Dr. R. Paul Stevens Marketplace Lectures

Offered by Vocatio Creation
In partnership with EFCC Tung Fook Church & HKPES
(Both lectures will be conducted in English only)

About R. Paul Stevens

Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, BC. Paul has been a pastor for 20 years, a student counselor with IVCF and a businessperson (Habitat Woodcraft). From 1999 until 2005 Paul was the David J. Brown Family Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College. His mission is to empower ordinary people to integrate their faith and life from Monday to Sunday. He does this through teaching, coaching, advocating and writing. He is married to Gail, has three married children and eight grandchildren. Gail and Paul reside in Vancouver and travel to all continents to teach, learn and contribute.

Please click here for an interview article on Paul Stevens titled 史蒂文斯笑論壞鬼職場觀（轉載自「天道傳真」2008年1月號）.

Click here to download a Chinese article (in PDF) introducing the life and thoughts of Paul Stevens.

Lecture 1

Taking Your Soul to Work: Experiencing God in the Marketplace

This lecture will explore the integration of spirituality and work (business, professions, public service and volunteer service). In contrast with the dualistic approach and the compartmentalization of Sunday from Monday, a fully biblical spiritual theology will be discovered as both applied and practical. The lecture will highlight various approaches to integration, and the rich and diverse traditions of spirituality in the history of the people of God, especially the "mixed life." Further, issues raised in the workplace such as success, failure, ambition and creativity will be seen as opportunities to become a deeper person and to grow in faith, demonstrating the journey inward and the journey outward are interdependent.

Please click here to download the outline and notes of this lecture.

Date:
December 6, 2007 (Thursday) 7.30-9.30pm

Venue:
EFCC Tung Fook Church, 1/F, Park Commercial Centre, 180 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay (Exit B, Tin Hau MTR)
香港銅鑼灣道180號百樂商業中心1樓播道會同福堂（天后地鐵站B出口）

Lecture 2

Breaking the Myth of Work-Life Balance: Living an Unbalanced Life Graciously

Busyness is pathological in our fast-paced society and global marketplace. Parents feel they cannot give quantity time to their children so they try the time-saver, quality time. But they strive to hold it all together: work, family, social responsibilities and, if they are Christians, church life. Can it be done? Done as a perfectly balanced life? Examining the sources of busyness as well as the extraordinary life- pattern given to us by Jesus, we will explore another model of “keeping it all together”: Living the tension well.

Please click here to download the outline and notes of this lecture.

Date:
December 7, 2007 (Friday) 7.30-9.30pm

Fees:
HK$120 (non-refundable) per lecture
(HK$150 per lecture for registrations received after November 30)

Register:
To register, please return the registration form with your cheque payment made payable to Vocatio Creation Limited to Suite A, 12/F, Empire Land Commercial Centre, 81-85 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Alternatively you may deposit the fees into our Hang Seng Bank account 768-121790-883 and fax us your payment slip together with the form. An email confirmation will be sent to you on receipt of your registration with full payment.

For further information, please contact us at:

Tel: (852) 3101 9588
Fax: (852) 3575 7414
Email: RPS@VocatioCreation.com.hk
URL: www.vocatiocreation.com.hk

Click here for details of our course Doing God’s Business: A Practical Theology and Spirituality for Executive Leadership, of which these two lectures form the foundational part.

General Terms & Conditions

Application & Payment

1.	Please send the registration form with your payment in crossed cheque payable to “Vocatio Creation Limited” to: Suite A, 12/F, Empire Land Commercial Centre, 81-85 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Alternatively you may deposit the fees into our Hang Seng Bank account: 768-121790-883. Please fax the payment slip, your name and contact number to us at (852) 3575-7414. Please note we do not accept applications in person at our above mailing address.
2.	If you enroll in more than one person, please fill out a separate registration form for each applicant. Please list out all the applicants on the bank receipt or on the back of the cheque.
3.	Fees paid are not refundable. Fees will only be refunded if the event you enroll is full or cancelled. However, your place in the event may be transferred to another person.

Admission

1.	Admission is made on a first-come first-served basis. Late applications will only be considered if there are still vacant places.
2.	We reserve the right to cancel an event if there is insufficient enrolment or unforeseen difficulties arising from mounting the event. We may, at our discretion, refuse to admit an applicant.
3.	Your admission will be confirmed by letter or email, but we shall not be responsible for any delivery failure. Please contact us if you do not receive our confirmation 5 days before the event starting date.
4.	We will make every effort to ensure that the events meet at the place and time advertised, and with the same speaker(s). However, we reserve the right to make changes if necessary.

Adverse Weather Arrangements

If the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal or the Typhoon Signal No.8 or above is hoisted at the following hours, events will be suspended as below:

Signals hoisted by	Events suspended
7:30am	Events that start before 2:00pm
12:30pm	Events that start between 2:30 and 6:00pm
5:30pm	Events that start from 7:30pm
When the following Signal is hoisted during the event already in progress
Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above	Event will be immediately suspended
Black Rainstorm Signal	Event will be continued