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Below is a detailed description of the virtual retreat, including guest speaker Al Tizon’s biography and session information. Please prayerfully consider attending!

Whole and Reconciled | Fall 2020 Virtual Pastors Retreat (spouses welcome!)

“Whole-Gospel Ministry in a Polarized Culture: Pastoral Ministry in an Age of Political and Social Upheaval.”

Political and Racial tensions are high, civility is waning in society and the Church, and we are in the midst of a global health pandemic that directly or indirectly affects everyone to whom we minister. Even at our best now, most of us are feeling the effects of fatigue, anxiety, grief, and discouragement. But our call to ministry has not diminished. It has just gotten more difficult. How does a pastor lead well, care well, and preach well in the most volatile cultural circumstances that our generation has experienced?

Al Tizon – a pastor at heart with exceptional leadership and teaching gifts – will help us answer that question in our upcoming retreat as he shares wisdom gleaned during decades of ministry. His clear, calm, thoughtful voice of reason rooted in Biblical truth will remind us whose we are, and offer pathways forward so that we and the people we serve may be “whole and reconciled” – to God and one another.

Join us November 9-11 via Zoom for this special time with colleagues across the Great Lakes Conference. Please Register Here.

Guest Speaker Al Tizon

Al Tizon serves as the Executive Minister of the Covenant’s Serve Globally mission priority, a position he stepped into in 2015. In this role he provides pastoral support and strategic direction for 105 Covenant missionaries who work with local partners in 25 countries. He also oversees Covenant World Relief, The Paul Carlson Partnership, Covenant Kids Congo, Global Engagements, and The Center for World Christian Studies. Meanwhile, Al serves as Associate Professor of Missional and Global Leadership at North Park Theological Seminary.  In his 31 years of full time ministry – which included 5 years as Lead Pastor of Berkley Covenant Church in Berkley, CA – Al has engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry in the United States and the Philippines. Prior to stepping into the role of Executive Minister, Al was a professor at Palmer Theological Seminary (formerly Eastern Seminary) for 9 years.  He is the author of multiple books, including Whole and Reconciled; Missional Preaching; Transformation after Lausanne;  and co-editor of two. Al is married to Janice and together they are parents of 4 adult children. Al is passionate about missiology, his five grandchildren, their Great Dane “Dude,” sushi, and racquetball.  To learn about his zest for adventure, ask him sometime about his favorite rock climbing experience.

Retreat Sessions | November 9 – 10, 2020 (Eastern)

Monday | 7 PM – 9 PM | Welcome, worship and speaker

Tuesday | 9 AM – 11 AM | Welcome, worship and speaker

Tuesday | 2 PM – 4 PM | Space to Breathe; optional time to engage in a spiritual practice led by Jennifer Andersson.

Tuesday | 7 PM – 9 PM | Welcome, worship, speaker and communion

Optional Session | November 11, 2020 (Eastern)

Wednesday | 9 AM – 11 AM | A deeper dive; an open time for questions and answers and next steps with Al Tizon.