Conference leaders

Keynote Speaker – Mark Yaconelli
Co-founder and Director of the Youth and Spirituality Project A widely published and sought-after speaker on youth ministry, Yaconelli’s most recent book, Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry, was published in June 2007.

Worship and Music Leader – Rev. David Edwards
Song Writer and Musician; Minister of the Church of the Covenant, UCC/Disciples, Lynchburg, Va.

Student Intern – Chelsey Coleman
Chapman University student

Sunday Preacher – Rev. Jill Kirchner,
Associate Minister, University Christian
Church, San Diego

Panel Leaders

Interfaith Dialogue

Youth from Different Religious Traditions

Moderator – Dr. Ronald Farmer
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Chapman University and Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel

Future of Christian Education

Rev. Patrice Rosner
Director, Churches Uniting in Christ

Rev. Billye Bridges
Director of Christian Education
Disciples Home Missions

Rev. Sharon Warner
Professor of Educational Ministries
Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Ky.

Discovery Group Leaders

Dr. Alvin Jackson
Senior Minister, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City

Dr. Sharon Warner
Professor of Educational Ministries, Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Ky.

Ms. Shelia Spenser
Public school teacher and poet, Los Angeles, Calif

Ms. Saundra Bryant
Director of All Peoples Christian Center, Los Angeles, Calif

Dr. Ben Bohren
Regional Minister, Northern California–Nevada Region

Dr. Marvin Meyer
Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Claremont Graduate University

Rev. Frank Proctor
Interim Minister for the United Church of Christ

Rev. Dan Paul
pastor at Pacific Grove Christian Church, Pacific Grove, Calif.

Rev. Cathy Myers Wirt
Regional Minister, Oregon Region

Rev. Robert Shively
Interim pastor at San Jose Christian Church, San Jose, Calif.

Rev. Christy Newton
Student and teaching assistant at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif

Rev. Sandhya Jha
Minister of Transformation, Northern California–Nevada Region

Rev. Warren Lynn
Director of Search and Call, Disciples Home Missions

Rev. Linda Goddard
Founder and Director of CLER Ministries, Kingwood, Texas