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1 Witnesses to the World Join us in Tampa, Florida April 19-22, 2010 April 19 - April 22, 2010 Seminars and presentations each day on critical ecumenical issues Meetings of Denominational Networks Ecumenical Worship Services NATIONAL WORKSHOP on CHRISTIAN UNITY 2010

2 You are witnesses of these things. What witness will the world receive? Welcome to Tampa! A warm welcome to you on behalf of the Local Planning Committee from our Chair, Rev. Russell L. Meyer TAMPA sits on the eastern bay of the Gulf of Mexico. Along with its sister cities on the other side of the bay, the Tampa Bay area is a center of Florida life. From powdered sand beaches and water sports to theme parks and sports teams, it s a destination vacation spot for the world. At the end of April, the days will be warm and comfortable, cooling off at night a perfect time to visit. The bay is a witness to a fragile ecosystem of land and sea supporting greater and greater demands from human development. Our witness to the gospel in a post-modern, interreligious world faces parallel demands to show that faith in Christ delivers on the promise of life. Over the many years that the National Workshop has been meeting we have nurtured our common vision that, as Jesus prayed, the Church may be more visibly one. We have come together as Christians who diligently work on building relationships, developing dialogue, finding commonalities, and honoring differences. The workshop is a retreat and a vocation -- a time of spiritual and professional refreshment and a time for us to listen to our greater calling as the baptized of one faith, one Lord and one Spirit. It s a time to invite more people to see the vision of a Church in unity, set in a fragile world in disarray. Come, let us re-discover together these things of which we are witnesses in hope that the world will receive the good news of healing and salvation.

3 Featured Speakers for NWCU2010 OPENING WORSHIP April 19 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Catholic Church The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church Bishop Jefferts Schori was elected to this office in 2006, for a term lasting until November She has been vocal about the Episcopal Church s mission priorities, including the UN Millennium Development Goals, issues of domestic poverty, climate change and care for the earth, as well as the ongoing need to contextualize the gospel. Bishop Jefferts Schori s career as an oceanographer preceded her studies for the priesthood, to which she was ordained in She served as Bishop of Nevada before election to this post. Bishop Jefferts Schori grew up in the Seattle area, lived a few years in New Jersey, but has spent most of her life in the West. Bishop Jefferts Schori and her husband, Richard Miles Schori, a retired mathematician (topologist), were married in They have one daughter, who is a captain (pilot) in the U.S. Air Force. KEYNOTE ADDRESS April 20 9:30 a.m., Hotel Ballroom Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Archdiocese of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, ordained a priest in Chicago in 1973, earned his doctorate in sacred liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute (Sant Anselmo) in Rome in Ordained an auxiliary bishop of Chicago in 1983, he was installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, IL, in In 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Archbishop Gregory was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Nov Under his leadership, the bishops implemented the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in response to the crisis of sex abuse by Catholic clergy. He served on the NCCB Executive and Administrative Committees, the Administrative Board, the Committee on Doctrine and the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on International Policy. He previously served as the chairman of the Bishops Committees on Personnel and the Third Millennium/Jubilee Year 2000 from , and Liturgy from Archbishop Gregory has written extensively on church issues, including pastoral statements on the death penalty and euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide, and has published numerous articles on the subject of liturgy, particularly in the African-American community. He has also been recognized with a number of honorary degrees and awards, including the Sword of Loyola from St. Louis University in 2004, induction into the Martin Luther King Board of Preachers at Morehouse College, Atlanta in 2006, and also in 2006, the Cardinal Bernardin Award given by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative. He currently serves as Chairman of the Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY April 21, 8:45-10:45 & 1:15-2:45, Hotel Ballroom Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY. Bruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, and Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist. He is an expert on the New Testament and early Judaism, and has contributed fifty books and more than a hundred articles to those fields of study. His principal scholarship has been in the understanding of Jesus within Judaism and in the critical study of the Targumim, the Ara- maic paraphrases of the Bible. Jesus appears clearly as a rabbinic teacher in Dr. Chilton s analysis, on the basis of his study of the Targum of Isaiah, which he has edited and translated in the first commentary ever written on that book. WEDNESDAY PLENARY ON LOCAL RECEPTION April 21 10:30am, Hotel Ballroom Speaker: Rev. Dr. William G. Rusch The Divinity School, Yale University, & New York Theological Seminary William G. Rusch is a Lutheran pastor who has served as Executive Director of the Foundation for a Conference on Faith and Order in North America and as the Director of the Department of Ecumenical Affairs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He was a member of several dialogues, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, and the Committee on Ecumenical Relations of the Lutheran World Federation. Rusch was the Jean-Marie Tillard Distinguished Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome. He has edited or authored 21 books and written over 110 articles on ecumenical and patristic themes. His most recent publications are Ecumenical Reception: Its Challenge and Opportunity, and as editor The Pontificate of Benedict XVI: Its Premises and Promises. His presentation is titled Ecumenical Reception: Its Challenge and Opportunity for the Churches. He will describe the concept of ecumenical reception and how and why this topic is before the churches -- because of the various dialogues of the last several decades. It will point out that the churches have taken some juridical actions on the basis of the dialogues, but there is much more that the churches, nationally and locally, could now do. The presentation will point out the fragile nature of the present ecumenical moment and conclude with some general suggestions for what could be done locally at this point. CLOSING LUNCH April 22 Noon, Hotel Ballroom Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tom Best Former Director, Faith and Order Commission, WCC The Church is one, and mission is integral to the nature and life of the Church. Therefore the churches must do mission ecumenically, together rather than separately and in isolation. This is the witness of Luke 24:47-48, and from other Biblical, Patristic, Reformation and Ecumenical sources alike. But what does this mean in the 21st century, in an era when the old world seems to be abandoning the Gospel in favor of secularism, and the new world remains hostile or indifferent to it? We need urgently an ecumenical mission practice which would make mission an expression of the unity of the Church. Such a practice would call the churches to new levels of mutual accountability, and inspire local congregations to undertake specific, practical acts of common mission. Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Best, former Director of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, holds the B.A. from Harvard, the M.A. from Oxford, and the Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. In the service of Christian unity he has pursued issues of unity and mission, unity and the churches ethical engagement, the vision of the united and uniting churches, issues of liturgy, especially baptism and the eucharist, and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. His extensive publications include articles in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG), The New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship, the Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement, and, most recently, Baptism Today (Liturgical Press) and Ecclesiology and Ecumenism in The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church.

4 DIRECTORY OF NETWORK ACRONYMS CADEIO Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers (formerly NADEO) CCT Christian Churches Together in the USA CUIC Churches Uniting in Christ ECCO Ecumenical Colleagues 8:00 11:00am 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00am 7:00pm 8:30am 3:30pm 8:30am 5:00pm 11:00am Noon Noon 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:45pm 1:45pm 2:30/45pm 2:00pm 4:00pm 3:00pm 5:30pm 4:15pm 5:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:15 8:30am EDEIO Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting EDEIO Registration UMEIT Gathering CADEIO Board Bethany Retreat Center LERN Registration LERN Executive Board Meeting EDEIO Luncheon for Exec. Comm. And First-timers NWCU Newcomers Orientation Communion Newcomer Orientations EDEIO Plenary I LERN Plenary I EDEIO Province Meetings CADEIO Region Meetings Processional Leaders Sacred Heart Monday Evening OPENING WORSHIP Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Breakfast (Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, sponsor) 8:45 10:15am BIBLE STUDY PART 1: Generation of the Eucharist in the New Testament 10:30 11:45am Noon 1:00pm 1:15 2:30pm BIBLE STUDY PART 2 3:00 5:00pm 3:00 5:00pm 3:00 3:45pm 4:00 5:00pm 5:00 10:00pm M O N D A Y, April 19 PLENARY: Ecumenical Reception: Its Challenge and Opportunity **Lunch: Local/regional grouping for strategizing reception CADEIO General Assembly LERN Plenary III EDEIO Plenary II EDEIO Business Meeting *FLORIDA AQUARIUM CULTURAL EVENT - Buffet * This denotes that a special ticket is required for this event. Any luncheon so indicated is arranged by advance registration, made through the specific sponsoring Network. No meal ticket will be available at the door. The luncheon precedes the talk. Those wishing to hear a particular speaker will be admitted into the room without cost, after the luncheon. EDEIO Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers LARCUM Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Methodist LERN Lutheran Ecumenical Representatives Network NCCC National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA 7:15 8:30am Breakfast (Sponsored by NCCCUSA) 8:30am 5:30pm NWCU & Networks Registrations 8:45 10:15am KEYNOTE ADDRESS 10:30 11:45am SEMINAR SESSION I: 1. Ecumenism 101 (Level 1) 2. Ministry: A Retrospective on the Impact of BEM (Level 2) 4. The Origin of the Modern Ecumenical Movement (Level 2) 5. Interfaith Relations: Current Status (Level 3) 7. A Tale of Two Pontiffs (Level 2) 10. CCT Domestic Poverty Initiative (Level 2) 11. Building the New Fire (Level 1) 12. Just Faith Curriculum (Level 1) Noon 2:15 3:30pm 3:45 5:00pm 6:00pm 8:45 10:00am 10:15 11:30am Noon 1:15 2:30pm 2:15 4:15pm 2:15 4:30pm 4:30 5:30pm NEOA NPC WCC UMEIT National Ecumenical Officers Assoc. National Planning Committee of the NWCU World Council of Churches United Methodist Ecumenical and Interfaith Training T U E S D A Y, April 20 *LUNCHEONS: CADEIO, EDEIO, LERN, UMEIT JOINT NETWORKS PLENARY (UMEIT Host) Christian Witness in an Interreligious World LERN Plenary II EDEIO and UMEIT dialogue on UMC/TEC CADEIO Seminars Holy Eucharist (Episcopal St. Andrews CADEIO Sacred Heart W E D N E S D A Y, April 21 T H U R S D A Y, April 22 SEMINAR SESSION II: 2. Ministry: A Retrospective on the Impact of BEM (Level 2) 3. Racism as an Impediment to Ecumenism (Level 2) 6. Ecumenical Consultation on Ethical Decisions: Panel (Level 3) 8. Preaching Ecumenism (Level 1) 9. The Holy Spirit and Christian Unity (Level 3) 11. Building the New Fire (Level 1) SEMINAR SESSION III: 3. Racism as an Impediment to Ecumenism (Level 2) 6. Ecumenical Consultation on Ethical Decisions: Panel (Level 3) 5. Interfaith Relations: Current Status (Level 3) 8. Preaching Ecumenism (Level 1) 9. The Holy Spirit and Christian Unity (Level 3) 10. CCT Domestic Poverty Initiative (Level 2) **Thursday CLOSING SPEAKER/LUNCHEON NEOA Meeting EDEIO Executive Committee Meeting LERN Executive Board Meeting UMEIT Gathering CADEIO Board of Directors Meeting Joint Networks Board Meeting

5 NATIONAL WORKSHOP on CHRISTIAN UNITY 2010 April (Monday through Thursday) Hyatt Regency Tampa 211 North Tampa Street, Tampa, Florida, USA FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS call For hotel information, call Tel: Fax: NWCU room rate is $129/night (+ tax) NWCU2010 REGISTRATION FEE: $150 by March 10, 2010 $175 thereafter. YOU MAY ALSO REGISTER ONLINE FOR UPDATES, VISIT CHOOSE 3 SEMINARS: Session I Tuesday 10:30-11:45am Session II Thursday 8:45-10am Session III Thursday 10:15-11:30am Level 1 First-time participants (recommended) Level 2 Assumes a moderate level of understanding Level 3 Advanced level Seminar 1 Ecumenism 101 Level 1 (Session I) Dr. Thomas Ferguson (TEC) and Dr. Michael Trice (ELCA) This seminar is for all those who are new to the formal structures of the ecumenical movement. It provides a brief history and introduction to the movement, context for current dialogues, overview of national and international ecumenical conversations, and a sampling of new and emerging discussions. The presentation will draw on the attendees experience of ecumenical engagement and will encourage conversation and interaction. 2 Ministry: A Retrospective on the Impact of Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry Level 1 (Sessions I & II) Rev. Dr. Joe Small (PCUSA) This seminar is the third in a three-year series on Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Faith and Order Paper No. 111 issued by the World Council of Churches in This year s focus will be on the theological and practical implications of Ministry. Among items to be discussed is whether increased mutual understanding expressed in the statement may allow some churches to recognize each others s order(s) of ministry and exchange ministers when such might further the mission of the church. 3 Racism as an Impediment to Ecumenism Level 2 (Sessions II & III) Bp. Hope Morgan Ward (UMC) Jane Oasin (TEC) Curtis Kearns (PCUSA) This seminar is the second of a multiworkshop series on dismantling racism in our churches as we seek to live faithfully into God s gift of unity. It will explore the implications of racism to Christian unity from the Caucasian perspective and the various resources our communions have to share as we seek to live into God s admonition to act justly, to love mercy and walk humbly with our God.

6 4 The This seminar highlights the 1910 World Missionary Conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, convened to study missionary endeavors in light of the circumstances of the day. By creating the International Missionary Council, the Conference affirmed the ideal of evangelization of the world in its generation, as stated by the conference organizer, J. R. Mott. Over 1200 delegates from around the world participated, representing many Christian bodies, including 160 Missionary Boards or Societies. Conference subjects included: carrying the Gospel to the non-christian world, the local church in situations of mission, education, non-christian religions, missionary training, church-state relations, and Christian unity. Many see the Conference as the beginning of the modern Ecumenical Movement. 5 Interfaith Origin of the Modern Ecumenical Movement - The 100th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Conference Level 3 (Session I) Rev. Dr. Steven Bevans, SVD (RC) How do Christians relate in a pluralist, interreligious world? This seminar looks at current issues and the status of relations between Christians and Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists and the current relationship between ecumenical and interfaith relations in general; broader topics will be raised for discussion such as legitimacy, authority, consensus, religious pluralism, and dialogue. 6 Ecumenical Relations: Current Status from a Christian Perspective Level 3 (Sessions I & III) Dr. John Borelli (RC) Consultation on Ethical Decisions: Panel Level 2 (Sessions II & III) Fr. John Crossin (RC) Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke (ELCA) Rev. Dr. Timothy Sedgwick (TEC) Ethical and moral issues are challenges to ecumenical relationships. How should there be ecumenical consultation as a church body in considering a decision on moral and ethical issues? Each presenter will provide a framework for approaching ethical and moral concerns from their theological, ecclesiological, and ecumenical tradition. 7 A Tale of Two Pontiffs: Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs between John Paul II and Benedict XVI Level 2 (Session I) Fr. Dennis McManus, PhD (RC) What s the difference between recent Popes? This seminar provides an overview of the ecumenical and interreligious policies of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. It will examine the backgrounds cultural, personal, theological of each Pope and their developed thinking on how the Catholic Church can approach the establishment of good relations and the construction of dialogues with other religious communities. Attention will be given to present conflicts and likely outcomes and updates on current issues before the USCCB. 8 Preaching Ecumenism Level 2 (Sessions II & III) Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon (DoC) This workshop will examine the important task of preaching ecumenism, asking how Christians can best communicate the Good News of God s reconciling, community-forming love, made known in Jesus Christ. Participants will 1) read various sermons ( ed in advance) that are explicitly ecumenical in focus, exploring if and why they are effective; 2) develop outlines for possible sermons based on scriptural and patristic texts; and 3) suggest principles or guidelines for preaching that is intentionally ecumenical. NATIONAL NETWORK CONTACTS CADEIO Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers The Very Rev. Robert Flannery, President rbflan@globaleyes.net ECCO Ecumenical Colleagues EDEIO Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers The Rev. Canon David L. Veal, President veald@sbcglobal.net LERN Lutheran Ecumenical Representatives Network Dr. Rocky Piro, President REPiro@aol.com UMEIT United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training Rev. Betty Gamble, Coordinator bgamble@gccuic-umc.org

7 2010 NATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE Fr. Donald Rooney, National Chair Roman Catholic Church Mr. Art Geissler, Secretary The Episcopal Church Rev. Thomas Prinz, Treasurer Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew, Past National Chair The Episcopal Church Rev. Norman Theiss, Incoming National Chair Rev. Russell Meyer, Local Chair Rev. Raphael Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church Ms. Clare Chapman United Methodist Church Fr. Robert Flannery Roman Catholic Church Sr. Dr. Lorelei F. Fuchs, SA Roman Catholic Church The Very Rev. Daniell C. Hamby The Episcopal Church Rev. Betty Gamble United Methodist Church Rev. Lisa Lewis-Balboa Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Ms. Diane Lowe Fr. James Massa Roman Catholic Church Rev. Dr. Paul Masquelier Presbyterian Church USA Rev. Donald McCoid The Rev. Canon David L. Veal The Episcopal Church CHOOSE 3 SEMINARS: Session I Tuesday 10:30-11:45am Session II Thursday 8:45-10am Session III Thursday 10:15-11:30am Level 1 First-time participants (recommended) Level 2 Assumes a moderate level of understanding Level 3 Advanced level Seminar 9 The 10 Holy Spirit and Christian Unity Level 3 (Sessions II & III) Dr. Despina Prassas (Orthodox) Rev. Dr. Robby Waddell (CoG) The Orthodox and Pentecostal traditions converge on the gift and role of the Holy Spirit for Christian Unity. For the Orthodox, the gift of the Spirit brings about a liberation of life s possibilities, which in no way is supernatural or unique. The Spirit descends on human nature in order to transform the way in which we do what we do, thus harmonizing our existence with God s will and renewing our understanding of our abilities. In the Pentecostal tradition, the Spirit s role is the empowerment of Christian witness. The inspiration of speech in glossolalia is paradigmatic. The Spirit also empowered a change in the way early Christians acted, e.g. hospitality, prayer, and common welfare. It is in the Spirit of hospitality that Christian unity naturally develops. CCT Domestic Poverty Initiative Level 3 (Sessions I & III) Rev. Dr. Richard Hamm (DoC) Christian Churches Together (CCT) represents faith families of the historic Protestant, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Evangelical, and Orthodox Churches. The major social issue that CCT is addressing is domestic poverty. This initiative unites the efforts of Christians in addressing this humanitarian need. 11 Building New Fire Level 2 (Sessions I & II) Jordan Blevins (CoB) and Shantha K. Ready (RC) When more young adults than ever are disenfranchised from the Church, the New Fire movement is seizing the opportunity to connect and organize young adult ecumenical leadership to re-invigorate and re-envision cooperative Christian community. A new generation has discovered the transforming work of Christian unity amidst the many diverse and wonderful expressions within the body of Christ. Through the sharing of story, tradition, education, and resources, young adults are finding new ways to witness to the reconciling love of Christ at work in the world. At its core, New Fire is movement-building work to call the Church to re-imagine its mission to live out the God-given mandates of love, justice, unity, and peace on a global, regional, and local level. 12 JustFaith Curriculum Level 2 (Session I) Jack Jezreel (RC) JustFaith is an extensive, conversionbased process that provides a context in which participants can grow in their commitment to care for the vulnerable and to become advocates for justice. This program serves to strengthen the growing commitment of churches to be agents of social transformation, mercy and compassion. JustFaith was first conceived and distributed within Roman Catholic parishes. However, broader interest within the Christian community has prompted an ecumenical version, offered in partnership with Bread for the World, a nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world s hungry people by organizing churches to lobby our nation s decision-makers.

8 The NATIONAL WORKSHOP on CHRISTIAN UNITY PLEASE REMEMBER: YOU MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY for the Workshop and for Denominational Network Programs! Please contact your specific Network for details on fees and requirements (the listing of networks is found on reverse). ORIGINS of the NATIONAL WORKSHOP In 1963, a group of Roman Catholics, in the context of Vatican II, saw a need to equip local leadership for the task of ecumenical ministry. In 1969, they invited leaders of other Christian communions to join them, and today the national ecumenical officers of the churches continue their oversight of the workshop, which is planned by national and local committees. The workshop is sponsored by the National Association of Ecumenical Officers. There are both denominational and ecumenical sessions during the workshop. This is the 42nd year of the National Workshop on Christian Unity, which celebrates the spirit of ecumenism by: Providing meeting seminars for all who are concerned with the ministry of Christian unity: laity, clergy, ecumenical officers, theologians, staff of ecumenical organizations; Stimulating an exchange of ideas and experiences among people concerned with Christian unity and the bodies they represent; Being a source and balance between national planning and local responsibility; general ecumenical discussions and particular interchurch conversations; and regional leadership efforts and local realities; Encouraging denominational networks to develop and serve as a framework within which they can interact, and Celebrating the unity that already exists among Christians and searching for ways to overcome the divisions that remain. The NATIONAL WORKSHOP LOGO The logo affirms the cross which is central to Christian unity. The elements on either side of the cross suggest hands of prayer embracing the reconciling cross, at the same time creating the outline of a chalice, which represents the real although imperfect communion of Christianity, and the anticipated full unity which is the goal of the ecumenical movement. The late John R. Fulton desined the logo for the National Workshop on Christian Unity. NWCU2010 Fee Structure Full Registration $150, by March 10, 2010 $175, thereafter Daily Attendance $70, per day Student Rate $50 (full registration) Partial refunds of 50% granted until February 1, No refunds after March 1, *ticket required: Any luncheon so indicated is arranged by advance registration, made through the specific sponsoring Network. No meal ticket will be available at the door. The luncheon precedes the talk. Those wishing to hear a particular speaker will be admitted into the room without cost, after the luncheon. ** ticket required: Luncheon tickets for Wednesday and Thursday are included as part of the NWCU Registration Fee. R E G I S T R A T I O N: The National Workshop on Christian Unity 2010 Register on-line at or by mail using this form (copies accepted) to: NWCU W. Cypress St., Tampa FL PLEASE PRINT: Name Address City State Zip Phone address Denomination/Communion Institution Position Preference for name badge Please note: Your name, address and phone number will be listed in the NWCU registrants list unless you check this box: You must make your Hotel registration separately! FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS, call (888) For hotel information, call (813) , Fax: (813) Also be sure to register with your Network for their individual programs. Our NWCU Rate at the Hyatt Regency Tampa is $129 (+ tax) per night. Available until March 19, PLEASE CHECK ALL APPROPRIATE BOXES: Full Registration: $150 before March 10, 2010; $175 thereafter. One-Day attendance: $70. Circle one: Mon Tues Wed Thurs Student: $50. (full registration) Florida Aquarium Cultural Event Wed Evening: $45 Morning Seminar choices, circle three (3): I wish to receive a Continuing Education Credit. This is my first time with a Full Registration at NWCU. I plan to attend the closing luncheon on Thursday. Special Needs: Dietary Handicapped Access Other Please explain:

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