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Agenda

Leadership Dialogue: Creation Care and Climate Stewardship

November 15, 2009

3:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Prayer

• Paul Schuster, Priest, Diocese of Fargo, and President, Prairie Climate Stewardship Network

3:35 p.m. Christian Faith Traditions on Creation Care and Climate Stewardship - what each tradition brings to creation care and climate stewardship and our responsibilities

Moderator: Paul Schuster

• Deborah Kiesey, Bishop, Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church

• Steve Minnema, Interim Executive Presbyter, Presbyterian Church USA, Presbytery of the Northern Plains

• Mark Narum, Bishop, Western North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, with Wes Aardahl, Pastor, Faith Lutheran Church, Bismarck

• William Rindy, Bishop, Eastern North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

• Wade Schemmel, Conference Minister, United Church of Christ Northern Plains Conference

John Taylor, Program Officer, Catholic Relief Services

Questions and Answers

4:45 p.m. Technology Solutions - North Dakota and regional resource and technology solutions for climate stewardship

• Steve Brick, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Questions and Answers

5:15 p.m. Break

5:30 p.m. Economics: Climate Change and Climate Stewardship – the economics and moral and ethical implications of responding to climate change

• Stephen J. DeCanio, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara and Former Senior Staff Economist, President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers

Questions and Answers

6:00 p.m. Leadership Perspective: What Our Faith Calls Us To Do

Moderator: Paul Schuster

• Faith leaders offer summary comments

Discussion with Faith Leaders and Guest Speakers

6:30 p.m. Refreshments and Fellowship

 

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