2003 Know Your Faith Educational Conference
September 20, 2003
JOHNSTOWN, PA - The following information regarding the 2003 Know
Your Faith Educational Conference has been released by the Diocesan
Religious Education Commission:
Crown Them With
Glory & Honor: Orthodox Perspectives on Christian Marriage: Challenges In
Modern Life
About the Conference:
This year's Educational Conference is open to all who
wish to learn
more about the Orthodox Faith. It will take place on
Saturday,
Sept 20, 2003 in the Main Lodge of Camp Nazareth, located at
339
Pew Road in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Camp Nazareth is
conveniently located off
Exit 2 of I-80 near the Ohio/Pennsylvania
border. The conference will begin
at 9:00 am and conclude at
4:00 pm.Lunch will be provided by the Camp
Nazareth Staff
Topics and Presenters:
1) Orthodox Perspectives
on Christian Marriage - Challenges in Modern Life, Very Rev. Dr. Gerasimos Murphy
Fr. Gerasimos will discuss various
aaspects of Orthodox Christian Marriage and the many problems facing couples in
modern life. Not only will he give an Orthodox Theological perspective on
Marriage, but he will discuss specific problems in the areas of sexuality,
fertility, divorce, family life, etc.
Father Jason serves as a priest in
the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese since his ordination in 1967. Father
Gerasimos is a graduate of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School at
Brookline Massachusetts. He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Andover
Newton School of Theology in 1982. He later received a Doctorate in Canon Law
(J.C.D.) from the Lateran University Law School in Rome in 1992l He is now on
the Social Ethics Committee of SCOBA.
2) Educating Orthodox
Christians From the Inside Out
The Rev. Deacon Emil Gulick of St. John
the Baptist Church in Hawk Run, Pennsylvania.
Father Deacon Emil will present a
workshop that will deal with various teaching strategies for usagein teh Church
School Setting. Various problems as well as possible solutions will be
discussed.
Father Deacon Emil is a graduate
of our Diocesan Deaconate Program. He received his B.S. in Natural Science and
Mathematics from Bloomsburg University, and an M. Ed. in Curriculum and
Instruction from Penn State, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems, also from
Penn State.
Arrangements:
Please
make your reservations for Ed Conference 2003 by contacting
The Very. Rev.
Protopresbyter Ken Bachofsky
Phone:(330) 372-9778
Email: otecken@msn.com
Conference
Fees:
Adult $15.00, Students $12.00 (College age or under)
Need
overnight lodging? Contact Fr. Deacon David Zuder at (724)
662-4840
