The Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center is well known for bringing some of the most accomplished preachers in America to Anderson Auditorium. This week’s guest, The Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, is no exception. Bishop of the United Methodist Church and former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, Dr. Willimon has received degrees from Wofford College, Yale Divinity School, and Emory University; he also holds honorary degrees from a dozen different colleges and universities.In addition to being Editor-at-Large for The Christian Century, Dr. Willimon has also written sixty books which have been translated into eight different languages and sold over a million copies worldwide. His articles have appeared in such publications as The Christian Ministry, Quarterly Review, and Christianity Today, while over eight thousand pastors in the United States, Canada and Australia use his Pulpit Resource each week. A study by the Pulpit and Pew Research Center has found that Dr. Willimon is the second most widely read author by mainline Protestant pastors. The Academy of Parish Clergy selected his Worship as Pastoral Care as one of the ten most useful books for pastors.
Dr. Willimon’s sermon on June 20th is titled “Jesus’ Health Care Plan” and is taken from texts in the New Testament gospel of Luke and the first book of Kings in the Old Testament.
The Sunday Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center is a gift of the conference center to the gathered community of worshipers. Worship this Sunday begins at 10:30AM. Child care for children six months through completed kindergarten is available at the Updike Child Care Center on Texas Road. Following worship, a lunch buffet will be served at the Assembly Inn’s Galax Dining Room, noon to 1:30PM. Learn more about the 2010 Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center.
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