5:00 PM

Reception

Norton Hall

7:00 PM

Welcome and conference overview

Norton Hall

Jack Mathias, Nancy Frank, Conference Chairs

Rev. Oran Warder, Rector, St. Paul’s

Rev. Andrew Akuak, Secretary, Sudan Council of Churches in the USA and Pastor to the Sudanese Community, St. Paul’s

7:20 PM

Opening Speaker

Norton Hall

Roger Winter

Former Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, US Agency for International Development

8:30 PM

Sudan Film Festival

Wilmer Hall and Johnston Room

The Blood of the Bull and The Crosses of Dinka Christians (Room 309-310)

Lost Boys of Sudan (Room 307-308)

Faith in Hardship and Sudan Scarred (Room 306)

Benjamin and His Brother (Johnston Room)

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Norton Hall

9:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

Sanctuary

Bishop Eluzai Munda

Diocese of Mundri and Dean of the Province

Episcopal Church of Sudan

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Speaker

Sanctuary

Janette O’Neill

Program Director of Africa, Episcopal Relief and Development

11:15 AM

Speaker

Sanctuary

Michael Paget-Wilkes

Archdeacon of Coventry and Chair of the Sudan Church Association

11:45 AM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Panel of Bishops

Sanctuary

The Right Reverend Paul V. Marshall

Bishop, Diocese of Bethlehem

The Right Reverend Francis Gray

Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Virginia

The Right Reverend Heath Light

Bishop, Diocese of Southwest Virginia (retired)

1:45 PM

AFRECS Business Meeting

Norton Hall

Jack Mathias, Nancy Frank, Conference Chairs

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Workshops – Session 1

Companion Dioceses and Parishes: Opportunities and Realities Moderator: Jack Mathias, AFRECS Conference Co-Chair; Participants: Constance Fegley, Chair, World Mission Committee, Diocese of Bethlehem, PA; Randall Fegley, Asst. Professor, Politics and History, Penn State University and Education Coordinator, Bethlehem, PA – Kajo-Keji Companion Diocese Relationship; Jerry Drino, Executive Director, Intercultural Ministry Development, Province VIII, ECUSA

Socio-Economic Development in Sudan: Church-Owned Projects and Private Enterprises Moderator: Nancy Frank, AFRECS Conference Co-Chair; Participants: Janette O’Neil, Program Director for Africa, Episcopal Relief and Development; Scott Arrington, Chairman of the Board, Water for Sudan, Inc

History of the Church in Sudan: Church Growth in Wartime Moderator: Richard Jones, Professor, Virginia Theological Seminary; Participant: Thomas Pitya Kedini, Rector, St. Clements Riverdale, Toronto

International Transfer of Funds: Legal and Practical Matters Participants: Russell Randle, Christ Church, Alexandria, VA, and Attorney, Patton Boggs LLP; Frederick Gilbert, former Sudan Mission Director, USAID (retired)

Advocacy for Sudan:  Making Our Voices Heard Moderator: Ross Kane, Young Adult Service Corps; Participants: Fran Boyle, The Falls Church, Falls Church, VA; Alex Baumgarten, Office of Government Relations of the Episcopal Church

4:15 PM

Break

4:45 PM

Workshops – Session 2

Schools in Sudan: Church Growth in Wartime Moderator: Carolyn Mackay, St. Paul’s, Alexandria, VA; Participants: Jennifer Ernst, St. Bartholomew’s, Richmond, VA; Batholomayo Bol Deng, Marc Nikkel School, Maar, Diocese of Bor; Randall Fegley, Asst. Professor, Politics and History, Penn State University and Education Coordinator, Bethlehem, PA – Kajo-Keji Companion Diocese Relationship

Christian-Muslim Relations in Sudan: Is Coexistence Possible? Moderator: Richard Jones, Professor, Virginia Theological Seminary; Participant: John Voll, Professor of Islamic History, and Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

Resettlement of Sudanese in the USA: Lost Boys No More Moderator: Debra Andrew Maconaughey,

St. Francis in the Keys, Diocese of Southeast Florida; Participants: Jerry Drino, Executive Director, Intercultural Ministry Development, Province VIII, ECUSA; The Rev. Andrew Akuak, Secretary, Sudan Council of Churches in the USA and Pastor to the Southern Sudanese Community, St. Paul’s, Alexandria, VA

American Missionaries in Sudan: After Marc Nikkel Moderator: Nancy Frank, AFRECS Conference Co-Chair;  Participants: The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley, Associate Rector, St. Alban’s, Annandale, VA; Ross Kane, Young Adult Service Corps

Short-term Mission Visits: Baggage to Pack and Baggage to Forget Moderator: Nancy Knapp, Christ Church, Alexandria, VA; Participants: Cynthia Darling, Christ Church, Alexandria, VA; Jackie Kraus, Commission on Global Ministry, Diocese of Chicago

5:45 PM

Break and refreshments

Norton Hall

6:30 PM

Telling Our Story – Sudanese Voices

Facilitated by Debra Andrew Mconaughey

Sanctuary

7:00 PM

Sudanese Dinner

Prepared by the women of the Southern Sudanese Community at St. Paul’s

Norton Hall

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Norton Hall

9:00 PM

The Work of AFRECS

Norton Hall

10:00 AM

Speaker

Sanctuary

Alfred Taban

BBC Correspondent for Sudan

11:00 AM

Worship

Sanctuary

12:30 PM

Closing Reception

Norton Hall