lunch Huddle: Reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2030 Hilton - Key 11Phoebe Chatfield Lunch Huddle: Speak in Love: an Executive Council Town Hall BCC - Rom 336 Lunch Huddle: YASC & Global Mission Engagement as Mutual Evangelism and Formation Hilton - BrentJenny Grant • Elizabeth Boe

1:00pm EDT

Press Pause: a guided breath prayer huddle Sacred Space Prayer Room BCC - Room 344Lisa Work • The Rev. Rich Nelson

1:30pm EDT

Huddle: Budget Listening Session 2 Festival Way - Exhibit Hall My Body, Your Body, The Body of Christ: Embodied Liberation and Healing (Racial Reconciliation) Hilton - Paca Experiential SpaceRie Algeo Gilsdorf

2:00pm EDT

COMMUNITY WALK: Environmental Racism and Restoring Healthy Communities: A Baltimore Case Tour (block one) OutdoorsDick Williams Creating Beloved Community in the Grasslands Hilton - BrentThe Rev. Jenn Allen • The Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom Eco-Womanism: Gender at the Intersection of Race and Climate Hilton - Key Ballroom 7The Rev. Dr. Jerry Maynard • Christina Dhanuja • Marta Benavides • Yvonne O'Neal Preaching about Climate Change Hilton - Key Ballroom 3The Rev. Dr. Leah Schade Gear Head: Tricks, Tools, and Techniques for Creating Video on a Shoestring Budget Hilton - Key 11Ellen Lincourt Pre-Evangelism - It really works! Building relationships with new people so we can evangelize BCC - Rom 336The Rev. Ken Kroohs The Ethics of Evangelism BCC - Rom 338The Rev. Robert Flanagan The Future Church: A House of Deputies Panel Hilton - Key Ballroom 8President Julia Ayala Harris Introducing the "Love God, Love God's World" Film-based Creation Care Curriculum Hilton - Key Ballroom 6The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton • Payton Hoegh • Richard Acosta • The Rev. Melanie Mullen • Phoebe Chatfield Creating and Connecting Statewide Poor People's Campaign Networks Hilton - DouglassRev. Paul Shoaf Kozak • Amelia Slawsby Faith Over Fear: Countering anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence Hilton - TubmanCassandra Lawrence • Becca Tyvoll Forced Migration and Racial Justice at the Border - Conversation and Q & A BCC - Rom 341The Rev. Canon David Chavez Getting Started with Sacred Ground: For Congregations, Dioceses, Deaneries Hilton - CarrollSusan MacDonald Reading the Bible through the Beloved Community Lens Hilton - Key Ballroom 1The Rev. Canon Eric McIntosh

3:15pm EDT

Break On Site RenewalWorks Update - What is the data saying? Hilton - 3rd Floor Lobby EastThe Rev. Jay Sidebotham • The Rev. Scott Gunn Vote Faithfully: An Election Engagement Huddle BCC - Huddle Hub 2Alan Yarborough Eco-Grief Prayer Space Hilton - Eco-Justice Prayer RoomThe Rev. Stephanie Johnson • Betsy Bennett

3:45pm EDT

Caring for God's Creation: An Introduction for Individuals and Congregations Hilton - TubmanThe Rev. Stephanie Johnson EcoTeología Latinoamericana (Latin American Eco-theology - bilingual) Hilton - BrentRichard Acosta From the Soil, In the Kitchen, and Around the Table: Conversations at the Intersection of Food and Faith Hilton - Key 11The Rev. Derrick Weston • The Rev. Anna Woofenden Good News of Creation Care through a Global Lens: Global Partnerships and the Anglican Communion Hilton - Key Ballroom 1The Rev. David Copley • Lynnaia Main • Archbishop Julio E. Murray A Love-Filled Ecumenical and Evangelistic Vacation Bible School Hilton - DouglassImani Driskell Creating Prayer Stations and Curating Worship Experiences Sacred Space Prayer Room BCC - Room 344Lilly Lewin • Lilly Lewin Digital Storytelling with the Episcopal Asset Map: Lab BCC - Rom 342Tamara Plummer Evangelism Through a Benedictine Lens BCC - Rom 336Brother James Dowd, OSB From Good Little Schoolgirls to Warrior Women: Engaging the Struggle for Liberation Hilton - Key Ballroom 8Cookye Rutledge • Catherine Meeks, PhD Building Stamina for a Lifetime of Racial Justice Hilton - CarrollSuzanne Edwards-Acton • Alyssa Voboril COMMUNITY WALK: Environmental Racism and Restoring Healthy Communities: A Baltimore Case Study Tour (block two) OutdoorsDick Williams Making Black & LGBTQIA+ Lives Matter Hilton - Key Ballroom 7Rev. Jason Carson Wilson Tackling Reparations In Your Local Context Hilton - Key Ballroom 3The Rev. Peter Jarrett-Schell

5:00pm EDT

Dinner Break Off Site & Receptions

5:15pm EDT

Festival Way Exhibit Hall Closes Hilton - Key Lobby

7:00pm EDT

Revival Worship with Sarah Augustine, and Live Hymnal & Friends BCC - HALL ESarah Augustine • Cynthia Barker • Live Hymnal • Lee Spencer Osorio

9:30am EDT

Closing Plenary - Brian McLaren and Bishop Michael Curry in conversation: Why be the church? BCC - HALL EThe Most Rev. Michael Curry • Brian McLaren

10:30am EDT

Sending Worship with Bishop Gene Robinson, Julia Ayala Harris, President of the House of Deputies, and Live Hymnal & Friends BCC - HALL EPresident Julia Ayala Harris • Live Hymnal