Austin Carty is pastor of Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina. He is the author of The Pastor’s Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry, which received the 2023 Christianity Today Award of Merit and was named Book of the Year by Preaching magazine. His new book, Some of the Words Are Theirs: The Art of Writing and Living a Sermon, was released by Eerdmans on July of 2025. He is also author of High Points and Lows: Life, Faith, and Figuring It All Out. Austin holds an MDiv from Wake Forest University and a DMin from Emory University.
Sarah Travis is Associate Professor at Knox College, Toronto, and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Her primary areas of research and teaching are preaching, worship and the practice of ministry. From decolonizing worship practices to trauma-informed preaching, Sarah has published several books aimed at facilitating a conversation among Christians about topics that matter for the church today.
Maria Ezurra is an artist, educator and mother born in Argentina, raised in Mexico City, and living and working in Tiohtià:ke-Montreal. Her visual research focuses on the cultural power of personal objects, the social construction of gender through clothing, memory, identity, belonging and immigration, often from a participatory perspective. Maria has a PhD in arts education, and has had exhibitions at galleries in Montreal, Toronto, Mexico City, and in the UK.
Pablo Kim Sun is the Intercultural Liaison for the Presbyterian Church in Canada and author of Building Mennonite Belonging: Toward an Intercultural Church
Erin LeBrun holds a Master’s degree in practical theology. She also supervises interns in spiritual care at the University of Montreal and sees clients in private practice
Dominic Ruso is pastor of 180 Church, Laval, and the author of The Bible for a Shifting Secular Age: Hearing the Truth You Need for the Life You Are Meant to Live
By popular demand, we will have an evening of poetry and music.
To come…
| Conference Start | Tuesday, May 19th, 1:00 p.m. | |
| Conference End | Thursday, May 21st, Evening (Worship Friday a.m. for those still in the City.) |
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| *Registration Cost | $215 (Meals included) | |
| Student Registration | $95 (Meals included) | |
| Registration Deadline | April 15, 2026 | |
| Residence Rooms | As availability remains. |
*We are grateful for generous financial support that is making this conference available/accessible. Our warm thanks to The Presbyterian Church in Canada (Presbyterians Sharing), the Ewart Endowment of the PCC, and the Rev. Dr. Ian Victor Pastors’ Fund of The Presbyterian College.
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