Join us for this leadership seminar and live jazz concert with the Rev. Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet!

 

Even in times of division and diminishment, jazz music thrives through imagination, improvisation, and the building of community within diversity. Could jazz also be a model for leadership? Explore the dynamics of creativity, collaboration, risk, and rhythm, and how they can enrich your leadership with pastor and jazz performer Bill Carter and his quartet.

 

Attendees can register for the leadership seminar, the jazz concert, or a combined ticket offering discounted access to both. Registration for the combined ticket closes on August 29, 2025.

 

Please Note: Additional concert tickets must be purchased separately from any bundled seminar registrations. Please contact lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu if you have any questions.

 

Harrington Center Chapel at Columbia Theological Seminary, 701 S Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA 30030

Bill Carter blends his work as a jazz composer and his calling as a Presbyterian pastor. Working the dotted line between sacred and secular, he preaches sermons each week at First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, and makes music with jazz musicians throughout the northeast. A graduate of Binghamton University (SUNY) and Princeton Theological Seminary, he has taught jazz piano and composition at the university level for over twenty five years. Over the course of his career, he has made music with Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck, Bobby McFerrin, and David Liebman, among many others. He is the author of twelve books, most recently Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and the Spiritual Life, and the composer/performer of 12 CDs. He travels widely as a speaker, teacher, preacher, workshop leader, and jazz pianist. Find out more at www.presbybop.com.

Leadership Seminar	1:00-5:00 PM
Optional Dinner	5:00-6:30 PM
Jazz Concert	7:00-8:30 PM

	Fee	Registration Closes
Seminar & Concert Bundle	$60	August 29
Optional Dinner	$15	August 29
Seminar Only	$50	September 12
Concert Only	$20	September 18

 

Concert-only sales are final. Seminar fees include a nonrefundable deposit. Seminar cancellations must be received before September 12, 2025 for a refund of the program fee minus the deposit.

 

For questions about registration or for technical assistance, email lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu.