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Sunday Worship Part of Big July 4th Weekend at Montreat Conference Center
Montreat Conference Center welcomes the Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey as guest preacher Sunday, July 5. Many of the families, friends, conference guests, and neighbors from surrounding communities who have come to Montreat for the old-fashioned 4th of July festivities on Saturday will return for worship on Sunday in the conference center’s Anderson Auditorium to hear Dr. Bailey’s sermon, “Jesus and the Town Collaborator,” based on a reading from the gospel of Luke. Dr. Bailey will be joined by the Montreat Chorus made up of singers from throughout the community under the direction of Dr. Ron Davis, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.
Dr. Bailey, a noted author and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament Studies, has written over 150 articles in English and in Arabic, including his most recent publication, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (Downer’s Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2008). Ordained by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Dr. Bailey spent 40 years living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Cyprus. For 20 of those years, he was Professor of New Testament and Head of the Biblical Department of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, where he also founded and directed the Institute for Middle Eastern New Testament Studies. He has taught and lectured throughout the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Dr. Bailey and his wife, Ethel, now reside in New Wilmington, PA, where Dr. Bailey continues his ministry of lecturing, writing, and recording in the field of New Testament and as Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church, U.S.A.
This Sunday is part of the continuing Sunday Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center. Worship starts at 11:00 AM in Anderson Auditorium, with child care available for children six months through completed kindergarten at the Updike Child Care Center on Texas Road. Following worship, a lunch buffet will be served at the Galax Dining Room in Assembly Inn, 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM.