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Another Auburn/Anglican dilemma: Do I go to the Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference (Jan 9-11) or the AMiA Anglican Studies course (Jan 7-11) and Winter Conference 2006 (Jan 11-15)? Probably the former since it's local and free for church members. But I was really hoping to work out that week in Birmingham. Still, I should probably use the vacation time and travel expense to visit family in Idaho. Sorry, Rick, but looks like it was "just one of these jon things that never pans out" after all.

Since it's not yet online elsewhere, here are the AAPC lecture titles (all except Steve Wilkins'):

Rich Lusk (pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama):
When Church Bells Stopped Ringing - a look at how the church has compromised by Americanizing and privatizing the gospel
The Church and Her Rivals - a defense of the church as the central "sphere" over and against statism and familism
Wide Awake in America - strategies and tactics for the church's mission in the 21st century
Doug Wilson (pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho):
The Political Impotence of Politics
The Centrality of Preaching in Sacramental Liturgy
What is a High Church Puritan?
Darryl Hart (director of fellowship programs and scholar-in-residence at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, and adjunct professor of church history at Westminster Seminary, Escondido, California):
The Spirituality of the Church
The Authority of the Church
The Piety of the Church

Should be good. Early registration ends in two days; it's $100 through Monday, Oct 31, after which it's $130. Call Jackie at (318) 323-3061 to register.