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2025 Water and the Word Conference Fully Alive in Christ Resources

Updated: Mar 7

On February 21 & 22 nearly 200 people from across the diocese gathered for the Water and the Word Conference where they immersed themselves in the lesson of Ephesians 4 while learning and dreaming about the future of the church in Southwest Florida.


Opening with worship and the plenary The Narrow Path: The Journey of Growing Up in Christ from the Rt. Rev. Douglas Scharf, the conference continued through Saturday night, offering four plenaries, twelve workshops, and interactive prayer spaces grounded in the Diocesan Four Pathways: Forming Disciples, Transforming Communities, Embracing Differences, and Developing Leaders.


Please see the schedule below and the resources available for that workshop or plenary.


7:15 p.m. +Bishop Doug Scharf

The Narrow Path: The Journey of Growing Up in Christ







9:15 a.m. Plenary — The Rev. Dr Dwight Zscheile

Searching For Lydia: Following God into a Hopeful Future





10:15 a.m. Workshop Block​

  • Faithful Innovation

          Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile

        




  • Finding Peace in the Midst of Chaos           

Speaker: Jane Breaux

           




  • Panel: What is Your Calling  as Lay Leader

      


  • Walking Together Through Health Transitions

          Speaker: Ashley Cummings, MHA, LNHA

        



  


12:45 p.m. Plenary — Dr. Lisa Kimball

Activating Baptism: Living a Resurrected Life









2:00 p.m. Workshop Block II


  • Godparents Matter: Presence and Presents

          Speaker: Dr. Lisa Kimball

     




  • Two Stroke Prayers

           Speaker: Sybill Macbeth

          




  • Bonhoeffer Cost of Discipleship

          Speaker: The Rev. Deacon William Pardy

     



  • Experiential Prayer Stations

          Speaker Lilly Lewin

         

   



3:30 p.m. Workshop Block​  III


  • AI and Automation in Church

          Speakers: Lindsey Nickel and John Edgar

        






  • Panel: Incorporating Pilgrimage Into Everyday Life 

          





  • Creating a Focus-Driven Mission

          Speakers: The Rev. Robert Vaughn and The Rev. Bryan O'Carroll

        


  • Finding Your Thin Place

          Speaker: Lilly Lewin





Closing Plenary: Bishop Doug Scharf

Go Forth: Living the Life of the Spirit

       




View a Gallery of the Event below!




     

 
 
 
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