The Conference
Two Days of Spiritual Renewal
October 27-28, 2023
“Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). While holiness may be a familiar term, it is one of those religious concepts that may be fuzzy to us in the particulars. The life of the Christian is the life of holiness. To be holy means to be set apart, dedicated to the Lord. Christians must be different from the world, but this difference is not merely for difference’s sake. Our calling is to be different for Jesus’s sake. In every time and culture Christians have faced particular challenges in this calling to holiness, and today is no different.
We invite you to join us for our 10th annual Spiritual Life Conference on October 27-28 as we focus on our calling to holiness. Our keynote speaker Pastor Ed Moore from North Shore Baptist Church will help us pursue holiness from God’s Word. We’ll consider what does it look like to be holy? Why should we be holy? How can I grow in holiness? What is the connection between holiness and grace? Come and consider this important topic at this year’s Spiritual Life Conference.
Childcare will be provided.
SCHEDULE
Friday, October 27
7pm
6 pm
Doors open
7 pm
Session 1
Saturday, October 28
8:30 am
9 am
11am
Child Drop-Off Opens
Session 2
Breakout Sessions
Holiness as an Apologetic
- Mike Ruel
12 pm
1pm
2 pm
Pursuing Holiness as a Man
- Damien Garofalo
Pursuing Holiness as a Woman
- Anna Moore
Lunch
Panel Discussion
Session 3
About the Spiritual Life Conference
The Spiritual Life Conference is a ministry of Green Pond Bible Chapel. Our goal for the SLC is to provide an opportunity for our church body and those in our community to experience growth in spiritual maturity. Each year we focus on a relevant theme and hear a speaker uniquely gifted by God to help us consider God's Word.
Speakers
Keynote Speaker
ED MOORE
Ed Moore has been the pastor of North Shore Baptist Church since 1992. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Columbia Biblical Seminary. He and his wife, Anna, have four adult children and eight grandchildren and live in Bayside, NY.
Breakout Session Speakers
Mike Ruel
Mike Ruel is the Pastor of Highlands Bible Church in Vernon, NJ where he loves to preach the Bible, shepherd God’s sheep, and talk about the Christian worldview. After 15 years in the corporate world as a project manager for Fortune 500 companies, he was called into ministry and received his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Melanie and they have two adult children. In his spare time, Mike loves to do anything involving firewood, fishing, or going on adventures with Melanie.
Damien Garofalo
Damien is a pastor at Bread of Life Fellowship, overseeing the church plant that meets in North Arlington, NJ. He has been involved in preaching and ministry since he was a teenager. After obtaining a degree in biblical studies and then a degree in education, Damien worked as a bivocational pastor for about a decade while teaching high school. Since 2019, by God's grace, he has been able to devote most of his time to pastoring the church plant. Damien and his wife Sara live in Kearny, NJ with their four children.
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Anna Moore
Anna Moore is originally from Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia. She and her husband, Ed, have been married for 37 years. They have four children and eight grandchildren.
Anna ministers alongside Ed who has served as the senior pastor of North Shore Baptist Church in Bayside, NY, since 1992. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and teaching ladies the life-changing truths found in God’s Word.