2025 Fenn Lecturer: Rev. Charles Kiser
Becoming Wounded Healers
APRIL 25-27, 2025
Friday Lecture
& Dinner, 5:30 p.m.
“Story Shaped, Shaping”
Sunday Services,
8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
“Burned out by Religion”
on Matthew 11:28-30
Sunday Luncheon,
12:30 p.m.
“Where We Go From Here:
Tomorrows’ Church”
Central United Methodist Church is excited to announce that The Reverend Charles Kiser will be our featured speaker for the Annual Fenn Lecture Series. Charles co-authors the book Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers. You are invited to join us from Friday through Sunday, April 25-27. On Friday evening and Saturday morning through early afternoon, Charles will guide us in developing a new vocabulary to address the pressing concerns within our ministry context. The Fenn Lecture Series also features sermons by Rev. Kiser during our two Sunday morning services on April 27 (8:30 and 11:00 a.m.). He will also speak at 12:30 p.m. at a Sunday luncheon to conclude the series and further elaborate on his message.
Saturday Lecture
& Workshops, 9:00 a.m.
“Practices (outward) & Postures (inward)”
Theological imagination (God + trauma)
Practice & Posture I:
safety creation + differentiation
Practice & Posture II:
empathetic witness + resilience
