Paso Del Norte Borderland Gathering 2020

  • Thursday, February 27, 2020
  • 9:00 AM (PST)
  • Saturday, February 29, 2020
  • 12:00 PM (PST)
  • El Paso, TX

Registration


Each year CCDA’s Southwest Border Regional Network hosts a conference for practitioners and partners along the SW border. In February 2020, the broader CCDA network is invited to take part in this opportunity. Participants will learn about ministry work along the border and deeply engage the issues surrounding the current migration crisis. Join the “Voices from the Desert” over three days in El Paso, Texas to be inspired, trained and connected to all that God is doing in this region of the country.

Isaiah 58:8-11 (ESV)
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

    • Fee includes
    • all program content on Thursday-Saturday
    • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner on Thursday and Friday; 
    • Breakfast on Saturday
    • Fee does not cover airfare, car rental, hotel
    • Fly into the ELP airport
    • The main location will be First Baptist Church, 805 Montana Ave.
    • Transportation will be provided to and around Juarez


Thursday, February 27

  • 8:00 Registration, Breakfast
  • 9:00 Welcome, Worship
  • 9:20 Panel - What does CCDA look like in this region?
  • 10:15 Adam Estle from National Immigration Forum
  • 10:30 Plenary - Speaker from Central America/Mexico
  • 11:15 Plenary - Speaker from Tijuana/Brownsville/Nogales
  • 12:15 Lunch
  • 1:30-3:00 El Paso Breakout 1
    • Theology of Migration
    • Immigration 101
    • Current Border Realities
    • Community Prayer Walk
  • 3:15-4:45 El Paso Breakout 2
    • A Conservative Church's Response to the Asylum Seeker Humanitarian Crisis
    • Current Border Realities
    • Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach
    • Arizona Story & Organizing
  • 12:15-5:00 Juarez Breakout**
  • 12:15-5:00 El Paso Tour
    • Tour of Annunciation House Shelter
    • Walmart Memorial
    • Border Patrol Presentation
    • Border Fence
  • 5:00-6:00 Dinner
  • 6:00-7:00 Guided Reflection, Worship

Friday, February 28

  • 8:00 Late Registration, Breakfast
  • 9:00 Worship, Prayer
  • 9:20 Plenary - Theology, Migration, & the Border
  • 10:15 Mayra Macedo-Nolan from CCDA & Elia Moreno from TxCCDN
  • 10:30 Panel - Border Workers
  • 11:15 Panel - Speakers from different global contexts
  • 12:15 Lunch
  • 1:30-3:00 El Paso Breakout 1
    • Theology of Migration
    • Immigration 101
    • National Policy & Advocacy
    • Community Prayer Walk
  • 3:15-4:45 El Paso Breakout 2
    • National Policy & Advocacy
    • A Conservative Church's Response to the Asylum Seeker Humanitarian Crisis
    • Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach
    • Arizona Story & Organizing
  • 12:15-5:00 Juarez Breakout**
  • 12:15-5:00 El Paso Tour
    • Tour of Annunciation House Shelter
    • Walmart Memorial
    • Border Patrol Presentation
  • 5:00-6:00 End of the Day Remarks, Prayer, Dinner
  • 6:00-8:00 Worship, Guided Lament


Saturday, February 29 (Border Worship Service)

  • 9:00 Gather, Pray, Worship
  • 10:00 Scripture Reading, Message
  • 11:00 More Worship
  • 12:00 Closing Message, Departure, Thank Yous

**If you plan on going to Juarez, you will need to bring your passport.

More information will be found at: www.abarafrontiers.org or emailing the registrar, Gary Enge, at gary.enge@gengedin.comIf you have questions regarding your registration itself, please email scott@ccda.org.