Campus Ministry Conference: Centennial Celebration
Expanding Minds, Deepening Faith, Inspiring Service
June 25-29, 2007

Loyola University – Water Tower Campus
26 East Pearson Street, Chicago, Illinois

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Information You Need to Know
We are excited that this year’s Campus Ministry Conference and Centennial Celebration will be held in the heart of the loop, near Michigan Avenue. The Loyola University Water Tower Campus will provide us access to the city and all it has to offer. It also puts us within a very short walking distance from Fourth Presbyterian Church where our Celebration Worship Service will be; and to the Westin, where the Celebration Banquet will be held.

This year’s conference is one day longer (4 nights) to allow us to have more time with the presenters, alumni, and friends of campus ministry. You will see that reflected in the increased cost of the event.

Also, we are offering alumni of campus ministry a special program of events that begins on Wednesday. And of course they will be part of the Worship and Celebration Banquet. We hope a large number of alumni will be with us.

Schedule
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Presenters
Sharon Daloz Parks
Sharon Daloz Parks is Director of Leadership for the New Commons – an initiative of the Whidbey Institute in Clinton, WA. She has held faculty and research positions at the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also serves on the project staff of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People of Faith.

Sharon is co author of Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World; Can Ethics Be Taught?: To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly,; and author of Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose and Faith and Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World.

Christian Scharen
Chris serves as Director of the Faith as a Way of Life/Pastoral Excellence Program and Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Congregational Studies and Practical Theology at Yale Divinity School. The mission of the Faith as a Way of Life Program is to equip pastors for excellence in the central task of Christian ministry: helping to mediate faith to persons, communities, and cultures as a life-integrating and life-transforming reality.

Chris also teaches practical theology courses at Yale Divinity School. His scholarly work centers on the Christian church and its relation to culture.

His most recent book, One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking God, is a theological evocation of the Christian faith seen through the lens of the world’s biggest rock ‘n roll band, U2. He has also authored Public Worship and Public Work: Culture and Commitment in Local Congregational Life (2004), Married in the Sight of God: Theology, Ethics, and Church Debates over Homosexuality (2001), as well as many articles in scholarly and popular journals.

Rev. Terry L. MacArthur
Terry is a missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church assigned to the “Fusterie Project” in Geneva, Switzerland. Housed in the fusterie – an old church in downtown Geneva used for concerts and exhibitions – the project involves the creation of alternative worship for youth and young adults in the area. Previously Terry served as the worship consultant to the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

Terry is noted for his skills at leading congregations to learn music from a culture not their own. In the World Council of Church, he was known as an animateur, someone who animated the participation of all the people in worship. He is constantly searching for songs and prayers that are possible to use across cultural boundaries. In addition he plays the organ, the piano, and a variety of rhythm instruments.

General Information
Loyola University, Water Tower Campus
Map of the area and campus can be found at: www.luc.edu/values/campus/vt_watertower.html or www.luc.edu

Registration
You will find various options for registration that include a shorter stay for alumni. All participants are to fill out the registration form on-line. You may pay by credit card on-line or down load the form from the web and mail it to us with your check.

Please fill out the registration form on line by May 31st. Note that there is a late fee after that date. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JUNE 9. Help us to keep things speedier and simpler, if at all possible, use the credit card option or send in the entire payment with your registration.

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Late Fee
A late fee of $50.00 must be added onto your registration form if it is postmarked after May 31st , 2007. Loyola University has become very stringent on requiring registration totals by this date for room space and rate guarantees.

Travel Costs
Travel Equalization Fee
If you are an Eligible Campus Ministry Agency and your traveling expenses will be greater than $100.00, you need to include that $100 in your registration. Campus Ministry will cover the rest of the travel costs.

If you expect your travel expenses to be less than $100.00, then do not include it to your registration fees.

If you are a Cooperating Congregation in Campus Ministry, the congregation covers all travel expenses; do not include the travel subsidy to your registration fees.

Making Airline Reservations
All airline reservations must be made through Best Travel (1-800-543-8016). Please tell them purpose of the trip is Campus Ministry Conference, and give the following charge code: 38-215

Baumhart Hall
This is the residence hall where we will be housed this year. It is located on the corner of Wabash and E. Pearson. Campus maps can be found at www.luc.edu. It is only two blocks from the EL stop on State. Registration will take place in the lobby. Each room has two beds and it's own private bath. There are two rooms to a suite, which share a common living room. (see drawing). Two singles per suite, or two doubles per suite.

Parking
Parking is very difficult, there are two options. You may park at the Loyola University, North Shore campus, and will be issued an EL pass. Or you may park free in the ELCA garage and take the EL into town to the campus. (See EL directions from O’Hare below) This is not convenient, but public parking overnight is not available.

Pre-Conference Arrivals
Proceed directly to Baumhart Hall. Check in at the front desk to receive your key card and meal pass.

Airport Arrivals on June 24

Using the “EL” to Loyola
On the lower level of O’Hare, board the Blue Line/O’Hare-Congress train. At the Washington stop, change trains to the Red Line/Howard-Dan Ryan going north. This involves going downstairs from the platform, walking through the tunnel and back up onto the Red Line’s Washington stop. Look for the signs indicating “Northbound to Howard” and take that train Chicago/State Street station. Walk one block east and one block north to the corner of Pearson and Wabash to Baumhart Hall.

Conference Check-in
From noon to 5 p.m. you may check in at Baumhart Hall.

Workshops
To be announced.

Meals
Unless otherwise noted, all meals will be served in Baumhart Hall.

Free Time
Free time is provided following the afternoon session on Wednesday and following the noon meal on Thursday. We will have a sign board where groups may announce their plans and invite others to join them. We will provide you with a short list of some ideas at the conference.

Social Hours
Arrangements are being made for social hour snacks and beverages. Costs are yet to be determined.

Expense Reports
You will find the ELCA Expense Report Form at www.elca.org/treasurer/findfast/expense1.html. Download this form. Please remember, when submitting expenses we MUST have RECEIPTS. If it is for food, a receipt MUST specify what items were ordered. Please mail the expense report and receipts to Rich Zawistoski, ELCA, Vocation and Education, 8765 W. Higgins Rd. Chicago, IL 60631.