meneilly visiting scholar lecture series

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2022 Meneilly visiting Scholar ONLINE
​"Native Christianity: Rediscovering Our Story"
with Kaitlin B. Curtice
March 4-5

​Kaitlin Curtice is a Potawatomi author and theologian who explores ways to bridge Native and white cultures, specifically striving to find God in a Christianity that has too often been destructive to Native Americans. Most recently, she's the author of "Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God (2020)." 

​Please join this young, insightful theologian online Friday and Saturday, March 4 & 5, as she helps us rediscover our roots, expand our understanding of Native American theology, and glimpse the future she envisions as she works on her next book on everyday resistance. (due to be published in 2023).

As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin shares what it means to experience her faith through the lens of her Indigenous heritage and encourages us to embrace our own origins. She speaks on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples. 

If you have already registered as an in-person participant, your registration will automatically be changed to online. If you registered as an online participant, you do not need to do anything. All new registrations will be online.

Lecture Topics
7-9 p.m. Friday, March 4 - "Rediscovering Discovery: Decolonizing our Roots"
9-11:45 a.m. Saturday, March 5 - "To Tell the Truth: Being Honest with Ourselves" and "Living into the Future: How We Move Forward"

Questions we’ll consider: How do I integrate all of who I am in my never-ending journey of finding myself and finding God? How does listening to other's stories help us build a more inclusive and diverse future for the church?  
 
Kaitlin faced a bigger challenge with these questions than most of us as she sought to deconstruct aspects of the conservative evangelical theology of her teenage years and reconnect with her Native American roots.  

The 2022 Meneilly Visiting Scholar lectures are free of charge thanks to generous donations from previous participants and a grant from the Village Church Endowment Trust. Registrations are required, however, to assist our planning. Please register by clicking the button below.

ABOUT MENEILLY VISITING SCHOLAR

The Meneilly Visiting Scholar program brings well known Bible scholars and theologians to Village Church and the community in the desire to:
  • Challenge us with fresh and innovative, yet well supported perspectives on theological topics
  • Increase our understanding of the wisdom of the past
  • Engage us to honor and faithfully serve the God we worship and upon whom we rely
Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Director of Adult Education
Email
913-671-2323
Laura Hobbs
Coordinator for Adult Education
Email
913-671-2333