Registration
       For individuals, $10 in advance or $15 at the door
       For couples and families, $15 in advance or $20 at the door

To register in advance online, use PayPal or your credit card by August 26 by clicking individual registration or couple/family registration.

To register in advance by check, make your check payable to Richmond Center for Christian Study, write "registration" in the memo line, and mail your check by August 24 to the following address:
       Richmond Center for Christian Study
       3000 Grove Avenue
       Richmond, VA 23221

Schedule

       Friday (in sanctuary)
              7:00-9:00pm, Ken Myers (with break)
                     [Ken will speak about the assumptions that underlie modern thinking about the economy and how those assumptions
                     have actually contributed to the current economic crisis, how a biblical worldview calls us to a fundamentally different
                     way of thinking, and how we ought to put that worldview into action.]
       Saturday (in fellowship hall)
              9:00-10:30am, Amy Sherman (with break)
                     [Amy will speak more specifically about how the Bible calls us to think about our budgets during times of economic
                     difficulty and will offer creative, biblically-based ways that families can find greater financial security and become more
                     effective for the Kingdom of God.]
              10:45-11:15am, Discussion between Ken & Amy
              11:15-11:45am, Q&A

* refreshments provided
* childcare provided for children ages 5 and under.
       space is limited, so please RSVP by August 26 to reserve your spot.
       call Third Presbyterian Church at 282-4645 ext. 110.
* click here to see parking options

Ken MyersKen Myers is the host and producer of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, a bimonthly audio magazine that examines issues in contemporary culture from a framework shaped by Christian conviction.  He was formerly the editor of This World: A Journal of Religion and Public Life, a quarterly journal whose editor-in-chief was Richard John Neuhaus.  Prior to his tenure at This World, he was executive editor of Eternity, the Evangelical monthly magazine.
       For eight years, he was a producer and editor for National Public Radio, working for much of that time as arts and humanities editor for the two news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
       Mr. Myers serves as an advisory editor for Christianity Today, and his published writings include All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture (Crossway Books: 1989), and (as editor) Aspiring to Freedom: Commentaries on John Paul II’s Encyclical "The Social Concerns of the Church" (William B. Eerdmans: 1988).  He has also written for numerous periodicals, including The Wilson Quarterly, TableTalk, Discipleship Journal, World, Crisis, First Things, The Washington Times, and The World & I.  He has served on the Arts on Radio and Television Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, and he lectures frequently at colleges, universities, and churches around the country.
       He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he studied film theory and criticism, and of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.  He and his wife Kate have a large garden, a cat, a dog, and two children (Susannah, William & Mary, class of 2008; and Jonathan, University of Virginia, class of 2010) and they live in the country, north of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Amy ShermanDr. Amy L. Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, where she directs the Center on Faith in Communities.  She likes to describe the work of the Center as that of being "a minister to ministries."  She also serves as the Editorial Director for FASTEN, a capacity building project for faith-based organizations that offers a robust web site of practical resources for ministry practitioners.  Dr. Sherman is the author of five books and some 70 published articles in such diverse periodicals as Christianity Today, First Things, The Public Interest, Policy Review, and Books & Culture.  Her most recent book is titled The Relentless Pursuit: Stories of God’s Hope, Love and Grace in the Neighborhood.  She is currently working on a book about vocational stewardship, tentatively titled Rejoicing the City.  For the past 4 years Dr. Sherman has co-led the national Ele:Vate project, an initiative to teach financial literacy skills to low-income youth.
       Sherman is the founder and former Executive Director of Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries, an Evangelical nonprofit assisting low-income, inner-city families.  She also serves as a Senior Fellow for the International Justice Mission, a Christian human rights agency.  She is a long-time member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA.