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Mark Kraai Lecture – 2017-2018
February 3, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Please join us for the 2017-2018 Mark Kraai lecture – An annual lecture series focusing on issues concerning the practice of Ministry.
This year’s lecture series emphasizes the need for creative ministry for the uniquely-abled. Its focus will be on becoming increasingly accessible and sensitive to all people within our congregations and beyond. The Lecture will open with worship in the Mast Chapel.
Lunch will be served.
Admission is free, but seating is limited, please RSVP to deansoffice@nbts.edu by January 29, 2018.
Featured Panelists to include:
Rev. Dr. Joanne Van Sant
Pastor, Friends to Friends Community Church, Ridgewood NJ
Chaplain, Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat, Wyckoff NJ
Rev. Martisha Dwyer, MA
Chaplain, Matheny Medical and Educational Center, Peapack, NJ
Rev. Clifford Wright, Sr., D. Min.
Pastor, HOPE Church, Bound Brook, NJ
Minister Jacqueline Jackson, M.S.W., M. Div.
D. Min. Candidate, NBTS
Yolanda Jones
M. Div. Candidate, NBTS
Please click here to complete a brief survey in preparation for the Lecture
As we see everyday, more and more people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities are being acknowledge as contributing members of society. We are beginning the work to acknowledge the world of people with ID/DD’s who are already at our doors and in our sanctuaries. Today’s desire for the community of people with ID/DD’s is to have meaningful life experiences in the broader community.
The assessment will take just a short time and the questions are answered by checking a matrix range of agree; somewhat agree; neither agree or disagree; somewhat disagree and disagree. If you feel you need provide additional information, you will have a limited space after each question to write in a comment.
This will provide an important foundation for the discussion on December 2nd! Thanks!!!
More info about the panelists:
Active in the intersection of faith and disability for the last 10 years, Pastor Joanne is currently the pastor of the Friends to Friends Community Church, an RCA congregation of uniquely able people, friends and family. She also serves as a part time chaplain for the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat (ECCR) located in Wyckoff, NJ. ECCR is a human services agency providing support services to people who are differently-abled and uniquely gifted. She has recently completed her D.Min. at NBTS. Her work provided a perspective of the church and its ability to be a welcoming and inclusive body for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Currently, Rev. Dwyer coordinates the religious and spiritual activities at Matheny Medical and Educational Center, a special hospital and school for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities and a comprehensive outpatient center meeting the health care needs of people with all types of disabilities in the community. In her position, she provides spiritual and emotional support, along with connecting them with religious activities in the community and/or fellowship on a weekly basis across religious traditions to help them fully live out their faith.
She is currently a Doctor of Ministry candidate at NBTS in the final writing stages of her work. Among other areas, she is focusing on bringing awareness to designing spaces for worship that are accessible.
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