ACADEMY OF HOMILETICS

Annual Meeting, December 1-3, 2022

Louisville, Kentucky

Hosted by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

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Tuesday, November 29

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm     Black Caucus Meeting

• Contact: Courtney Buggs (Christian Theological Seminary)
• This meeting is virtual!

Wednesday, November 30

TBA                           Pre-Arrival
                                  AOH Executive Committee Session (Location: Lincoln Boardroom)

Thursday, December 1

9:00 am - 3:30 pm    CATH Meeting

• Location: Cathedral of the Assumption

9:00 am - 12:00 pm   AOH Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting

• Location: Lincoln Boardroom

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm    Graduate Student Session 

• Contact: Leah D. Schade (Lexington Theological Seminary, AOH EC)
• Location: Edison II

3:00 pm                     Hospitality Check-In (Location: Edison Square Foyer)

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm    Opening Worship (led by the Korean caucus of the AOH)

• Preacher: HyeRan Kim-Cragg (Emmanuel College, AOH EC)
• Location: First Unitarian Church

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm    Dinner on your own

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm    Plenary Session # 1: "Preaching Practices Take Turns"

• Presenter: Lis Valle Ruiz (McCormick Theological Seminary)
• Respondent: Kyle Brooks (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
• Respondent: Lisa L. Thompson (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
• Location: Edison Square Ballroom

8:45 pm - 10:00 pm   President's Reception and Memorial Recognition

• Location: Lewis Salon, Clark Foyer, Clark Salon

Friday, December 2

7:00 am - 8:00 am    Breakfast (Embassy Suites)

8:00 am - 8:30 am    Transportation to Louisville Presbyterian Seminary

8:45 am - 11:15 am   Workgroup Session 1

11:30 am - 1:00 pm   Plenary Session # 2: "Reimagining the Center: Poetry and the Possibilities of Proclamation"

• Presenter: Chelsea Brooke Yarborough (Phillips Theological Seminary)
• Presenter: Hannah Drake (Loiusville-based poet)
• Respondent: Edgar "Trey" Clark III (Fuller Theological Seminary)

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm    Lunch and Retiree Recognition

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm    Workgroup Session 2

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm    Transportation to Embassy Suites

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm    Dinner on your own

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm    Black Caucus Dinner

6:45 pm - 7:15 pm    Transportation to Bates Memorial Baptist Church

7:15 pm - 9:00 pm    Black Caucus Worship

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm    Transportation to Embassy Suites

Saturday, December 3

7:30 am - 8:30 am    Breakfast at Embassy Suites
                                 Workgroup Convenors' Breakfast (Location: Orchid Room)

8:30 am - 10:00 am   Plenary Session 3: “Preaching and Decoloniality in the Brazilian context: An Attempt” (International Session)

• Presenter: Júlio Cézar Adam (Faculdades EST, Brazil)
• Respondent: Pauline Lagonda (Sekolah Tinggi Theologia Abdiel, Indonesia) 
• Respondent: Martin Laubscher (University of the Free State, South Africa)
• Location: Edison Square Ballroom

10:00 am - 10:30 am  Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am  Annual Business Meeting

• Location: Edison Square Ballroom

11:45 am - 12:30 pm  Closing Worship

• Preacher: Teresa L. Fry Brown (Candler School of Theology, AOH EC)
• Location: Edison Square Ballroom

12:45 pm - 2:30 pm   Closing Luncheon, Lifetime Achievement Award and Passing the Gavel

• Location: Orchid Room