Food Faith Mission
May 16-19, 2017
“Food is a gift of God given to all creatures for the purposes of life’s nurture, sharing, and celebration. When it is done in the name of God, eating is the earthly realization of God’s eternal communion-building love.”
From Norman Wirzba, Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“Like infants with their mothers, we’re helpless before the God who feeds us, cares for us and embraces us with even greater devotion than that of a loving mother with nursing babies.” Does a nursing babe have to “be good” to earn that love-to deserve that tender, intimate feeding? No. He has only to open his mouth and be fed. And so with us.”
From Rachel Marie Stone, Eat with Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food, InterVarsity Press, 2013
Our keynote speakers:
Norman Wirzba and Rachel Marie Stone, will bring careful reflection on the vital connections between congregations, outreach and food. Food ministry practitioners will help us think about engaging in food ministry/mission projects in our respective congregations and communities.
Registration Fees (Onsite and Individual Livestream)
| Early Registration | $200 (after March 15th, $250) | |
| Student Registration | $110 | |
| Meals only | $100 | |
| *Room and meals | $265 |
*In order to secure a room at this rate (only 36 rooms available) complete your registration using the form on the right of this page. Or to ask any questions, use the “questions” button. We look forward to hearing from you.
Congregational Livestream Hosting
Congregations or other groups may host offsite, livestream events in connection with the conference. A registration fee of $325 will apply. Contact us (see the ‘Ask us’ button to the right) for more information.