Program

Thursday 15.10.

11.00 Lunch and Registration

13.00 Conference opening

13.30 Welcoming words by Jussi Seppälä (Raamattu opisto)

14:00 Coffee break

14.30 Keynote: Identification and Assistance of Victims of Human Trafficking by Terhi Tafari from The National Assistance System for Victims of Human Trafficking

15.30 Country report: Norway by Hallgeir Berge

15.45 Keynote: Lives in Transition: Personal Stories of Refuge, Loss, and New Beginnings by Hallgeir Berge

16.30 Dinner

17:45–18:30 Presentation of the Lydia Network

18.30 Networking / sauna

Friday 16.10.

7.30 Breakfast

8.30 Devotional by Harun Ibrahim

9.30 Country report: Finland

9.45 Keynote: Islam and Converts to Christianity by Timo Keskitalo

11.00 Lunch

13.00 Country report: Sweden by Nils Malmström

13.15 Keynote: Case Study: A Shared Table: Pentecostal International Churches and Cultural Encounter in Sweden by Nils Malmström

14.00 Coffee

14.30 Workshops:
1. Human Trafficking: Identification and Church-Level Response by Kaisa Huhtala
2. Migrant Congregations: Building and Key Challenges by Timo Keskitalo
3. Volunteer Well-being and Resilience by Ulla Dahlen

16.00 Country report: Denmark

16.30 Dinner

18.30 Excursion to Tapiola Orthodox Church
Lecture and evening tea: Multicultural Ministry in the Orthodox Church and Its Challenges by Fr. Peter Schiel

Saturday 17.10.

7.30 Breakfast

8.30 Devotional by Wosenu Dandena

9.30 Keynote: Current Affairs Address: Building Dialogue by Ulla Siirto from The Refugee Workgroup of the Finnish Ecumenical Council

10.30 Feedback

11.00 Keynote: Member of Finnish Parliament, Chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group: Inka Hopsu

12.00 Lunch and departure