Crossing Borders: Encountering God

An experiential conference on border issues confronting the church and the world.

April 15-17, 2010 - Phoenix, Arizona.

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...for Jesus is our peace, who has made us

both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility. Eph. 2:14

(Conference will be bilingual in Spanish and English)

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Pre-event option to visit and cross the border: April 12-15

 Learn about the border first-hand with mission co-worker Mark Adams and the staff of Frontera de Cristo. Includes an actual crossing of the U.S.-Mexico border with with Frontera de Cristo, a PC(USA) border ministry, to Douglas, AZ, and AguaPrieta, Mexico.  Round-trip transportation from Phoenix provided. Overnightin Douglas and Agua Prieta. Return to Phoenix on April 14 (to the Airport Hilton Hotel). The morning of April 15 meet withPhoenix day laborers to hear their stories. Return to the hotel forregistration and beginning of the conference. Cost: $200 to/from Phoenix airport, plus lodging at Hilton ($135 for a double room on April 14).

Mark Adams' article in Horizons magazine Sept.-Oct. 2008. The entire issue is devoted to border issues. Back issues can be purchsed here: www.pcusa.org/horizons/magazines/2008/hrznspot08/aboutspot08.htm.

Speakers and Workshops

• Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator,218th General Assembly, (PCUSA)
• Rev. Minerva Carcaño, Bishop,Desert Southwest Conference, United Methodist Church
• Rev. Mark Adams, Mission Co-Worker, Frontera de Cristo
• Ms. Julia Thorne, Attorney and Manager for Immigration Services (PCUSA)
• Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Columbia Theological Seminary
• Rev. Saul Feria, National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (INPM)

Some of the workshops offered Friday

• Building Ecumenical support in the Community around Immigration Issues
• Building Multi-Culturally in Presbyteries – Building Cross-CulturalSupport
• Equipping Congregations for Immigrant Ministry
• Gather all Nations and Tongues: Immigrants and the Making of aMulticultural Church
• Diversity and Multiculturalism: A Transformative Journey – Immanuel Presbyterian, Los Angeles
• The Mexican Church Responds to Immigration Issues
• Midde Eastern Migration and Israel/Palestine Issues
• Immigrant Detention Centers and the Church’s Witness
• PCUSA Immigration Policy Statements and Advocacy
• Creating Hispanic Community in the Midwest

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Cost

$275 for Room and Board (plus your own transportation)

$140 for Commuters

Sponsoring partners

Synod of the Southwest, Synod of the Sun, GAMC Office for Multicultural Ministries,

Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico, and Frontera de Cristo