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Changed by the Good News July 10–12, 2014 Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia Changed by the Good News July 10–12, 2014 Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia SPONSORED BY THE VIRGINIA SYNOD/ELCA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROANOKE COLLEGE OFFICE OF CHURCH RELATIONS Schedule THURSDAY, JULY 10 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Registration, Colket Center Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch, Sutton Commons 1:30 p.m. Opening, Colket Center 2:30 p.m. Orientation, Introductions 3:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker 3:45 p.m. Break 4:15 p.m. Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Dinner, Sutton Commons 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship, Eucharist Service of Holy Communion FRIDAY, JULY 11 7:15 a.m. Breakfast, Sutton Commons 8:00 a.m. Morning Worship, Antrim Chapel 9:00 a.m. Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions A Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch, Sutton Commons 1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions B 2:45 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C 5:00 p.m. ACTS Reunion Meal 5:30 p.m. Dinner, Sutton Commons 7:00 p.m. Special Program, Olin Theater 7:45 p.m. Reception/Social SATURDAY, JULY 12 7:15 a.m. Stretch and Pray, Colket Center 7:15 a.m. Breakfast, Sutton Commons 8:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions D 10:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker 11:30 a.m. Sending Worship with Holy Communion ACTS! Reunion Meal There will an ACTS! Reunion meal on Friday, July 11, in the back section of Sutton Commons. Please indicate on the registration form if you plan to attend. Changed by the Good News Power in the Spirit is an inspirational conference for everyone who wishes to explore God’s call to service through joyous worship, Bible study, keynote addresses, workshops, and fellowship. In addition, congregational leaders — teachers, organists and choir directors, choir members, committee or council members, family life consultants, pastors and others — will findPOWER IN THE SPIRIT especially nurturing and challenging as they consider their mission and ministry. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. — ROMANS 15:13 July 10–12, 2014 Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia SPONSORED BY THE VIRGINIA SYNOD/ELCA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROANOKE COLLEGE OFFICE OF CHURCH RELATIONS Power in the Spirit • July 10–12, 2014 • Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia 1 Special Guests KEYNOTE SPEAKER BISHOP ELIZABETH EATON is the fourth Presiding Bishop (and the first female Presiding Bishop) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She was elected on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 on the fifth ballot with 600 votes by the assembly with incumbent Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson having received 287 votes. She was consecrated as presiding bishop on October 5, 2013 at Rockefeller Chapel in Hyde Park (Chicago, IL).[1] Chicago is also the location of the ELCA headquarters. Her tenure as presiding bishop of the ELCA began November 1, 2013. Prior to her election, Eaton served as Bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod (NEOS) since her installation on February 7, 2007, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Akron, OH). Bishop Eaton previously served congregations in Ohio. Eaton was ordained in 1981 after a call to serve All Saints Lutheran Church (Worthington, OH) and a one year term as interim pastor at Good Hope Lutheran Church (Youngstown, OH). She was serving as pastor at Messiah Lutheran Church (Ashtabula, OH) when she was called to become bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod. She attended the College of Wooster where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in music education in 1977 and then went to Harvard Divinity School where she earned a Master of Divinity degree. Eaton is married to the Rev. Conrad Selnick, a priest of the Episcopal Church (USA), who is vice president of the Bexley Seabury Seminary Federation (Chicago, IL), and together they have two adult daughters, Rebeckah and Susannah. BIBLE LEADER REV. ROLF JACOBSON joined the Luther Seminary faculty as assistant professor of Old Testament in July 2003. Prior to joining the seminary, he taught at Augsburg College in Minneapolis as an assistant professor of religion. Jacobson earned his bachelors degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, in 1987. He holds a master of divinity degree from Luther Seminary and a doctor of philosophy degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. His teaching interests include the Psalms, Old Testament prophets, biblical poetry, biblical theology, and biblical narrative. He emphasizes that the purpose of a biblical text is not just for preaching or teaching, although these are crucial functions. He says the Scriptures must also be used in pastoral care, personal spiritual growth, and for the shaping of Christian mission and theology. In addition, the Scriptures can also function as a catalyst for change and growth within a congregation. Jacobson is an in-demand speaker and author who produces theological and biblical scholarship for both the church and the academic guild. He recently served as editor of Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms, whose authors included three recent Luther Seminary graduates. His articles have appeared in Word and World, Theology Today, Interpretation, Teaching Theology and Religion, and in many collections of scholarly essays. With Kelly Fryer, he wrote the No Experience Necessary bible studies. He has been a contributor to Augsburg Fortress’s Handbook series (The Lutheran Handbook, The Christian Handbook, etc.), workingpreacher.org, Lectionary Homiletics, and the like. His credits also include appearances in many video curricula, including The Lutheran Course. Power in the Spirit • July 10–12, 2014 • Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia 2 MUSICIANS NANCY DELANEY serves as organist/director of church music at Christ Lutheran Church in Roanoke, VA. She received her Bachelor of Organ Performance and Master of Sacred Music degrees from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH. She has previously held organist positions at Lutheran churches in Newport News and Charlottesville. She is an active member if the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and sings in the Roanoke Symphony chorus. SCOTT WEIDLER has served the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as Program Director for Worship and Music since 1995 and currently serves as the Interim Director for Worship. For 13 years, he was Cantor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. He holds degrees in education, music, and liturgy from Concordia College, Wittenberg University, and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to moving to Chicago, he served congregations and schools in Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. One of his current passions is Music that Makes Community (www. musicthatmakescommunity.org), a project of the All Saints Company, for which he is a regular presenter. Power in the Spirit Service Project Got glitter? You can help adults with disabilities find their inner artist by donating to the “Got Glitter?” campaign. Art supplies will be used at five Lutheran Family Services Day Support Centers in the western part of the state by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Donations will help build fine motor skills, experiment with color and form, and — most important of all — to have fun creating art. We thank you and our individuals thank you for helping to make their lives a work of art! Here are the items that our day support centers need: n construction paper n Play Doh n crayons n markers n glitter n washable paint n paint brushes n pipe cleaners n glue sticks n tissue paper n stickers n beads QUESTIONS? Contact Ellen Bushman at [email protected] or 757.722.4707, ext. 1302. Power in the Spirit • July 10–12, 2014 • Roanoke College • Salem, Virginia 3 Concurrent Sessions A FRIDAY, JULY 11 • 10:30 A.M. A1 The Narrative Lectionary: A4 Building Hope, Homes, and A Different Way to Preach Community in the Global Village: God’s Word Servant Trip to San Salvador There was a time when the church could assume that the S “What does the Lord require for you? To do justice people it was trying to reach already knew the biblical and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God.” Micah story . In such a world, the church could take an episodic 6:8. Trip leader Pastor Steve Ridenhour and participant (or even a happenstance) approach to proclaiming the Pat Hunter will share the experience of their February Word of God. But in our time and culture, even the people 2014 trip to El Salvador with Thrivent Builds Worldwide still involved in church life often have little knowledge and Habitat for Humanity. of the Bible and the story. This workshop will describe Pastor Steve Ridenhour how faith formation can be served by taking a different Holy Trinity, Wytheville approach to preaching the Word — an approach that puts the story in order. A5 German Lutherans Entered Pastor Rolf Jacobson Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Luther Seminary Virginia in the 1700s The history of Virginia Lutherans began when German settlers poured into the Shenendoah Valley and on to A2 For Praying Out Loud! southwest Virginia early in the 18th century. The highlights This workshop will cover times when prayer is vocalized of their travels and settlements will be explored in this — in worship, at home, and personally “with groans too workshop. deep for words.” We will review several prayer books George Kegley written by Bishop Bansemer including the new one St. Mark, Roanoke out this year entitled Prayers of the People. This latest book follows the three-year lectionary cycle familiar A6 Kennon Callahan’s to Lutherans, Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, and Presbyterians. ‘Six Giving Doors’ Kenneth Callahan says, “Peolple move through Bishop Richard Bansemer S Bishop Emeritus, VA Synod, ELCA distinctive stages in their giving pilgrimage as they learn to give generously.” This premise is very biblical as A3 Beyond Books and Screens: I Corinthians 3: 1–2b says, “Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as Music in Community people who are still worldly, mere infants in Christ.
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