May 3, 2023
William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
Yates Gill Union Rm 221/222

William Jewell College Faith & Culture Symposium: What's Worth Wanting?

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With a culture increasingly focused on developing effective strategies to achieve what we want most, sometimes the question dawns on us: What if what we want most isn’t actually worth wanting?

May 3, 2023
William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
Yates Gill Union Rm 221/222

William Jewell College Faith & Culture Symposium: What's Worth Wanting?

Yale - Life Worth Living | Logo

With a culture increasingly focused on developing effective strategies to achieve what we want most, sometimes the question dawns on us: What if what we want most isn’t actually worth wanting?

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FAITH SYMPOSIUM

Join us for this free event, sponsored by Jewell's Center for Faith and Culture

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

Yates-Gill College Union, Rooms 221/222
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO 64068

> Parking available at Greene Stadium (175 R.E. Bowles Dr, Liberty)  

10:15-11 a.m. | FEATURED SPEAKER: WHAT’S WORTH WANTING?
With a culture increasingly focused on developing effective strategies to achieve what we want most, sometimes the question dawns on us: What if what we want most isn’t actually worth wanting?

11-11:30 a.m. | PANEL DISCUSSION

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | OPTIONAL LUNCH ($15)

ABOUT THE FEATURED SPEAKER

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DR. MATTHEW CROASMUN is associate research scholar and director of the Life Worth Living program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Divinity School and lecturer of Humanities at Yale University. He also serves as faith initiative director at Grace Farms Foundation and as staff pastor at the Elm City Vineyard Church. He is author or co-author of five books, including “The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans,” “For the Life of the World: Theology that Makes a Difference” and “Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most.”

MEET OUR PANELISTS

These Kansas City faith leaders will join Dr. Croasmun in a panel discussion after the keynote presentation.

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REV. CARLA ADAY, Senior Minister, Country Club Christian Churcha

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DR. BRENDON BENZ, Theologian-in-Residence, William Jewell College

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REV. DR. RODGER NISHIOKA, Senior Co-Pastor, Village Presbyterian Church