The 2008 Midwest Faculty Conference is now past, and it was a wonderful event. You can read a recap of the conference and learn early details about next year’s date and speaker here. We will also soon post audio and video from the 2008 plenary sessions.

A Conference for Christian Faculty

Spiritual Formation and the Academic Life

Purpose: An opportunity to interact with other faculty and gain a more profound grasp of Christian truth by:

• Deepening our personal and spiritual lives.
• Advancing Christian witness in the academic community.
• Enriching our practice of vocation as academics under the Lordship of Christ to the glory of God.

Our conference will offer unhurried time for relaxation and recreation in the beautiful setting of Cedar Campus on the shore of Lake Huron, conversation and community with faculty peers, intellectual stimulation, and social merriment. Indeed, we expect that this week will make for the very best sort of vacation! We welcome families to attend and offer outstanding programming for children.

Program

The Faculty Conference program will include lectures and discussion of our theme led by various guest presenters, daily prayer and small-group Bible study discussions, and seminars. It is our goal and desire to honor the highest standards of the academic vocation and to explore the deepest needs of the human heart.

The program will include an optional seminar led by Dallas Willard and Stan Wallace, Director of Faculty Ministry, entitled “Naturalism and Some Implications.” We ask that those who wish to participate in the seminar read the two following articles prior to their arrival:

• Naturalism’s Incapacity to Capture the Good Will by Dallas Willard
• “Feynman’s Unanswered Question” by Herman E. Daly, available for free download in Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly, vol. 26.

Presenters

Dallas Willard, University of Southern California

Kelly Monroe Kullberg, The Veritas Forum founder

Mary Poplin, Claremont Graduate University

Terry Morrison, Director Emeritus, InterVarsity Faculty Ministry

Schedule

Click to download a high-resolution PDF version of this schedule.

Registration

Important Registration Note: Due to high demand for the conference, new registrants are being placed on a waiting list. If you would like to inquire about registering, please contact Rachel Bawden through this link.

To make a payment, check your account balance, or update your registration, click here to log in to your event account.

Attention InterVarsity staff and their family members: Contact Rachel Bawden for special instructions on how to register.

Fees

Registration fee: $150 per adult

Adult fees for room and board:
Family cabins (with private bath) – $455 per adult
Lodge rooms – $345 per adult
Tent/RV sites – $235 per adult

Child discounts for room and board:
Children 13 and older – $185 per child
Children 2-12 – $125 per child
Children under 2 – $60 per child

More information about housing options is available from the Cedar Campus website.

Families & Children

Those who choose to bring their families to this conference will enjoy a wonderful experience of being involved in a variety of activities together.

Scholarships

Limited scholarship funds are available for faculty and staff who are not able to cover the full costs for Faculty Conference 2008. Please apply for a scholarship when you register.

Travel

Flying? Check out flights into Pellston Regional Airport,, located at 1321 N. US Highway 31 in Pellston, or into Sault Ste. Marie Airport.

After you reserve your flight, send your flight information to Rachel Bawden, so that we can arrange to have someone pick you up and drive you to Cedar Campus.

Driving? If you are driving, maps and directions are available from the Cedar Campus web site.

What To Bring

Cedar Campus has an excellent list of what to bring and (perhaps more importantly) what not to bring. You can read it here.

Questions?

Please contact Rachel Bawden, Associate Director, InterVarsity Faculty Ministry, through this contact form.

Further Information

Read reflections on past Faculty Conferences.

Cedar Campus is an InterVarsity conference and training center, located in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, forty miles east of the Straits of Mackinac.

You might be interested in knowing more about this beautiful place in God’s creation via a brief history.