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AGENDA FOR 2026 MMN CONFERENCE (updated
7/05/26)
- subject to change
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
 | 2:00-5:30 pm Registration [Upper Anderson - Lobby] |
| 2:00-4:30 pm Displays Setup |
| 3:00-4:00 pm Tour Presbyterian Heritage Center
[optional] |
| 5:00 pm Displays - Browsing |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Dinner |
| 7:10 - 7:25 pm Welcome & Announcements - Doug
Kee, Anne Provost & bobbi White |
| 7:30 - 8:00 pm - Worship - Byron Wade |
| 8:05 - 8:45 pm Get Acquainted activities -
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| 8:50 - 9:00 pm Closing Music - Jack Allison |
| 9:15 pm - Transportation to lodging (if needed) |
WEDNESDAY, August 19, 2026 - Morning
| 7:00 - 8:15 am - Breakfast (Assembly Inn &
William Black Lodge) |
| 8:30 am - Transportation to Upper Anderson (if
needed) |
| 8:45 - 8:55 am - Announcements - Doug Kee |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am - Worship - Brian Kamwendo |
| 9:35 - 10-15 am - Group Session - Update on CCAP
Nkhoma Synod - Brian Kamwendo |
| 10:20 - 10:40 am - Break - Displays, Networking,
Snacks |
| 10:45 - 11:30 - Group Session - Developing issues
Facing Malawi & Friends of Malawi - Tyler Holm |
| 11:35 - 12:05 pm - Agency Updates - 3 Agencies for 8
minutes
 | Embangweni School for the Hard of
Hearing - Carol Nussbaumer |
| Malawi Matters - Phyllis Wezeman |
| Marion Medical Mission - Tom Logan |
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| 12:15 - 1:15 - LUNCH |
WEDNESDAY, August 19, 2026 - Afternoon
| 1:30 - 2:15 pm - Group Session - Updates on Changes
in Office of Global Ecumenical Partnerships - PCUSA;
Princeton Abaraoha & Doug Tilton |
| 2:20 - 3:00 pm - Workshops [Choose 1 of 2]
| Health Justice for Malawi [Upper
Anderson] - Princeton Abaraoha & Doug Tilton |
| Issues Faced by Malawians in United
States [Walk Up Building] - Jeremy Namwali &
Helen Zimba |
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| 3:05 - 3:35 pm - Break - Displays, Networking,
Snacks
Clusters - Blantyre Synod; Nkhoma Synod; Livingstonia
Synod |
| 3:40 - 4:20 pm - Workshops [Choose 1 of 2]
| Insights for Working in/with Malawi
from Former Mission Coworkers & Presbyteries
[Walk Up Building]
 | Tim Blodgett, Frank
Dimmock, Sue Makin, Barbara
Nagy; Presby of Western North
Carolina |
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| Transition Plans for U.S.
Organizations Working in Malawi [Upper
Anderson]
| Moderator with Tom
Logan (Marion Medical Mission);
Holly Petitt (Africa Bags);
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| Janet Wells
(Ministry of Hope); Phyllis
Wezeman (Malawi Matters) |
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| 4:25 - 4:55 pm - Agency Updates - 3 Agencies for 8
minutes
| Men in the Mirror - Kevin Frederick |
| Ministry of Hope - Janet Wells |
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| 5:00 - 5:50 pm - FREE TIME & Networking |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Dinner |
| 7:05 - 7:15 pm - Announcements - Doug Kee |
| 7:20 - 7:55 pm - Worship - Kevin Frederick |
| 8:00 - 8:40 pm - Story Sharing -
Congregations/Presbyteries/Individuals - 6 groups, via sign-up
[5 min each] |
| 8:45 - 9:00 pm - Closing - Music ?? |
THURSDAY, August 20, 2026 - Morning
| 7:00 - 8:15 am - Breakfast (Assembly Inn &
William Black Lodge) |
| 8:30 am - Transportation to Upper Anderson (if
needed) |
| 8:45 - 8:55 am - Announcements - Doug Kee |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am - Worship - Keith Grogg |
| 9:35 - 10-15 am - Group Session - Debt Reduction for
Malawi/Jubilee USA - Aldo Caliari |
| 10:20 - 10:40 am - Break - Displays, Networking,
Snacks
Demonstration/Discussion - Pads [Presbytery of
Western North Carolina] |
| 10:45 - 11:30 - Group Session -
Update from General Secretaries of Blantyre, General Assembly,
Livingstonia &
Nkhoma Synods of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Brian
Kamwendo & Video Presentations from
Mwawi Chilongozi, Anderson Juma & William Tembo |
| 11:35 - 12:05 pm - Agency Updates - 3 Agencies for 8
minutes |
| 12:15 - 1:15 - LUNCH |
THURSDAY, August 20, 2026 -
Afternoon
| 1:30 - 2:15 pm Group Session - Environmental
Justice for Malawi - Princeton Abaraoha and Doug Tilton |
| 2:20 - 3:00 pm
Workshops [Choose 1 of 2]
| Debt Reduction for Malawi [Upper
Anderson] - Aldo Caliari |
| Endowments & fundraising [Walk Up
Building] - Rex Hoffman |
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| 3:05 - 3:25 pm - Break - Displays, Networking,
Snacks |
| 3:30 - 4:10 pm - Workshops [Choose 1 of 2]
| Programs for Men & Boys in Malawi
[Upper Anderson] - Kevin Frederick |
| Work at University of Livingstonia
[Walk Up Building] Tyler Holm |
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| 4:15 - 5:15 pm - Agency Updates - 3 Agencies/
Organizations [8 minutes each] |
| 5:20 - 5:50 pm - Displays - Take down
| Free time & Networking |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Dinner |
| 7:05 - 7 15 pm - Announcements - Doug Kee |
| 7:20 - 7:55 pm - Worship - Bobbi White |
| 8:00 - 9:00 pm - Songs & Stories - David LaMotte |
| 9:15 pm - Transportation to lodging [If needed] |
FRIDAY, August 21, 2026
| 7:00 - 8:15 am - Breakfast (Assembly Inn &
William Black Lodge) |
| 8:30 am - Transportation to Upper Anderson (if
needed) |
| 8:45- 9:15 am - Business Meeting - Doug Kee |
| 9:20 - 9:55 am - Next Steps - Keynote Speakers with
Moderator |
| 10:00 - 10:45 am - Worship with Communium - John
McCall |
| 10:50 am - Vacate Room |
| 11:30 am - Transportation to airport |
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