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)

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

10.30am Morning tea

11.00am 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

3.30-4.15pm 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                     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

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

(Moderator: Rex Hunt)