Glad Reunion 2022
Glad Reunion 2022
Join us for a Glad Reunion!
Glad Reunion: Celebrating the Ministry and Legacy of John R. Claypool
William M. Johnson Lecture Series
Crescent Hill Baptist Church,
Louisville, KY
September 16-18, 2022
Celebrate Rev. John R. Claypool
Glad Reunion 2022
You are invited to come to Louisville, KY, the weekend of September 16-18 to celebrate and explore the work of The Rev. Dr. John R. Claypool, pastor, preacher, theologian, teacher, and advocate for civil rights and women’s leadership in the church.
Taken from the title of Claypool’s book, Glad Reunion, this gathering is designed to look back so that we might better understand the present and move faithfully into the future. It is also a time to see old friends, make new friends, share stories, and break bread together.
We will look back at Claypool’s 55 year ministry career in congregational settings and in the academy through a variety of presentation formats and in worship. Among the presenters are scholars, colleagues, and students who contributed to a new collection of essays, soon to be published by Mercer University Press under the title, CLAYPOOL.
The weekend is intended to offer those not familiar with Claypool’s work an introduction to an eminent leader in the recent history of American Christianity and to provide those who have been touched by his ministry an opportunity to connect and reconnect. Register now on Eventbrite.
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Glad Reunion Schedule
Friday, Sept. 16
4:00pm Registration, Birchwood Lobby
6:30pm Worship: Kevin Cosby, Sanctuary
8:30pm Reception, Fellowship Hall
Saturday, Sept. 17
8:00am Registration, Birchwood Lobby
8:30am Continental Breakfast, Story Sharing around the Table: Carolyn Ratliff, Moderator, Fellowship Hall
9:45am Introduction to John R. Claypool and CLAYPOOL, the book: C. Douglas Weaver, editor, and Aaron Weaver, Sanctuary
10:30am Church Stories Panel Discussion: Ryon Price,
Moderator; Panel: Alan Culpepper, John Arnett, Glenn Jonas, Doug Weaver, Charles Johnson, Mark LaGory and Henry Parsley, Sanctuary
12pm Lunch, Fellowship Hall
1:15pm Major Themes Panel Discussion, Chandler Vinson,
Moderator; Panel: Stephen Shoemaker, Rowan Claypool, Loyd Allen, Julie Whidden Long, David Hull, Mera Sue Corlett, Sanctuary
3pm Claypool Today and Tomorrow, facilitated discussion, Sanctuary
6pm Banquet
Sunday, Sept. 18
9:30am Reflections, Panel, Fellowship Hall
10:45am Worship with Communion, Sanctuary
12:12pm Reception, Fellowship Hall
Accommodations
Hawthorn Suites
751 Cypress Station,
502-899-5959
Ask for Crescent Hill Baptist Church rate.
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Cost
Cost for conference and three meals: $90, regular; $50, for members of sponsoring organizations
Sponsors
Crescent Hill Baptist Church
Louisville, KY
Broadway Baptist Church
Ft. Worth, TX
McAfee School of Theology
Atlanta, GA
Northminister Baptist Church
Jackson, MS
Rowan Claypool, Louisville, KY
Glad Reunion Presenters
C. Douglas Weaver, Prof. Baylor U
R. Alan Culpepper, Dean, MacAfee School of Theology, Mercer U
John W. Arnett, member CHBC
Glenn Jonas, Prof, Dean, Campbell U
Charles Johnson, Pastor, Bread Fellowship, Ft. Worth, TX
The Rev. Dr Mark LaGory, Deacon, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, BHM, AL
The Rev. Henry N. Parsley, 10th Bishop of AL.
H. Stephen Shoemaker, pastor, Statesville, NC
Rowan Claypool, President, Teach KY
Loyd Allen, Prof, Macafee School of Theology, Mercer U
Julie Whidden Long, MacAfee School of Theology, Mercer U
Aaron D. Weaver, Com. Dir., CBF
Carolyn Ratliff, Ed., Life is Gift, BHM, AL
Bill Leonard, Dean & Prof. Emeritus, Wake Forest, Divinity School
David Hull, Ret. Pastor, WS, NC
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