Eleventh Annual Mary Anne & Richard Cavicchi Christian Education Seminar was held on Sunday, March 3, 2024.
Rev. Joy Fenton-Jones
Rev. Joy Fenton-Jones is an Authorized Minister in the United Church of Christ and a creative thinker about how congregations and their buildings may best serve the community. She serves two churches (DOC/UCC) in Cuyahoga Falls and devotes much time to navigating creative building reuse and church building redevelopment projects with congregations around Greater Cleveland and Akron.
Power, Purpose & Love: Becoming Change-makers in Our Communities featuring Keynote Speaker and Facilitator: Rev. Joy Fenton-Jones
Each one of us desires to make positive change. Whether in our personal lives, in our churches, or in the wider community, we want to leave circumstances better than we have found them.
The biblical witness affirms this story: ordinary people, called by God, are catalysts for realizing God's Kingdom right in their own neighborhoods. Using the tools of grassroots organizing, this seminar will make the case that with God's help and the partnership of our neighbors, we can participate in the transformation of our churches, our neighborhoods, and the broader community. We will discover and practice the art of relational meetings; we will unearth the power of community listening; and we will develop a toolkit for breaking down seemingly intractable problems into manageable tasks.
This seminar will draw on the work of Robert Linthicum's book, Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community, and will also include the voices of interfaith community leaders and organizers from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
Open to all
Speaker Presentation, breakout groups, and panel discussion
Two ways to attend:
In person at Rocky River UMC with a meal provided
On zoom with a break partway through. The zoom link will be sent in a separate email, a few days before the event.
When you register, please complete the form, indicate whether you will attend in person or remote.
You are welcome to bring someone else – please fill out a registration form for each additional person
Registration Deadline – Monday, February 26th.
For more information and questions, or to participate in a dialogue activities group, or to plan and discuss the next seminar, write to cavicchichristianed@gmail.com
Click below for the 2023 seminar video recording, “Faith Stories? We all have one!” was held Sunday March 26, 4-7:30pm. The seminar presenter was Rev. Cindy Patterson, Administrative Coordinator, Board of Ministry, East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church.
If you would like to watch videos of the seminars from previous years, click on the button below.