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Andrew Dawson
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Joined on 04-18-2006
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Pittsburgh, PA
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View the 2006 speaker schedule.
 - Our special weekend speaker will be Tony Campolo. He will speak Saturday evening, Sunday at the 11:00am worship, and again Sunday evening.
- Dr Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He previously served for ten years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern College and earned a Ph.D. from Temple University. Founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), Dr. Campolo has worked to create, nurture and support programs for “at-risk” children in cities across North America, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries.
- Dr. Campolo is a media commentator on religious, social and political matters, having guested on television programs like Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, The Charlie Rose Show, Larry King Live and CNN News. He co-hosted his own television series, Hashing It Out, on the Odyssey Network, and presently hosts From Across The Pond, a weekly program on the Premier Radio Network in England. The author of 32 books, his most recent titles are Speaking My Mind, Which Jesus, The Church Enslaved (Co-authored by Michael Battle (Augsburg), Let Me Tell You a Story: Life Lessons From Unexpected Places and Unlikely People (WORD); The Survival Guide for Christians on Campus, co-authored by Will Willimon (Howard).
- Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister, has served American Baptist Churches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is presently recognized as an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia. Dr. Campolo and his wife Peggy have two grown children and four grandchildren.
- Returning delegates will remember Bart Campolo, a 2004 NWMC guest speaker. Tony is Bart’s father.
 - Rev. Dr. Stephen D. McConnell is Senior Pastor at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church, Liberty Corner, New Jersey. Steve grew up in Michigan and went to college at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and his Doctorate of Letters at Drew University in the field of C.S. Lewis studies. He is married and has one daughter. Steve loves to read, play golf and watch sports of many different kinds. Steve will be our Morning Meeting Speaker.
 - Rev. Angel delaCruz grew up in the slums of Harlem and in the projects of the South Bronx. He earned a BS in the Administration of Justice from Penn State, has pastured 3 churches and has served as a chaplain in the State Correctional Facility. He became a Presbyterian pastor after his experience at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and has led the Word Centered Fellowship Church of Masury OH, to become the first new church commissioned by the Shenango Presbytery in 102 years. Word Centered Fellowship is a multiracial, multicultural congregation. Though its members are clear that they value and are anxious to maintain the Pentecostal spirit of their worship, they’ve also been studying the first four chapters of the Presbyterian Book of Order ! Pastor Angel is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Urban Studies at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Charlene, “a precious woman of God”, have a blended-family of four children and ten grandchildren. Pastor Angel is Monday’s Evening Meeting speaker.
 - Honesty. Introspection. Integrity. Passion. Focus. These are things Derek Sandstrom wants out of life, and they come through in his music. Derek Sandstrom is a singer, a songwriter, a composer, an arranger, an instrumentalist, a teacher, and a lover of music. He has played in hard rock bands, saxophone quartets, jazz ensembles, classical wind ensembles, choral groups of all configurations, and marching bands. He has written music for himself, for bands, for choirs. He loves music of all kinds. “It's like flavors of ice cream to me,” he says. “There's nothing wrong with vanilla, but sometimes you want something different. There are so many different kinds of music out there, and all of them with some type of beauty. I'm blessed to have tried making so many!
- It has been said that if Michael W. Smith and Dennis De Young became one person, it might sound like this. We will get to taste it at the Thursday Evening Meeting concert by Derek. Many of you may already know this good friend of Conference.
 - Rev. Abdoulaye & Doris Ba will speak at Tuesday's Evening Meeting. Rev. Ba is the International Coordinator and Director of D.O.N.E. Inc. Africa. Pastor Ba is a gifted man, fluent in five languages and comes from the Fula Tribe of Senegal. He went to bible College and became a pastor. Doris, his wife, is a gifted musician and worship leader. Her personal mission is to witness to the Senegalese through their music sounds, but with the gospel message.
- Annemaria Baranyi, of Hungary, will speak at Wednesday's Evening Meeting. Annemaria works with Hungarian Ministries International, which is an organizatio that exists for the evangelism and edification of Hungarian speaking people around the world through their music sounds but with the gospel message.
- Friday’s Evening Meeting, always a Conference highlight, will be an opportunity for the 2006 Summer Service Team to share how their experiences in Siberia have impacted their lives. In the mean time let’s keep them in our prayers as they prepare and during their travels in June and July.
- Rev. Jim Walker, a recent graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, serves the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community, a new church plant through the United Methodist Church. He has served 10 years in ministry at two churches: Bakerstown UMC and Oakmont UMC. As a teenager, Jim had an after school job as *Zee Shakey Chef* at a New Jersey amusement park and the clown make-up never did come off! He was a camp counselor at Ligonier Camp, PA, graduated from Point Park College and spent many years using drama to proclaim the Gospel in churches and camps across the country through a ministry called “Crosslight Productions”. He and friend, Jeff Eddings, also created an outreach to elementary schools through the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum- performing plays about conflict resolution, handling peer pressure, and reading.
- Now they serve together at the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community that meets in the Goodwill building on the South Side of Pittsburgh. They use a style of worship that shares the story of God through drama and the arts. The Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community seeks to bridge the gap between people and Jesus Christ by helping them experiencing the Kingdom of God. Jim will lead our new drama program which will add bits of exciting drama to each day. If you are interested in helping with this ministry be sure to sign up at Conference.
 - Toolbox, a ministry group from Miami, will help with our Morning and Evening Meetings. Many members of Toolbox have come through The Lighthouse Ministries music school and were at one point members of the youth band, Drive. Most members of Toolbox are either in college or working. Toolbox members have lead worship for Triennium, other youth conferences around the country and churches in and out of Florida.
- Drive, the youth worship band that performed at Conference in 2005, will be back for 2006. Drive is made up of middle and high school students. Drive's roots are in The Lighthouse Ministries of Miami. The Lighthouse began about a decade ago with a vision to reach out to youth and young adults in and around Miami and is now associated with a church in Miami.
 - Rev. Lisa Nichols Hickman is a veteran youth pastor having served churches in Princeton, New Jersey, Tucson, Arizona, Charlotte, North Carolina and currently New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She and her husband Jason have two daughters, Caitlyn and Leah. They enjoy hiking, writing and watching the latest on NetFlix.
- Lisa has recently authored The Worshiping Life: Meditations on the Order of Worship, an engaging book that weaves the act of worshiping into the whole fabric of the worshiper’s day-to-day life. Lisa will share with the High School delegates all week.
 - Rev. Larry Ruby will serve Conference this year as the Young Adult Bible leader. He is the pastor of Hiland Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. PA. Larry has been helping with the young adult program for many years.
 - David Bailey’s story is one of faith and passion. Singer, songwriter, survivor, David will lead the Young Adults
- A conference veteren, David has been a conference rugrat, a delegate and work crew member. He served on Summer Service (Korea, '85) , led Young Adult Vespers, Career Bible Hour, evening programs and has written music for a drama, 3 theme songs, and performed many concerts. The son of Presbyterian missionaries, David grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, attended schools in Germany and Pennsylvania before launching a corporate career. After he was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, he returned to his first love of songwriting and has since performed all over the nation in support of his 12 albums. He brings to the stage a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and theology while his music urges us to live with greater passion and deeper hope.
 - Rev. Catherine Day, our Career Bible Hour speaker, has been a teacher, a professor, an editor, and an administrator. She worked with Coalition for Christian Outreach at Geneva College in campus ministry, and as a curriculum developer. She has served several churches and is now the pastor of Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Greentree, PA. She is involved as the Co-Chairman of the Pittsburgh Presbytery Malawi Partnership.
 - Rev. Harold Kurtz and his wife Polly served as missionaries in Ethiopia under the United Presbyterian Church from 1955 through 1977. The Kurtz’s have five daughters and one son.
- Harold has served as Executive Director of the Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and serves now as Senior Associate. The purpose of the PFF is to stimulate PCUSA cross-cultural evangelism among the "unreached" peoples of the world who do not have a viable church within their culture and who do not now have a witness of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Through his inspiration and leadership, the PC(USA) has dramatically increased its support in Frontier Missions both in the USA and around the world.
- Harold and Polly have traveled extensively internationally and speak widely in churches and mission conferences. The need for a deep, life-transforming faith in Christ, and the world-wide dimensions of that faith, will always be the keynotes of the Kurtz’s ministry. Harold will be the Career Mission Interpretation speaker.
 - Rev. Anne Hilborn, Director of Adult Ministries at Providence Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC, is a native of Richmond, Virginia, married to a Presbyterian minister, and mother of two teens! She became a Christian in high school, which is a story in itself - God’s story. Anne will be the Adult Bible speaker.
- Her theological training came from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Boston) and Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena). She has a passion for the Gospel – and to see it impact the lives of those in the church. Of particular interest to her is Christian Spirituality and spiritual formation as it applies to leadership development.
- As she grows older, she realizes the significance of community in our lives. “We’re intended to live in fellowship – giving & receiving the love of Christ, helping each other grow in our faith - and live out our faith day by day (that’s the hard part)”
 - Rev. Dr. Robert J. Weingartner serves as Executive Director of The Outreach Foundation and will be our Adult Mission speaker. He served as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Middletown, Ohio, from 1991 to 2002. He received the M.Div. degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1995. He and his wife, Theresa, have three children in college and high school.
- He has led church groups to Israel, Egypt, Greece and Russia and has represented the PCUSA at consultations in Zaire and Geneva. He has had numerous other opportunities for service with The Outreach Foundation. The Outreach Foundation helps to establish partnerships that enable God’s people to share their gifts with one another in God’s mission to the world.
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