Saturday Service:
February 20
Attendee Portal
We are so excited you are joining us for Saturday Service! Welcome to the attendee portal, which will have all of the details and links needed to participate in the event. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the schedule and technical requirements for participation. Included are troubleshooting links with our various tech partners should you have any trouble connecting.
For questions, feel free to contact us.
Agenda:
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 1
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Break
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 2
- 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Evening Activity: The Great OutChristian Bake-off
*All times listed Eastern (EST)
How To Participate:
For Session 1 and Session 2:
If the above link does not work, please click or copy/paste the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84223516654
We recommend using your computer audio, but if you are away from your computer and would like to listen in, you can use one of the following numbers:
+1 312 626 6799
+1 646 876 9923
+1 301 715 8592
+1 346 248 7799
+1 408 638 0968
+1 669 900 6833
+1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 842 2351 6654
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k1WVlyAX3
*Zoom client required. We recommend downloading the most recent version of Zoom and installing at least 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the program.
You can test your Zoom connection to ensure everything works by clicking here.
Having trouble with your Zoom client? Check out these troubleshooting tips.
Saturday Service Social Lounge
We know it’s important that you have the chance to meet your fellow participants, so we’re launching a new opportunity through our Social Lounge! This area will be open between the first and second sessions for you to meet and mingle with other Saturday Service attendees.
To participate:
- We recommend using your computer to connect for the best experience. However, if you’re on your phone or table, the site is compatible for that as well.
- You can move around the space by clicking on your icon and moving your mouse.
- This area is designed to simulate a real world social area! As you move around, you’ll discover you can see and hear folks you move closer to!
- To zoom in or out, use your mouse wheel, trackpad, or use the zoom controls on the lower right side of the screen.
- Please be respectful and courteous to others in the space.
- If you need help, just ask a Moderator!
Trivia Round During the Sessions:
During the sessions, we’ll have a couple of fun, interactive trivia breaks! Participation is completely optional, but we encourage you to join in and have fun.
There is no need to download or install anything to participate, all you need is your phone, tablet, or other mobile device.
To participate:
- Use your phone or tablet to visit http://crowd.live/TVZ7C or scan the QR code on the screen
- Enter the Game PIN shown from the main Saturday Service broadcast screen
- Questions will appear on the main screen and on your device. Use your phone/tablet to select your guess!
- Points are given for correct answers. Answering quickly will get you more points! We’ll have some fun prizes available for the top 3 players in each round.
Evening Activity: The Great OutChristian Bake-off!
Ready – Set – Bake!
We’re baking up a delightful treat in this interactive session. Join us as Reijo-Kalevi Chen walks us through how to bake one of his favorites: lemon ginger cardamom cupcakes! He’ll demonstrate step-by-step how to make this wonderful treat that you will be able to make for friends and family anytime.
The evening session is designed to be an interactive event! We encourage you to join the meeting with your camera on, so you’re able to join along with making the recipe and then showing us your finished product.
In order to be fully prepared for the session, please download this ingredients list and helpful tips that will ensure you’re ready to go on Saturday!
>> Click here for ingredients list (pdf, 51 kb)
Session Zoom Call
If the above link does not work, please click or copy/paste the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82260350796
We recommend using your computer audio, but if you are away from your computer and would like to listen in, you can use one of the following numbers:
+1 312 626 6799
+1 646 876 9923
+1 301 715 8592
+1 346 248 7799
+1 408 638 0968
+1 669 900 6833
+1 253 215 8782
Meeting ID: 822 6035 0796
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k1WVlyAX3
*Zoom client required. We recommend downloading the most recent version of Zoom and installing at least 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the program.
You can test your Zoom connection to ensure everything works by clicking here.
Having trouble with your Zoom client? Check out these troubleshooting tips.
Our Speakers
Bishop Deon K. Johnson moved to St. Louis from Brighton, Michigan in March 2020 after being elected at the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri’s 180th Convention in November 2019. Originally from Barbados, he moved to New York as a teenager and went on to study at Case Western Reserve University and General Theological Seminary. As an Episcopal priest, Bishop Deon has deep experience in social justice issues and ministry to LGBTQIA+ communities. On June 13, 2020, he was ordained as the 11th Bishop of Missouri. He and his husband Jhovanny are the proud parents of two children. He enjoys cooking, photography, hiking, and being an armchair movie critic.
Schedule: Session 2 – 3:30pm – 5:00pm
William Stell is a doctoral student in the Department of Religion at Princeton University, where he is researching the history of evangelical gay activism in the 1970s and 1980s. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ and formerly served as the pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Jersey. You can find some of his writing at Huffington Post, Commonweal Magazine, Religion Dispatches, Unfundamentalist, and Patheos.
Connect with him on Twitter: @wmstell.
Schedule: Session 1 – 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Brother Merrick Moses is an ordained Old Catholic Priest, Benedictine monk, writer, community activist, and teacher living in Baltimore, MD. This native New Yorker is a graduate of Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a minor in Spanish language. Br. Merrick was one of the first Black Transmen ordained within the Old Catholic Movement in Baltimore. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2008 and in independent Catholic movement for 19 years.
Schedule: Session 1 – 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Isaac Barber (He, Him, His) currently lives in Connecticut where he works at the University of Connecticut, overseeing all aspects of the Event Services unit of the Student Union. Growing up in a military family, he has lived and traveled around the country, and he even spent a few years in England.
Isaac is a person who holds multiple marginalized and under-represented identities which, in part, motivates him to invest and involve himself in learning and development opportunities around diversity, inclusion, and difference. In addition to this work, Isaac has always been connected to or involved with music in some form or fashion throughout his entire life. He began learning his first instrument at 6-years old, he was a music major for two-years at Louisiana Tech University, he earned a music minor when he completed his undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech, and he has directed many gospel and contemporary Christian choirs in different states over the years.
From 2000 to 2014, he served as worship leader for churches and events around the country. For six of those years, he also served as the advisor and coordinator for the vtONE organization at Virginia Tech with Michael Snow, hosting campus-wide worship events, as well as several concerts with well-known christian music and worship artists. Isaac believes that “credentials” are important for some people and that is why some of the details in this bio were included. But, he doesn’t take himself too seriously and always hopes that people connect to God through the fellowship, community, and unity we experience through this medium we call music.
How do we create community where we see a need? How do we identify ways to brings people together? Our panelists have each worked to develop community opportunities in a variety of ways, including geographic meetups, church ministries, online special interest gatherings, and more. Come listen to their discussion in how we can look to create meaningful and impacting community support wherever we see a need or opportunity.
Panelists: Peggy Sue Paulsen, Alejandro Ugarte, Terri Augustine, Adam Evers
Moderated by: Trey Weaver
Schedule: Session 2 – 3:30pm – 5:00pm
We’re cookin’ up something delicious! Kalevi Chen will guide us through cooking a special sweet treat in this interactive group session, capping off the Saturday Service on a yummy note!
(Ingredients and necessary cooking items will be provided ahead of time!)
Hosted by: Kalevi Chen
Schedule: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
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