Leader: The Right Reverend Mark Sisk, Fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of New York
This conference hopes to provide the participants a useful occasion to grapple with, and come to celebrate, this most unexpected part of ordained ministry. As Bishop Sisk’s says, “From my experience, first as a seminary dean for 14 years and now for the last 12 years as a bishop, the thing that priests and deacons do not expect (I certainly didn't) is the extent to which, once ordained, their lives are not their own. The ordained person becomes a ‘public person’ whether she or he expects to or not, whether he or she wants it or not. It is simply a fact.” The purpose of the Conference is to reflect on this fact, and its several dimensions.
Date: Monday through Wednesday, October 5-7. Begins Monday with registration at 4:30 PM. Conference starts at 5 PM and ends Wednesday at noon.
Location:The White Sands Oceanfront Resort and Spa
1205 Ocean Ave
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-3370
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Cost: Single $285, shared room $190, commuter $95, all meals included.
Scholarships are available for retired clergy: first preference, contact Cecilia Alvarez at 609 394-5281, ext. 22 or at calvarez@newjersey.anglican.org.
The registration period has closed for this event.
Registration Ends: 9/30/2009 11:59 PM (ET)-
The Right Reverend Mark Sisk is the fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of New York. He was installed on September 29, 2001, after his consecration as Bishop Coadjutor in 1998. Prior to his election as Coadjutor, from 1984 through 1998, Bishop Sisk was President and Dean of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Under his leadership new models for theological education for seminarians, continuing education for clergy, and the first doctoral degree in congregational development were instituted. From 1977 through 1984, Bishop Sisk served as an Archdeacon in the Diocese of New York. He started the Metropolitan Japanese Ministry and nurtured the first Latino congregations in Yonkers. Bishop’s early ministry was served on the parish level as curate of Christ Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey followed by a three year call as associate rector, Christ Church, Bronxville, New York and as Rector of St. John’s, Kingston, New York where he co-founded the Religious Council of Kingston.