Common Cup Email News Archive: District Event Features Dr. Scott Kisker

Terry Heck, senior pastor at Bellbrook UMC has taken the lead in promoting the appearance of Dr. Scott Kisker in our area.

He will be speaking at a Miami Valley District Saturday morning session, January 15, 2011 at Christ United Methodist in Kettering.

If you've never attended one of these district events, this would certainly be the one to attend. If Dr. Kisker is true to his book, "Mainline or Methodist", you will get an "earful" and not only an earful, but a United Methodist wake up call.

Robert McDowell, former pastor at Faith Community reviewed Dr. Kisker's book - which gives you a little insight if you haven't read the book (CLICK HERE).

Please consider downloading the attached flyer and posting it on your church's bulletin board (CLICK HERE)

Pastor Terry is encouraging each church to bring a team

Here is the information:

MIAMI VALLEY DISTRICT EVENT

Dr. Scott Kisker, author of Mainline or Methodist,

Rediscovering Our Evangelistic Mission*

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011

CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

3440 Shroyer Rd, Kettering, OH 45429

937-293-3151

8:00 Gathering/Registration

8:45 Praise Worship

9:15 Scott Kisker Presents, Session 1

10:15 Reflection Conversation

11:00 Scott Kisker Presents, Session 2

12:00 Reflection Conversation

12:45 Adjourn

Dr. Kisker offers a confessional perspective concerning church mission and renewal.

He will help you:

· Discover Wesleyan Heritage;

· Claim a Distinctive Understanding of Salvation;

· Recognize a Wesleyan Method for Growth;

· Move Forward in Mission*

$5 donation at the door;

reservations by January 10 to

pastor@bellbrookumc.org or 937-848-2909

Pastors and lay persons are invited; bring a team from your church!

Scott Kisker is professor of church history at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kisker grew up in Iowa, where he was a member of First United Methodist Church in Iowa City. He received his B.A. degree from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA., where he sensed a call to ministry. Upon graduation he went on to study for his M.Div. degree at Duke University's Divinity School, where he had the opportunity to spend a year of study at the Univerity of Bonn, Germany. He received his second Master's degree and a doctorate in historical theology from Drew University in Madison, N.J.

He is an ordained elder in the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and has served as pastor in the American Protestant Church in Bonn Germany, and the United Methodist Church in Colesburg, Iowa. He also served as the director of the Charles Wesley Heritage Centre in Bristol, England. He enjoys training others for ministry and has taught theological students in Germany, England, and the United States. Dr. Kisker is married to Roberta Willison Kisker. They have five children: Maria, Susanna, Isaac, Tabitha, and Naomi.