Join us for the 4th annual
Reawakening Conference
with the Anglican Diocese in New England as we explore our 2024 Theme:
“Growing in the Gospel”
October 18-19, 2024 | Hope Community Church, Newburyport, MA
Schedule
New Song: Awake
How do we raise up leaders who have a vision, passion and skills for gospel ministry in the unique challenges of New England culture? How do we build leaders who can have capacity for ministry for the long haul? How do we form deeply spiritual leaders who know and embrace the gifts of Word and Sacrament and can bring the best of Anglicanism to their churches?
Curacies where newly ordained leaders can learn in the context of healthy missional churches, under mentoring rectors provide one great opportunity for forming gospel-centered Anglican clergy. Come and find out how the missional focus of the Diocese in New England is the perfect place for strong curacies.
This workshop is designed to guide believers in their growth as disciples of Jesus and to encourage them to help others do the same, including their children and grandchildren. It will be accessible to youth and adults as it will offer an overview of the observable stages of development of the Gospel Life, from childhood to elderhood. Resources will be available for adults to assess their particular stage and how they might move forward.
We have one prayer that Jesus gave us directly: the Our Father. It sits as the center of the one full sermon we have from Jesus: the Sermon on the Mount. At the heart of his sermon Jesus gives us a prayer that leads us to a spirituality for all of life, in three simple steps.
We all agree that passing on the faith to our kids & grandkids is of upmost importance.
We yearn for our children to thrive by having a strong faith, good character, and a clear conscience.
Join Craig for this interactive workshop to receive strategic ideas and practical tools for putting into practice daily spiritual training into your current family rhythms.
If you could do one thing in your Christian Life this year, what would it be?
During the past three years, this question has been creating movement in churches through a program called “Growth in Season.” This program helps ordinary believers to become competent and confident in their calling and gifting, and the results have been astounding.
We’ve seen the church culture at St. Timothy grow in beautiful ways - decentralizing vision and empowering leaders. This workshop introduces the principles of the Growth in Season program, and walks through the year-long course that we’ve been developing. Participants will be invited to continue exploring this program after the conference with follow-up materials, including joining or leading a group this year.
Confirmation is a time for individuals to practice and affirm mature faith in Jesus as Lord. As mature Christians, we commit ourselves to be proactive in showing and telling the world about God’s love shown to us in Jesus Christ.
This session will offer some history, theology, and practice behind the rite of Confirmation in the Anglican tradition. It will then offer attendees a framework to adapt for local use.
The proposed Confirmation process covers the basics of catechesis, holistic Christian faith and practice, in the Anglican way. It is comprised of teaching sessions and one-on-one mentoring sessions with mature adult Christians (including prayer, sharing personal stories of faith, and ministry skills development). The process culminates in a ministry project that emerges out of the Confirmands’ skills, gifts, passions, and learning.r it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
A friend once said: “Life is long on law, and short on grace.” How true, how profound.
In this workshop we will explore the utter exhaustion that comes from the onslaught of demands in this life, along with the spiritual fatigue of keeping God’s high & holy law. Into this fray the finished work of Jesus Christ is revealed, as God meets us with inexhaustible grace - head on - giving us all that we need for life & godliness in the sufficiency of what Jesus did for us! TETELESTAI! It is finished!
“Would you be willing to serve on the Vestry?”
This workshop is everything you wish you would have asked before responding to this question. We work through a case study in which we unpack the work of the Vestry, the role of the Rector, and how the two work together to make the transformative and empowering love of Jesus Christ known in our local communities and throughout the world."
"Do you want to be healed?"
Those were the words that Jesus spoke to the invalid man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5. While this seems like an obvious question, the invitation to receive healing begins with an understanding of who Jesus is and what he desires to touch in our lives. In this workshop, we'll spend some time looking at and considering the different areas where God offers healing to us, and then have the opportunity to encounter Jesus through imaginative prayer.
Does excellence really matter to God in worship, or do we simply want good music in church? What happens to our hearts when God is near? What does our testimony have to do with how we lead services? With music, testimony, scripture, and reflection, we will ask God to prepare our hearts for awakening.
NEW! Kid’s Program at Reawakening
Kids preschool age to age 12 can register for an exciting and engaging program that runs concurrent to the Reawakening Conference!
Featuring…
Choice Stations: Reading and Rest, Builders Emporium, Art and Expression, Board Games and Puzzles, Bubbles and Chalk, Science & Discover, and Yard Games.
Games in HCC's campus gym
Art, Music & Bible
Snacks
Interactive Family Devotions Workshop with parent(s).
Movie Night with Popcorn (Friday night)
"Challenge Jamboree" (Saturday afternoon)
Cost: $20/day. Standard conference meals are included; the program will break at mealtimes so families can eat together.
If you have any questions, please reach out to family@adne.org.
* Nursery: we are unable to staff a nursery for infants and children younger than preschool age, however parents can visit Hope Community Church’s nursery if they need a special place to retreat to. In addition, a cry room is available off the sanctuary during worship and plenary sessions.
Teen Track
Teens 12+ can register for a special track at Reawakening
Our team has been working this summer to further develop the Teen Track!
This year we are introducing an exciting new option for teens based on the resource “Begin” created by Ryder Mills for the ACNA’s Next Generation Leadership Initiative.
These 3 sessions, led by Bishop Andrew, Beth Hubbard, and other ADNE leaders, will give students a framework for understanding identity, calling, and mission. Teens who are ready to take the next step can work with mentors in their church to continue working toward their own Kingdom project.
Youth leaders and mentors are encouraged to attend these sessions.
We'll also have these features too:
New teen-focused sessions on Saturday - Exploring how our stories and gifts are a part of Jesus’ Kingdom work
Opportunity to provide vital and valuable service for the Reawakening Conference (in the areas of greeting, music, prayer, liturgy, setup, etc.)
Option to participate in the Friday evening Art Show
Opportunity to attend worship and plenary sessions
T-shirts included!
Cost for teens is just $20/day. Standard conference meals are included.
Teens must have an adult in attendance in whose care they will officially remain for the weekend (it will be the adult’s responsibility to know where their teens are during mealtimes, sessions, before/after the conference, etc.)
Introducing The Rev. Ethan Magness, Reawakening Plenary Speaker
Ethan is the founding rector of Grace Anglican Church in Grove City, PA. Ethan is married to Monique, and they have three daughters - Cora, Ella, and Avelina. Grace Church began in 2006 a few weeks before Ethan was ordained, and has developed into a multi-staff parish within the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh with about 275 residents and 275 undergraduate students from local colleges. Grace has also planted another church in the neighboring town of Franklin, PA. The center of Ethan's ministry and Grace Church's emphasis is the Gospel of Jesus's absolution. In his spare time, Ethan likes to paint, draw, write poetry, cook Indian food, and watch The Office.
The Rev. Kate Norris said, “Ethan is easily one of the best preachers I have ever heard. He has been a backbone in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh successfully planting his church and planting new churches out his plant. Showing that when you give the gospel first all this life comes from it.”
You can check out some of Ethan’s sermons at Grace’s website: https://graceanglicanonline.com/
Dave Edwards, Returning Reawakening Worship Leader
Dave Edwards is a multi-instrumentalist with emphasis on upright and electric bass. He is also a music director who has worked with top talent over the years in jazz, folk, and worship bands in a variety of venues from NYC’s CBGB’s and Rockwood Music Halls to Birdland and Lincoln Center, from cruise ships to the White House and the U.N. Dave appears on over 30 albums as a multi-instrumentalist and singer, and has shared the stage or studio with some of the world’s finest musicians.
Dave has also been a featured worship leader for events hosting pastors John Ortberg, Luis Palau, Tim Keller, Rick Warren, N.T. Wright, Francis Chan, & John Piper... For over 20 years, Dave’s main effort has been serving in his local church congregation as a worship & arts leader and enjoying his family at home. Over this time, he has equipped well over 120 musicians and technical artists in the pursuit of spiritually building up the church through worship arts and music ministry.
2024 Reawakening Art “Red Morning Dandelions,” by the Rev. Kate Norris
