 Hi, my name is Julia Schmidt, the current organizer of Pastors and Leaders 2023. And I'm Jewel Gingrich-Longenecker, Dean of Lifelong Learning and Long-time Organizer of our Pastors and Leaders Conferences. We will invite you to attend this year's Pastors and Leaders Conference. You can attend either here in person at AMBS or virtually by Zoom. The AMBS Church Leadership Center hosts our Pastors and Leaders Conference every winter to give renewal and resources to Pastors and Church Leaders from around the U.S. and Canada. This year I'm really excited about new things that we'll be adding. Our theme this year is Reimagining Ministry. We know the last few years have been tough on many of you, and we want you to leave the conference with new ideas and feeling refreshed. This year we'll have optional daily process groups. For those of you who want to go deeper about the challenges you are facing, we will also have an art room and workshops focused on creative expression as part of your ministry. We are also very excited about our speakers, Joni Sankin and April Yamasaki. Joni's new book, All Our Griefs to Bear, was just released in November and speaks about how to do ministry after a time of collective trauma. April is the author of many books on spiritual practices, and she just became the editor of Rejoice Magazine. We hope that you will join us for this time together. Registration is now open at ambs.edu slash pastors and leaders.