Three dozen ministers and members-in-discernment gathered in Kailua-Kona in early March for the 2017 Clergy Retreat, sponsored by the Hawai`i Island Association.  

 

The Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, UCC Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer, led intense and interesting discussion on pastoral care in multiple religious settings. 

 

Download materials from the retreat, including the Rev. Thompson’s presentation.

 

• Multiple Religious Belonging: Opportunities and Challenges for Theology and Church

• Christian Self-Understanding in the Context of Islam

• Religious Plurality and Christian Self-Understanding

• One Person, Two Faiths: Double Belonging

• America's Changing Religious Landscape (Pew Research Center)