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Fresh Expressions: Dinner Church

Location: Crown Plaza Hotel Chicago-Northbrook, 2875 North Milwaukee Avenue, Northbrook, IL 60062

Saturday, September 21, 9am to 4pm 

Fresh Expressions / Expresiones Divinas: 

Dinner Church / Cena Iglesia

Discover the beauty of the dinner table / Desubre la belleza de la mesa de cena

Cost: $40/person, includes lunch

This event is for Spanish speakers

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Los líderes de todo el país están redescubriendo la teología de la mesa de Jesús que dominó la Era Apostólica. El movimiento actual de la Iglesia Cena está dando a los líderes y las iglesias una capacidad renovada para llegar a personas que nunca asistirían a sus reuniones de los domingos por la mañana.

Leaders all across the country are rediscovering Jesus' dinner table theology that dominated the Apostolic Era. The present-day Dinner Church movement is giving leaders and churches a renewed ability to reach people who would never attend their Sunday morning gatherings.

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Este evento de capacitación comienza con la rica historia teológica de la visión de la iglesia de la cena, y progresa a lo largo del día hacia ideas más prácticas que permitirían a un líder o grupo imaginarse organizando una Iglesia de la Cena en su propia comunidad.

A Dinner Church Encounter is a 1-day training event, beginning with the rich theological history of the dinner church vision, and progresses throughout the day toward more practical insights that would enable a leader or group to imagine hosting a Dinner Church in their own community.

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 A Partnership with The Academy for Faith Community Development for The Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church 

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