The conference is held immediately prior to the PCUSA Big Tent Event, and at the same location.   One set of travel plans, one hotel, two great conferences!  Register through the BTE or download the brochure below.  PPCN National Conference Registration Fee: $100  
 
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Note:  If you plan to attend the PPCN conference only, you can still register through the Big Tent Event website.   Download the registration form and select the PPCN conference from the list of pre-conferences found on the BTE registration form.

The theme is particularly relevant because of the numerous conversations taking place around the PCUSA about the difficulties presbyteries are experiencing in adjusting to the decline in financial support and ministry resources.  

Content will address the disconnects that congregations often feel with their presbyteries, and the perceptions that governing bodies need to rethink the ways we go about training ministers, consummating calls resourcing congregations, and doing ministry in the post-denominational and technological era of the 21st century.  

Hear from a creative presbytery executive, a seminary professor and a research director from the Lilly Endowment Project on Pastoral Excellence as together we think about adaptive changes at presbytery levels and within our congregational life to care and support both healthy pastors and healthy congregations.    

This summer thousands of Presbyterians will gather from across the country to celebrate the mission and ministry of the PCUSA. There are nine partner conferences scheduled during the Big Tent Event in addition to the PPCN Pre-Conference!   Click here for more information on hotels, BTE schedule and to register.   Yes, you still use the BTE registration form even if you are only attending the PPCN conference and not staying on for the BTE!  Download the registration form and look for the list of pre-conferences on the first page.   The BTE is handling all registrations including the pre-conferences such as the PPCN conference.

NOTE:  Read this important announcement from PCUSA about BTE:
POSTED 5/2/2011: 
Big Tent will be in Indianapolis! “ Changes to Indiana legislation removed the most troublesome of the Arizona-style anti-immigration provisions. We believe that all Presbyterians will be welcomed warmly in Indianapolis at the Big Tent gathering this summer.”
—Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the PC(USA) General Assembly
 
See you at Big Tent in Indy!