Sunday, April 26th
In the morning, you will have the opportunity to either attend a Sunday Worship Service with sermon & music by SueAnn Shiah or attend a conversation on what it means to be post-Christian, mixing practices, or somewhere in between, facilitated by Laura Mariko Cheifetz . We will have lunch together + time to connect with one another. Nancy Lee will be offering an optional finger knitting [limited space] session during this time. Finally, we will end our afternoon with reflecting on the weekend and how we'd like to stay connected.
Choose one AM session to attend!
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Choose one AM session to attend! *
10am Option 1: Sermon & Music
SueAnn Shiah (she/her) is a Taiwanese American musician, filmmaker, community organizer, ethnomusicologist, Queer Christian pastor, and public theologian specializing in identity formation, racial justice, gender, and sexuality. She was named one of 12 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2025 by Sojourners Magazine and contributed a chapter in the Our Bible App’s The Deconstructionists Playbook (2021). In 2020, she joined the leadership team and editorial board of Taiwan’s New Bloom Magazine and became a columnist for News Lens International. She released her debut solo album of reclaimed hymns, “A Liturgy for the Perseverance of the Saints” in June 2018. Her first feature length documentary HuanDao follows her journey of discovery, identity, and belonging in a two week bike trip around Taiwan. In addition to her own creative and theological works, she collaborates with others in a variety of capacities as an artist manager, producer, audio engineer, songwriter, podcast producer, and creator of liturgy. She has a B.B.A. in Music Business with a Production emphasis and a Chinese minor from Belmont University, a Masters of Arts in Musicology from National Taiwan University, and is graduating with a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education and Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary this May and is certified ready to receive a call in her ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
10am Option 2: Spirituality Conversation
What it means to be post-Christian, mixing practices, or somewhere in between.
Conversation facilitated by Laura Mariko Cheifetz - A biracial Asian American queer ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), she has served previously in racial and gender justice advocacy, religious publishing, reproductive justice, and theological education in the Midwest, East, and Southeast. Born in San Francisco, raised in eastern Oregon and western Washington, she is a double “pastors’ kid.” Laura is a graduate of North Park University (MBA, ’11), McCormick Theological Seminary (M.Div. ’05), and Western Washington University (BA in Sociology, 2000). She is the co-author and editor of “Church on Purpose: Reinventing Discipleship, Community, & Justice” (Judson Press) and co-editor and contributor to “Race in America: Christians Respond to the Crisis” (Westminster John Knox Press) and Crossing Shores and Horizons: Asian and Asian American Transnational Feminist Theologies (Westminster John Knox Press). She serves on the advisory committee for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and the board of PANAAWTM (Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology & Ministry).
11:30am - 1:30pm Lunch & Hangs
12:30pm Optional Finger Knitting Session with Nancy Lee
Learn and practice finger knitting with fiber artist Nancy Lee. We will make cozy scarves, creating and learning in community with no expectations of perfection or productivity. The physical act of finger-knitting with soft yarns will be calming and cozy. Nancy is offering PAAC a special rate of $20 per person. Payment will be made directly to Nancy via Venmo at @nenshhh by April 20th or you may pay cash the day of. This workshop will be capped at 18 people. REGISTER HERE