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From the Building to the Bus: Spiritual Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Sat 5 PM | Landing

Ra’Shawn Flournoy and Chris Davies

Chris Davies of the United Church of Christ, and Ra’Shawn D’Angelo Flournoy, an Adese Fellow and entrepreneur, will tell stories of spiritual innovation and think together about what that looks like in your context. Includes small group discussion as well as presentation.

Rashawn Flournoy

Ra’Shawn received his license to preach the gospel in September 2001 and was ordained in 2006. Over the years God has allowed him to connect with phenomenal men and women of God and assist with church planting across the country. God has truly favored his ministry and caused his name to be spread abroad. He is a highly sought after minister of the Gospel who has been boldly fighting for social justice and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the power and demonstration in church services, news interviews and conferences across the United States. His unique style of preaching has reached beyond traditional barriers and touched the lives of many. He has opened an enterprise of businesses; Coffee Shop, Co-Working Space, Event Center, Party Bus & Mobile Stage Truck to, expand outreach and social justice efforts.

Sessions:
304 From the Building to the Bus

Chris Davies

Chris S. Davies is the curator of Queer Clergy Trading Cards. She currently works for the United Church of Christ and is the point person for Congregational Assessment, Support, and Advancement at the National offices. Chris is a local beer enthusiast, creative queer liturgist, and dreamer beyond the normative church. She is a Connecticut native, a Cleveland transplant, and a wandering Irish Rover at heart. This project is a project of revolutionary love, bringing visibility to queer clergy, using humor and irreverence to help change the conversation to highlight common awe (and absurdities) in faith work. The project tells the stories of what oft is an isolating experience, and invites community beyond denomination. Chris loves Jesus and church deeply, and wants to help vision how we can transform the world, for the sake of the Gospel.
www.queerclergytradingcards.org

Sessions:
274 Creative Rite-ing, New Ritual Creation
304 From the Building to the Bus
305 Lament in the Church

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