Steven Homestead is an artist, composer, writer, curator, speaker, and mystic who brings genre-spanning creativity to life, whether composing music, incarnating community art projects, writing and speaking on creativity and faith, or curating generative events and programs. Overall, Steven works to promote honor, champion voice, share wonder, and develop unity.
With over a decade of arts leadership, Steven speaks powerfully, passionately, and empathetically about creativity, community, and the need for artists and creatives to find belonging and empowerment in community. Equally, he is equipped to disciple and teach faith leaders to understand the power of valuing and empowering creativity, mystery, and wonder in their spheres of influence.…
- Registration for the CEU event closes on October 17.
- (Registration Link available early-September)……
- Childcare for infants to Grade 5 is available at no cost, but you must register yourself and your children for District Conference by October 17 and fill out the free Childcare Form. (link)

…….CEU: 0.6 CEUs in the area 4. Preaching & Worship.…….
Not held in 2020 Ministers Continuing Education Event
At Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona
…….Intercultural biblical interpretation seeks to deepen understandings of scripture through intentional conversation between people who view the text from different cultural standpoints. To use an illustration by Justo González in Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes (Abingdon, 1996), when people view the same valley from different ridges, they tend to see different things. They can get a more complete picture of the valley by sharing with one another what they see. Similarly, understandings of scripture often deepen when people with different experiences help one another see it through their eyes. Attention to the cultural backgrounds of the authors and earliest audiences of biblical texts is also an important aspect of intercultural interpretation. The workshop offered .6 CEU in Biblical Interpretation.
…….Dan is the lead faculty member in the Certificate in Intercultural Biblical Interpretation program at the Seminary. He has co-taught a study of 1 Corinthians with Dr. Pandang Yamsat, a professor emeritus at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria. A video connection facilitated intercultural conversation between participants meeting in Jos, Nigeria, and in Richmond, Indiana. In another recent course titled Santa Biblia: The Gospel of Mark in Puerto Rico, Dan led face-to-face discussions between North American seminary students and Church of the Brethren leaders in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Dan is fluent in Spanish, and this fall will teach Evangelio de Mateo for students in the SeBAH program.
…….Registration cost for the event was $25 and included lunch at Franciscan Renewal Center. Registration for this occurred as part of registering for the 2019 District Conference. Registration for the event and childcare closed on October 15.