The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg is pleased to offer its seventeenth year of Preaching Perspectives. This four-part continuing education series offers valuable insights and resources for the task of preaching. Each presenter engages the biblical texts from the perspective of his or her particular discipline. 

 

Preaching Perspectives 2012-2013

 

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Freedom and Discipline in Christian Life: Texts in Galatians and Luke

Dr. Jennifer Houston McNeel, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Biblical Greek, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA

The Rev. Dr. Steve Loy, Pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Las Cruces, NM; Adjunct Professor of Preaching

 

Cost: $30 per day, or $100 for the series. 

Lunch is available for $7.00 (reservation required)

Lunch reservations must be made no later than two weeks prior to the session. No prior reservation is required to attend the session itself.

 

Contact Mcarlson@Ltsg.edu for more program information, or wmizenko@Ltsg.edu for event registration. 

Gil Waldkoenig will lead a second adventure into the landscape of Pennsylvania and surrounding territory in June 2013 mingling theology and ecology in an immersion seminar. Waldkoenig produced a brief 2.5 minute introduction video to explain the course and offer highlights of the first venture, including an upclose encounter with wildlife of the territory at https://vimeo.com/56998261. Course space is limited.

 

Details about the course follow:

 

3.875  EcoTheology in Northern Appalachia (3 cr.)   Immersion Seminar based in W. Pennsylvania

 

Northern Appalachia is home to deeply-rooted local cultures in a beautiful landscape. Conflicts defined by environmental and economic issues are fierce for both communities and churches. This seminar will give students an inside look and an opportunity to strategize for dealing with conflict in and around ministry. The environmental history of the landscape’s use and abuse, the shape of human cultures, and the history of tightly held religious traditions, will frame discussions with religious, environmental and industrial leaders from the region. The course meets at Lutherlyn in Butler, PA, and makes day trips in the region.  (Fulfills Church in Society requirement.)

 

OUTCOMES

Taught in June 2012 for 9 students; scheduled again for June 2013 for up to 12

The Pro Ecclesia Annual Conference for Clergy and Laity

 

Sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology

 

Founded by Carl E. Braaten & Robert W. Jenson

 

To be held at Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland

 

June 10, 2013, 7 pm through June 12, 2013, noon

 

The final end of humanity and the universe is a subject of perennial interest, especially for Christians.  What are we promised?  How does that promised end relate to history?  Will anyone finally be left out of God’s intentions to bless humanity?  What sort of transformation will be needed to enter the presence of God?  These questions have been at the heart of Christian teachings about last things.  The 2013 Pro Ecclesia conference of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology will focus on the theme “Heaven, Hell, . . . and Purgatory?”  Topics will be examined from a variety of perspectives, representing a variety of Christian traditions.

 

Among the Speakers:

 

Paul Griffiths, Duke University

Isabel Moreira, University of Utah

David Yeago, Columbia, SC

Victor Lee Austin, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, NYC

Jerry Walls, Houston Baptist University

Ralph Wood, Baylor University

Kyriaki Fitzgerald, Holy Cross Orthodox Seminary

Banquet Speaker: Joseph Small, Office for Worship and Theology, Presbyterian Church USA (retired)

Regular updates are available on our Facebook page

 

And check out the new conference blog !

 

 

 

Conference cost (including banquet): $250;

Early bird registration (until March 31): $210

Retired clergy: $210

Students: $115

 

Rooms are available on the Loyola campus.  Each room is part of a four-room suite,

sharing two bathrooms, a common area, and kitchenette.

Continental breakfast is included with the room.

Prices will be per person.

 

Register online here.

 

by mail using this form.

 

Travel to Loyola University in Maryland

TRAVELING BY CAR

Directions to Loyola University can be found on the University website at http://www.loyola.edu/about/drivingdirections.html.

For alternate routes, the conference organizers suggest http://www.mapquest.com

 

TRAVELING BY TRAIN

Participants traveling by train should schedule their arrivals at Penn Station, Baltimore.

 

TRAVELING BY AIR

Participants traveling by air should fly into Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI).

 

TAXIS

Taxis from the airport will cost approximately $45-50.

Taxis from Penn Station will cost approximately $10-12.

 

For more information, contact:

Michael Root

202-680-9979

ccet@comcast.net

Seminars @ Calvin would like to announce the 2013 Summer Seminars season. Applications are now being accepted for the following seminars:

 

Sabbath Practices

June 17-21, 2013

Director: Mary Hulst, Calvin College

 

Los Protestantes: Latino Protestantism in the United States

June 24-28, 2013

Director: Juan Francisco Martinez, Fuller Theological Seminary

 

Eastern Orthodoxy for the West

July 8-19, 2013

Directors: William Abraham, Southern Methodist University and Paul L. Gavrilyuk, University of St. Thomas

 

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching

July 8-19, 20123

Directors: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin College and W. Hulitt Gloer, Baylor University

 

For more seminar information, or to apply for a seminar, please visit http://www.calvin.edu/scs/. The application deadline is February 8, 2013.

 

*Seminars @ Calvin seeks to promote a strong Christian voice in the academy by addressing issues of current debate, engaging them with deep Christian commitment, and promoting first order scholarship.