A conference of religious progressives in Australia and the South Pacific.
"Living the Progressive Religion Dream" MELBOURNE 15-18 APRIL 2010

Program

* Please note that speakers and times of presentations are subject to change. Please ensure that you check the conference program closer to the conference date.

 

Thursday 15th April 2010

Afternoon

12.30pm Conference Lunch (Planning Team/Presenters)

3.30-5.00pm Registration

 

Evening

6.00-7.00pm Registration

7.00-7.30pm Entertainment: Lyrical Strings

7.35pm Welcome and Local arrangements

7.45pmgretaVosperSML"The Inaugural Francis Macnab Progressive Religion Lecture: The Challenge Progressive Religion is Making to the Church".
Gretta Vosper. (Moderator: Rex Hunt.)

 

Friday 16th April 2010

Morning

8.00am Registration

8.40am Scott Kearns/Music.

9.00am Opening Ritual and Welcome. Rex Hunt.

9.05amTraditional Owners Welcome to Country

9.15am Official Opening: Professor Gary Bouma. (Moderator: Rex Hunt)

9.30amfredPlumberSml Keynote No. F1: Fred Plumer.
"Are We Living the Progressive Faith or Are We Just Dreaming?"
(Moderator: Rex Hunt)

10.30am Morning tea

11.00amVal Webb Keynote No. F2: Dr Val Webb.
"Stepping out with the Sacred: Progressives engaging the Divine"(Moderator: David Clark)

12.00pm Action Team (Initial process).

12.15pm Lunch (own arrangements)

12.15pm Special Lunchtime presentation:
'Children's Curriculum Project'.   Deshna Ubeda and Fred Plumer

Afternoon

1.30pm Breakout groups (5) A time for participants to share thoughts
on previous presentations, raise local  issues, be challenged, supported, etc.
Vosper, Bouma, Webb, Plumer, Geering  and some other presenters to be
available to visit/resource the groups.

1. (Moderator: Jeremy Greaves)

2. (Moderator: Elaine Richmond)

3. (Moderator: John Smith)

4. (Moderator: David Clark)

5. (Moderator: Ian Pearson)

 

3.00pm Afternoon tea

3.30-4.15pmAviva Kipen Keynote No. F3: Rabbi Aviva Kipen.
"The paradox of Role Modeling: The place of interfaith sharing in our progressive spiritual journeys" (Moderator: Richard Carter)

4.15-5.00pm              Sherene Hassan       Keynote No. F4: Sherene Hassan              "Reclaiming Islam; The vision of today's progressive Muslims & the challenges that lie ahead"  (Moderator: Noel Preston)

5.00pm Conversation. "Around the coffee pot".

 

Evening

5.30-7.00pm Dinner (own arrangements)

7.05pm Entertainment. Young Voices of Melbourne Choir

7:45pmhughMackaySml Public Lecture 2: Hugh Mackay.
"If only I believed in something".

(Moderator: Rex Hunt)

   

Saturday 17th April 2010

8.00am Registration

8.40am Scott Kearns/Music.

9.00am Welcome.

9.05am Peter Kennedy Keynote No. Sa1: Fr Peter Kennedy.
"St Mary's-in-exile. A progressive community".(Moderator: Jeremy Greaves)

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Margaret Mayman Keynote No. Sa2: Margaret Mayman.
"Living prophetic-poetic progressive faith". (Moderator: Richard Smith)

11:40am 1. Frances McNab Keynote No. Sa3: Dr Francis Macnab.
"The 'New Faith' that's Needed and the 'New Faith' that's not
Wanted."(Moderator: Marie Yuncken)

Afternoon

1.00pm Lunch (own arrangements)

1:15pm                          Special Lunchtime Presentation: 'Children's Curriculum Project'.   Deshna Ubeda and Fred Plumer

2.15pm Workshops

1. Multifaith panel. Dr Keith Rowe,  Sherene Hassan, Rabbi Aviva Kipen. "Where is Your Faith 'Progressive' and Other Issues" (Moderator: David Merritt)

2. Sir Lloyd Geering. "Excavating Jesus". (Moderator: Rex Hunt)

3. John Smith/David Clark. "Divine necessity or human inevitability: Progressive theology beyond atonement" (Moderator: Linda Pure)

4. Norman Habel. "An Inconvenient Text: Is there a 'Green God' in the Bible?" (Moderator: Richard Smith)

5. Jason Davies-Kildea. "Transforming faith: Making progressive religion work" (Moderator: Elizabeth Burns)

 

3.15pm Afternoon tea.

3.45pmFrances McNab Keynote No. Sa4: Jo Lane.
"Midlife: A crisis and an opportunity for liberal religionists".(Moderator: Elaine Richmond)

4.45pm Conversation. 'Around the coffee pot'.

 

Evening

5.15-7.00pm Dinner (own arrangements)

7.05pm Entertainment. "Cor Bach" singers from the Victorian Welsh Choir.

7.40pmFrances McNab Public Lecture 3: Gretta Vosper. "Climbing Cardboard: The Tricky Act of Getting Out of the Box."
(Moderator: Wes Hartley)

   

Sunday 18th April 2010

 

Morning Program

8.00am Registration

8.40am Scott Kearns/Music.

9.00am Welcome.

9.05am Greg JenksKeynote Su1: Dr Greg Jenks.
"Imagining a future for the Bible in tomorrow's churches and a
post-Christian world". (Moderator: John Smith.)

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Workshops

Clay Nelson1. Clay Nelson. "Not Being Kind and Considerate"(Moderator: Jonathon Keren-Black)

2. MArgaret MaymanDr Margaret Mayman. "Queer spirituality and politics".(Moderator: Eric Stevenson)

3. Lloyd GeeringSir Lloyd Geering "The Jesus Seminar. Beyond its critics". (Moderator: TBA)

4. Ian MavorDr Ian Mavor. "Higher, wider, deeper: An evolving 'Pilgrims Progress' guided by Ken Wilber's integral map". (Moderator: Keith Rowe)

5. Val WebbDr Val Webb. "Florence Nightingale - Progressive theologian". (Moderator: Elaine Richmond)

11.35am Conversation. 'Around the coffee pot'.

12.00 noon Action Team comments. (Moderator: Elaine Richmond)

 

Afternoon Program

1.00pm Lunch

2.15pm Liturgy for the celebration of life.
 Preacher: Gretta Vosper.

3.45pm Afternoon tea.

4.15pm Farewell.