Carolinas Black Clergy Leadership Retreat

“Ubuntu: The Beloved Community Rooted in Christ”

Monday, May 23

2:00pm Registration & Check-In

6:30pm Communal Dinner with Community Leaders

Tuesday, May 24

6:00am Resort Gym Opens

7:30am Breakfast (on your own)

8:15am Rooted in the Word: A Lectionary Morning Study (45 minutes- Old Testament Lesson)

9:00am Opening Worship Lands End

Brighton Building

9:45am Welcome & Greetings Bishop L. Johnathan Holston

10:00am Plenary Session I: A Theological Conversation with Dr. J. Kameron Carter

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Black Church Studies, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

11:45am Announcements & Invitations

12:00pm Lunch (on your own) & Carter Book Signing with Cokesbury

3:00pm Plenary Session II: Presenter: Brian & Felicia Thompson/Walter & Marjorie Kimbrough

(Spouses are welcome and encouraged to attend.)

5:00pm Dinner Break

7:30pm- Plenary Session IV: Fireside Chat A: Keeping It Real! Say That!

8:30pm The Women’s Lounge with Felicia Thompson (clergy sistahs only)

The Men’s Locker Room with Brian Thompson (clergy brothers only)

Wednesday, May 25

6:00am Resort gym opens

7:00am Breakfast (on your own)

8:15am Rooted in the Word: A Lectionary Morning Study (45 minutes- Gospel Lesson)

9:00am Opening Devotions Lands End Brighton Building

9:30am Plenary Session III: Presenter: Romal Tune

12:30pm Lunch (on your own)

Tune Book Signing with Cokesbury

2:00pm Sabbath Rest & Play

5:00pm Dinner Break

7:30pm Plenary IV: Fireside Chat B

Romal, Sheron, Chanequa, Michael or Jarvis

Sponsored by the Sankofa Initiative of The United Methodist Church

Thursday, May 26

6:00am Resort Gym Opens

7:00am Breakfast (on your own)

8:15am Rooted in the Word: A Lectionary Morning Study (45 minutes- Epistle Lesson)

9:00am Opening Devotions Lands End

Brighton Building

10:00am Breakout Sessions (Choose one.)

Sankofa: Embracing African-Centered Faith, Hope & Love

Regina Henderson, Associate General Secretary, Justice & Relationships, Global Ministries of the UMC

Paul James, Sankofa Consultant, Cary, North Carolina

#BlackLivesMatter: Global Edition-Romal Tune, Faith for Change, Inc., Los Angeles, California

Pastor on Track: Reclaiming Our True Role-Emmanuel Cleaver, III, Kansas City, Missouri

Jesus as Healer: Living a Hem-Touching Faith-Sheron Patterson, Author of The Blessings & Bling: How Faith and Fashion Helped Me Survive Breast Cancer, Dallas, Texas

Playing WITH God: Art & Spirituality-Rev. Michelle Morton, Tennessee State University Campus Minister, Nashville, Tennessee

The Gift of Sabbath and Self-Care: Joseph Daniels-Joseph Daniels, Greater Washington District Superintendent & Emory Fellowship Senior Pastor, Washington, DC

Keep Calm: I’m Called, Too!: Best Practices for Clergy Spouses-An open dialogue conversation facilitated by two clergy spouses—one male, one female.

4:30pm Fireside Chat: Generational Conversation 2.0

Sponsored by Sankofa Initiative of The United Methodist Church

Friday, May 27

8:00am Breakfast (on your own)

9:00am Executive Summaries Lands End Brighton Building

10:30am Hotel Check-out

11:00am Closing Worship with Holy Communion

12:30pm Sending Forth