BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary - ECPv5.15.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221215T133000 DTSTAMP:20260422T124622 CREATED:20221130T164617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T190855Z UID:17635-1671105600-1671111000@www.garrett.edu SUMMARY:Webinar | Native Americans and Christianity: A Conversation with Rev. Chebon Kernell DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rev. Chebon Kernell\nCo-sponsored by the Center for Ecological Regeneration and the Stead Center for Ethics and Values in support of Garrett’s Indigenous Study Committee. \nChebon Kernell has been an executive in the United Methodist church for the past decade. He has worked for the General Board of Global Ministries and the denomination’s Native American Comprehensive Plan. In this role\, he has worked with the World Council of Churches\, the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA)\, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops assisting in a denominational mandated effort to improve relationships with Indigenous People through dialogue\, study and local or regional acts of repentance acknowledging harms inflicted upon Indigenous communities. In addition\, he spends his time raising awareness\, increasing advocacy\, and supporting the empowerment of Native American and Indigenous communities globally. \nChebon is an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and is of Muscogee Creek heritage. In 2016 he was honored by receiving the Religious Literacy Award sponsored by the Westar Institute “for his tireless efforts to educate the general public\, including not only mainstream American Christians but also native peoples themselves\, about the ‘deep and broad religious riches’ of Indigenous peoples in the context of reconciliation work and the recovery of native practices. “ \nHe received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Oklahoma City University and a Master of Divinity from Phillips Theological Seminary. He is a cultural practitioner and member of the Helvpe Ceremonial grounds. He has been married to Sara for 22 years and has five children Kaycee\, Josiah\, Raylen\, and Solomon and Cali. URL:/event/webinar-native-americans-and-christianity-a-conversation-with-rev-chebon-kernell/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Alum Relations Event,Centers and Institutes Event,Institutional Event,Student Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Chebon-Kernell-Event-Image.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR