PACE-WARREN ~ ADULT EDUCATION ~ SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Eileen Lindner at Forum Discussion The 2008 Pace-Warren Lectures
Eileen Lindner
October 12-13, 2008

The Rev. Dr. Eileen W. Lindner is Director of Organizational Development of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), the nation's largest ecumenical agency, comprising 36 Protestant, Episcopal and Orthodox churches. She previously served as Director of the Child Advocacy Office. During her tenure she established the Ecumenical Child Care Network, serving 18,000 preschool programs housed in churches of all denominations nationwide. She is the author of numerous books and articles on a variety of child advocacy subjects.

SCHEDULE

  
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

Morning Worship Services
8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Sermon: "Called to Remove
the stumbling Block"

Forum Discussion
9:40 - 10:40 a.m.
“Receiving the Little Ones: Strategies
for Ministry With/To Children”

Evening Worship Service
7:00 p.m.
“Suffer the Little Children”

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

A Conversation with Eileen
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Campbell Memorial Room
 

Dr. Lindner is a Presbyterian minister holding a Ph.D. degree in American Church History. She serves as Theologian in Residence to the Children's Defense Fund's Summer Institute in Child Advocacy and is a member of the Steering Council for the CDF's "Campaign to Leave No Child Behind."

Dr. Lindner is also a member of the Board of Directors of Stand For Children and of the Good Schools Pennsylvania Founding Council. Dr. Lindner is editor of the NCC's annual Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, widely recognized as the most accurate and complete compilation of facts and figures on U.S. and Canadian churches and organizations.

Eileen Lindner at Moring Worship
Dr. Lindner at Morning Worship Service


The Rev. Eileen W. Lindner, Ph.D., can be considered a modern-day prophet who, through sermons and the power of her sheer presence, has raised the awareness of those who have heard her preach about the critical need of children’s advocates.

Her words convey her passion that adults have certain responsibilities with regard to children. The first is to protect children from poverty, neglect, abuse, and other forms of violence that truncate their ability to thrive and flourish. The second is to open themselves up to the spiritual power of children themselves.

Lindner communicates her passion with humility, honesty, and wit without sacrificing the urgency of the issue.

   (from PCUSA's Ideas for Church Leaders).

10/08