Program Schedule

*Pioneer Memorial Church for Friday night and the sermon on Sabbath.
Opening Reception

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Location: Chan Shun Hall – Garber Auditorium
6:00 pm
6:20 pm	Opening Session – Nicholas Miller - Chair - Welcome by Dr. Niels Erik Andreason - Greeting from Elder Ted Wilson of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Introduction of Dr. Stanton Jones. Opening Address – Stanton Jones – Recent Studies on Innateness and Change in Relation to Homosexuality
7:30 pm	1 or 2 respondents, as well as Question and Answer
7:50 pm	Interview of Pastor Ron Woolsey
8:30 pm	End
Friday, October 16, 2009
Location: Before 7:15 - Chan Shun Hall – Garber Auditorium
Location: 7:15, 7:30 and 8:30 - PMC
8:30 am	Panel – Gay Marriage, Religious Liberty, and the Church – Presenters: Barry Bussey (chair), Alan Reinach, Gerauld Chipeur, Bill Knott.
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Panel – Gay Marriage, Civil Rights and Public Policy – Presenters: Nicholas Miller (chair), Gary Wood, Scott Zentner, Jason Hines.
12:15 am	Lunch - breakout Sessions regarding Homosexuality and the Church –The Church and Gay Marriage: Issues Raised by Proposition 8 (Nicholas Miller (chair) James Standish, George Gainer, Mitch Tyner), Effective Counseling and Ministry Practices (Peter Swanson (chair), Pastor Ron Woolsey, Carlos Fayard, Wayne Blakeley, Inge Anderson), The Bible and Theology: Identifying the Issues (Tom Shepherd, Roy Gane (chair), Ekkehardt Mueller, Greg King, Richard Davidson).
2:00 pm	Main Address, Dr. Mark Yarhouse: The Pastoral Applications of a Three-Tier Distinction Between Same-Sex Attraction, a Homosexual Orientation, and a Gay Identity.
3:00 pm	Q&A for Dr. Yarhouse
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Interview – Wayne Blakely by Pastor Esther Knott
3:45 pm	Panel – Counseling/Pastoral Issues in Relation to Same-Sex Attraction – Chair: Dr. Harvey Burnett; Presenters: Carlos Fayard, Peter Swanson, Mark Yarhouse (clinical counselor/psychologist/pastoral counselor)
5:15 pm	Break
7:15 pm	Prelude and Music – Ere Daybreak
7:30 pm	Dr. Robert A.J. Gagnon – What the Bible Tells Us About Homosexuality.
8:30 pm	Panel – Homosexuality, Society and the Church – Moderator: Pastor Dwight Nelson; Panelists: Robert Gagnon, Mark Yarhouse, Ron Woolsey, Bill Knott, Roy Gane, James Standish, Inge Anderson) dialogue and answer questions exploring how the church should relate to the question of homosexuality and gay marriage as a matter of ministry, teaching, counseling, witness and public policy.
Sabbath, October 17, 2009
Sabbath School in Garber Auditorium, Chan Shun Hall
9:30 am	Welcome and Music (Ere Daybreak)
9:50 am	Interview with Inge Anderson of Gladventist.org.
10:05 am	Panel – Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Homosexual Practice – 4 Panel Presenters Robert Gagnon, Richard Davidson, Miroslav Kis, Roy Gane (chair) (OT, NT, Theology and Biblical Ethics)
11:20 am	Main Presentation/Sermon at Pioneer Memorial Church – Pastor Dwight Nelson: “Sex and the Temple”
3:00 pm	Chair – Dr. Denis Fortin; Music: Ron Woolsey : Main Presentation – Dr. Richard Davidson – Homosexuality and the Bible: What is at Stake in the Current Debate?
4:00 pm	Panel Discussion – Homosexuality, gay marriage, and the Church: Where do We go From Here? (Nicholas Miller (chair) Greg King, Esther Knott, Bill Knott, Greg Hamilton, James Standish, Edward Woods III, Roy Gane) discussion on where these issues appear headed in church and society and how the church should respond.
5:30 pm	Conclude
7:00 pm	For those interested: Vespers at the Berrien Springs Village Church – Pastor Ron Woolsey in concert and testimony.