Lake Junaluska to host services and workshops
Lake Junaluska
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Lake Junaluska’s Summer Worship Series has now resumed with seven visiting theologians serving as guest preachers. Summer Worship Series’ services will begin at 9 a.m. on consecutive Sundays through Aug. 11 at the Lakeside White Tent near Stuart Auditorium at Lake Junaluska.
Guest musicians will lead the music. Seating is limited. Visitors may bring their own chairs. All are welcome.
In addition, the theologians in residence will also lead devotions at 8:30 a.m. Mondays on the back deck of the Harrell Center and workshops, providing opportunities in today’s virtual world for meaningful, in-person conversations and experiences with leading theologians. A complete schedule of events is available at bit.ly/smrwrshp2024.
• July 7-10: The Rev. Jasmine Smothers is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and currently serves as lead pastor of the historic Atlanta First United Methodist Church in downtown Atlanta.
• July 14-17: The Rev. Dr. James Harnish retired after 43 years of pastoral ministry in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. He served as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences and to World Methodist Conferences in England, Brazil, Kenya and South Africa.
• July 21-24: The Rev. Dr. Alma Tinoco Ruiz is a practical theologian whose work centers on the intersection of homiletics, pastoral care, and evangelism. Tinoco Ruiz is exploring how preachers can effectively address the trauma experienced by marginalized and oppressed communities, particularly the community of undocumented immigrants from Latin America in the United States.
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• July 28-31: The Rev. Dr. Michael Adam Beck is currently the director of the Fresh Expressions House of Studies at United Theological Seminary, director of Fresh Expressions Florida, and director of Fresh Expressions for The United Methodist Church. He serves as the co-pastor of Wildwood UMC and St. Marks UMC with his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, an interracial unity movement, and house a faith-based inpatient treatment center.
• Aug. 4-7: The Rev. Dr. Sandra Richter, internationally known for her work on Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History, brings the Old Testament to life by exploring the real people and real places from which it comes. She has led many student groups in archaeological excavation and historical geography classes in Israel and has taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wesley Biblical Seminary and Wheaton College.
• Aug. 11-14: The Rev. Jack Shitama is an author, teacher, speaker and coach. His family systems approach to leadership helps congregational and nonprofit leaders achieve their best spiritually, physically and professionally.
