“With a heart full of love and gratitude for

what our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, has

done in my life, I offer this gift to His honor

and glory.” Anne B. Warren

In 1983, Dr. and Mrs. Albert Samuel Warren,

III, graciously endowed Second Presbyterian

Church with support for a lecture series in

memory and honor of her family members.

The Pace-Warren Lecture Series has brought

some of the finest and most noted religious

speakers of our time to Lexington for a

special weekend of sermons and talks to be

shared with our congregation and

community.

We have been richly blessed by Anne’s

special gift to us and eagerly anticipate this

year’s speaker who will join our list of

illustrious speakers from the past.

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(859)254-7768 ● www.2preslex.org

Amos Disasa was born in

Ethiopia. In 1983 his

family (father, mother,

and three-year old Amos)

made its way to the

United States. The place

they first called home in

this country was

downtown Columbia, S.C.

Thirty-years later, Amos is

downtown again as the

organizing pastor of

DOWNTOWN CHURCH, a new Presbyterian (USA)

church in Columbia's city center that held it’s first

service in 2012 and chartered in 2014.

Before he began this most recent phase of his ministry,

from 2006-2011 Amos was associate pastor at

Eastminster Presbyterian Church, also in Columbia.

From 2001 to 2002 he worked for Hope Unlimited for

Children, in Brazil. Amos's academic prepara9on

includes earning a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from

Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., and a Master of

Divinity in 2006 from Wake Forest University, Wake

Forest, N.C.

Amos and his brothers own a coffee company called

Disasa Buna. They roast Sidamo beans from the Wallega

region of Ethiopia and sell direct to coffee snobs all over

the country. When he’s outdoors, Amos is either

running or riding one of his bikes. Amos is ac9ve in the

local community through various organiza9ons. He is

also a member of the Board of Trustees at Louisville

Seminary, KY.

Amos’s notable invita9ons as a preacher include the

Montreat Summer Worship Series in 2011 and 2017,

the NEXT conference, FiAh Avenue Presbyterian Church

in New York, 2015 Montreat College Conference, 2013

Montreat Youth Conference, and Day 1.

Amos is married to Sarah Jones Disasa, a speech

therapist. Amos and Sarah have two children: seven-

year old son Abraham and five-year old daughter

Shepherd.

1985 John Killinger

1986 Elam Davies

1987 Fred B. Craddock

1988 Thomas G. Long

1989 William H. Willimon

1990 John Claypool

1991 Joanna Adams

1992 Eugene Peterson

1993 Walter Brueggemann

1994 Joan Salmon Campbell

1995 Ben Campbell Johnson

1996 William F. Mays

1997 Thomas K. Tewell

1998 Richard Osmer

1999 Andrew Purves

2000 “Friends of the Groom”

2001 Barbara Brown Taylor

2002 Ronald Preston Byars

2003 William Augustus Jones

2004 Rodger Nishioka

2005 Lloyd John Ogilvie

2006 Frances Taylor Gench

2007 Rick Ufford-Chase

2008 Eileen W. Lindner

2009 William J. Carl

2010 Thomas G. Long

2011 Sally A. Brown

2012 Clifton Kirkpatrick

2013 Doug Wysockey-Johnson

2014 Devin Brown

2015 David Renwick

PACE - WARREN SPEAKERS Amos Disasa

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Morning Worship Services

8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

“Put Your Mountain in the Sea”

Mark 11:12-14, 20-25

Forum Discussion

9:40 - 10:40 a.m.

“The Bootleg Church”

Evening Talk with Youth Groups

5:00 p.m. (Forum)

“Super Mario Brothers and the Way of Jesus”

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Forum Room

“The OK Shepherd:

An alternative model for leadership in church”