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Conference Sessions will be held at Thistle Farms, and the Center for Contemplative Justice.

Conference Registration Cost: $300 for the entire conference, or $150 for Wednesday, June 17 only.  Box lunches and Wednesday dinner are included in the registration fees.  A special full conference rate of $90 is available for current students, and members of religious orders.

Conference Hotel: Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt, 2613 West End Ave, Nashville TN 37203
Transportation will be provided daily between the hotel and session locations.

A special rate of $150 per night is available only by booking your hotel room through EWHP, at the conference registration link below.  This rate also includes complimentary breakfast at the hotel on Wednesday and Thursday morning.

The conference opens on Tuesday, the 16th, with registration followed by Opening Eucharist with The Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee, celebrating, and the Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, preaching, followed by a reception. On Wednesday, the 17th, there will be panel and paper sessions, including the keynote speech on the Thistle Farms ministry.  The conference will conclude on Thursday after presentations, followed by a box lunch. Breakfasts are included at the hotel (if booked through EWHP), and box lunches and Wednesday dinner are included in the registration fees.

Use the link below to access the registration form.  Once your form is received, we will email an invoice that reflects your registration and hotel choices.

Please direct questions about registration to Liz Brauza-Hughes, EWHP Administrative Assistant, at liz.ewhp@gmail.com.

Featured Speaker

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Our featured speaker will be Becca Stevens, Founder & President of Thistle Farms in Nashville.

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, June 16 - All events will take place at St. Augustine's Chapel at Vanderbilt University
2:00 p.m. - Registration Opens

4:00 p.m. - Opening Eucharist - The Rt. Rev. Phoebe Roaf (Celebrant); The Rev. Becca Stevens (Preacher)

5:00 p.m. - Video Presentation: Katie Sherrod "From the Margins: How the Baptismal Covenant Changed the Church"

5:45 p.m. - Reception

Wednesday, June 17 - All events will take place at the Center for Contemplative Justice & Thistle Farms

8:15 a.m. - Registration Reopens

8:45 a.m. - Morning Prayer

10:00 a.m. - Keynote Address: The Rev. Becca Stevens

11:30 a.m. - Thistle Farms Tour

12:30 a.m. - Lunch

2:00 p.m. - Paper Presentations
     - Judith Maltby: "Vassar Miller (1924-1998): Poet, Disability Activist and Episcopalian"
     - L. Teresa Di Biase: "'I Have No Home Now': Deaconess Margaret Pepper's Trans-Pacific Journey with the Marginalized"

3:30 p.m. - Break & Book Signing - Copies of L. Theresa Di Biase's book on Margaret Pepper will be available for purchase.

4:00 p.m. - Paper Presentations
     - Joan Gundersen: "On the Margins in Minnesota: Beatrice Johnson"
     - Jennifer Mariano: "The Life and Legacy of Mary C. Davenport"

5:30 p.m. - Evcning Prayer

6:00 p.m. - Dinner

Thursday, June 18 - All events will take place at St. Augustine's Chapel at Vanderbilt University

9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer

10:00 a.m. - Paper Presentations
     - Tulibako Mwakasege: Ministry in the Margins: Women's Leadership and Gender Justice in the Anglican Church of Central Tanganyika, 1960-2020"
     - Indie Pereira: "Ministry with Resilient Refugees"

11:30 a.m. - Lunch & Departure

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