Courses and Faculty Class B  11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Church Officer Training Part II - Bill dePrater ( Includes Book of Order, Book of Confessions, and Presbyterian Church History)  - Dr. Bill dePrater is the Presbytery Executive of Mississippi Presbytery. Prior to coming to Mississippi Presbytery he served as the Interim Executive Presbyter, Stated Clerk, and treasurer of Abingdon Presbytery Virginia. His primary interests in ministry are helping congregations and presbyteries to identify and experience a growing and exciting mission in the name of Christ. Dr. dePrater graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Erskine Seminary; and as well with a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Seminary in “Congregational Revitalization”. In addition to his graduate studies, he further completed a Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at the William S. Hall Institute. Dr. dePrater is glad to be back in Mississippi as his historic family roots extend deep into the fertile soil of the Delta region. Minister & CLP Lectionary II - Beth Johnson During this continuation of A period, Dr. Beth Johnson will lead Pastors and CLPs to explore and to gain new insights into the texts from the Common Lectionary with suggestions of  how the texts might be preached. -Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Johnson is the J. Davis Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. A native of Huntington, W.V., Dr. Johnson received a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. A highly acclaimed New Testament scholar, Dr. Johnson is particularly drawn to exploring how the Pauline letters invite us to reflect about who God is and what Jesus' death and resurrection mean for human life and for the church's mission. Suffering and a God of Love as Seen Through Job's Eyes; or Blame the Victim       - Rev. Dr. Su Campbell McLain How are we to understand the story of Job?  Where did his friends and wife go wrong?  If Job doesn't get an answer to "Why, God?", what's the point of the story?  - Rev. Dr. Su Campbell McLain, received her M.Div. from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from University of Memphis.  She was ordained in Presbytery of Memphis (now Presbytery of the Midsouth) and served churches there from 1987 to 1996, when she joined Presbytery of Mississippi. She was a psychologist at Mississippi State Hospital's Chemical Dependency Unit prior to her retirement in 2007.  She is a Parish Associate at Fondren Presbyterian Church.  Her daughter Melissa Terry and her family live in Laurel, and her son Mark McLain and his family live in Madison. What Does The Holy Spirit Do? - Chas Jones The Holy Spirit is present for a purpose! In this Session we will examine the work of the Holy Spirit and what He wants to accomplish in the lives of believers. This is the key to understanding how the Church can be more effective in advancing the Lord's work and ministry in the world. All participants in Sessions 1 and 2 will receive a 62 page Bible Study presented by Rev. Chas Jones on "The Holy Spirit". Slide notes from both Sessions will also be made available. - Chas Jones is married to Elaine and they have three children and seven grandchildren. Both Chas and Elaine were born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Chas has completed divinity studies at Edinburgh and served a Scottish church for eight years prior to receiving a call to the United States in 1983. Since then they have served churches in Pennsylvania and Florida and currently serve Diamondhead Community Church. Frontier Mission - B. Young God is doing exciting things in the world today, and Presbyterians are part of it!  Today two-thirds of the two billion Christians in the world live outside the West.   It is estimated that by the year 2050 only 20% of Christians will be non-Hispanic Anglos.  Many of our partner churches in the world have four to five million members and are growing.  This class will focus on what God is doing in the world and how Presbyterians can be part of that. - Bill grew up a Presbyterian in Mississippi. While he was working as an electrical engineer God called him to seminary and to the gospel ministry. Bill served in both older congregations and as a new church development pastor for 10 years. From 1989-1998 he and his wife Judi served as Presbyterian missionaries. Their first assignment was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After having to be evacuated from there, returning, and experiencing further turmoil, they spent a year at the Fuller School of World Mission, where Bill earned a ThM degree in Missiology. Their next assignment was in Ghana  in a part of the country with many unreached people groups. Upon their return from Ghana, Bill served for seven years as the Coordinator for International Evangelism for the PC(USA). In April of 2005 Bill came to Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship as the Executive Director. Bill’s current work with PFF focuses in several areas. He spends part of his time directing and providing vision for PFF and its staff, equipping and enabling them to spread the frontier mission vision and help churches engage in it. He also serves as the focal point in keeping frontier mission a priority within the PC(USA) mission structures. In the International Evangelism office Bill supervised the frontier mission program of the PC(USA), so he has a good overview of the whole program. Bill and Judi have three married children and eight grandchildren. Youth Leaders of the Presbytery of Ms And Christopher Barnhardt Youth Leadership/ Council -- Youth are our future leaders, Youth of Presbytery of MS, (EVERY CHURCH NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED) come and find out how you can help with becoming a leader in your youth group, also we will have a youth council meeting to discuss our qualities and retreat. IT WILL BE A BLAST