North America 2019 Regional Conference // Hidden Conversations
NightLight Missouri and the ICAP North American Region will host a conference in Springfield, Missouri, May 13-16, 2019. Conference Fees are $225.
Agenda
Monday, May 13
4:00 - 8:30 PM // Check-In
7:00 - 8:30 PM // Opening Session
Tuesday, May 14
8:00 - 8:30 AM // Check-In + Coffee
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM // Session 1: Restorative Justice and the Heart of God
12:00 - 1:30 PM // Lunch (included in conference cost)
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM // Session 2: Applying God's Restorative Justice to Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Pastoral Session / Worship
6:00 PM // Dinner (on your own)
Wednesday, May 15
8:00 - 8:30 AM // Check-In + Coffee
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM // Session 3: Applying God's Restorative Justice to Issues of Gender
12:00 - 1:30 PM // Lunch (included in conference cost)
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM // Session 4: Gender Issues & Restorative Justice + Process Groups
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Pastoral Session / Worship
6:00 PM - Dinner (on your own)
Thursday, May 16
8:00 - 8:30 AM - Check-In + Coffee
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Session 5: Bringing It All Together + Conference Closing
12:00 PM - Lunch (on your own)
Sessions
Session 1: Restorative Justice and the Heart of God
American politics on both right and left tends to start with individualism, and sees all relationships as optional social constructs. But God starts with a vision for relationship, because He is relational in His Triune being. We'll explore the huge difference that makes for how we approach both personal and policy issues.
Session 2: Applying God's Restorative Justice to Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Our modern challenges with race, culture, and political identity are the result of mostly Protestant heresies. Prior to colonialism, Christians worked with a biblical vision for relationship. They abolished slavery, embraced cultural and ethnic difference under the gospel, and honored God's vision of land and wealth as gift and not a reward for productivity. We can recover that vision, so certain people and their suffering would not be hidden.
Session 3: Applying God's Restorative Justice to Issues of Gender
God's original vision for women in creation was deeply empowering, and Jesus restored relationships in his mission to recover the power of women's voices, replace shame with honor, and equalize power dynamics. We will examine a controversial but neglected passage, 1 Corinthians 11:2 - 16. We will discuss ways Jesus makes visible our personal narratives and makes audible our voices - especially those of women - to proclaim his redemption and mission.
In an effort to protect attendees, Venue, Hotel & Transportation Information will only be provided after registration.
Hotel accommodations are walking distance from the venue.
Rooms will cost an estimated $150 a night, will sleep four people and includes hotel breakfast.
Estimated roundtrip flights to Springfield are $650.
Additional food // Estimated 1 meal each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday @ $25/meal
CEUs now available at an extra cost of $25!
The ICAP North America 2019 Conference is approved for 14 hours of continuing education through MSU Noncredit for the following areas: Social Workers, Counselors, and Missouri State University continuing education units.
Cancellation Policy
Conference cancellations through April 30 will receive a 75% refund. We are unable to provide refunds for cancellations May 1 and after, as well as conference no-shows. If you need to cancel your registration, contact icapna@gmail.com.
Keynote Speakers
Mako Nagasawa
Mr. Nagasawa is the Director of the New Humanity Institute (NHI) in Boston, Massachusetts. Mako grew up in Cerritos, CA and went north to Stanford, where he studied Industrial Engineering and Public Policy, with a focus on education. He worked at Intel Corp for 6 years while serving a Spanish-speaking ministry to Mexican immigrants in East Palo Alto, CA. He married Ming in May, 1999 and left the Golden State for Boston, MA. He then worked for two startup companies trying to bring technology and jobs to inner city communities. Since 1999, Mako, Ming, and their two children John and Zoe have lived among friends in a Christian intentional community house in a mostly black neighborhood in Dorchester. They enjoy their current church, Neighborhood Church of Dorchester, and do urban community gardening.
Mako co-authored the Lazarus at the Gate economic discipleship curriculum with Dr. Gary VanderPol. He contributed to the Justice Study Bible as a commentator on Ezekiel.
He was a guest on the Almost Heretical podcast on the topic of atonement, called Beyond Penal Substitution. He is currently working on Christian Restorative Justice curricula focusing on our use of political power, and combining it with being engaging to non-Christians. Mako has done campus ministry since 2001 and founded NHI in 2014. In addition to Christian ethics, theology, biblical studies, and early church history, Mako enjoys food, tea, and stories from around the world. He misses the Pacific Ocean.
Sillimon Davis
Sill has been working with Emmaus Ministries in Chicago, Illinois since 1995. He came on staff full time as Ministry Director in 2004 and has found his work at Emmaus to be a consistent reminder of the grace and mercy that God and others have shown him on his own road to healing.
He came to Emmaus from AIDSCare in Chicago. Prior to that, he did HIV/AIDS-related work for Cook County.
He currently serves on the board of Overcomers, a ministry to the sexually broken. He has two children, a daughter and a son, who bring him much joy. When he isn’t ministering, he likes to travel, take pictures, and listen to different types of music.