EMERGE 2023 Schedule

APRIL 25, 2023

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. – Arrival/Check-in

8:45 a.m. - Gathering and Sponsor Highlight

9:0O a.m. – Opening Session – “Courageous Leadership in a Post-pandemic Church” – Dr. Kevin Murriel, Senior Pastor, Cascade United Methodist Church

10:15 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – General Session 2 – “The Courage to Lead Change” – Tony Morgan the Unstuck Group

12 p.m. – Lunch on your own

3:00 p.m. – General Session 3 – “Communicating a Courageous Vision” – Deisha Barnett, President of Global Communications, UPS

4:15 p.m. – Adjourn and dinner on your own

APRIL 26, 2023

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. – Arrival/Check-in

8:45 a.m. – Gathering and Sponsor Highlight

9:00 a.m. – General Session 4 – “Engaging Laity for the Work Of Ministry” – Latoya Redd, Esq., President, The Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders – The United Methodist Church

10:15 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – General Session 5 – “The Relational Leader” – Comer Yates, Executive Director, The Atlanta Speech School

12 p.m. – Lunch on your own

2:00 p.m. – General Session 6 – “Growing Your Ministry in a Digital Age” – Dr. Timothy Farmer, The Farmer Tech Group

3:15 p.m. – Adjourn and dinner on your own

6:30 p.m. – Evening Conversation – “Courageous Leadership” with Bishop Robin Dease

APRIL 27, 2023

8:30 a.m. – General Session 8 – “Leading Institutional Transformation” – Katie Kirkpatrick, CEO, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

10:15 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – Closing Session – “Leading with Courageous Love” – Bishop Robert C. Wright, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.

12 p.m. – Adjourn and Sending Forth