Third International Conference
January 25-27, 2010
St. Louis, MO
God's Promise, Our Mission: Making the Crucial Link

	Third International Conference Sunday Jan 24 3:00 pm and after   Arrival & Check-In for Participants in the Pre-Conference 7:00 pm Wine and Cheese Reception for Early Arrivals Monday Jan 25 Pre-Conference Seminars 7:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 am Morning Prayer 9:00 am-5:00 pm   Seminar I: Sweeping through Lent: Programming the Pericopes of Six Sundays, Crossings Style (Marcus Felde & Steve Albertin) 9:00 am-2:30 pm   Seminar II: Dusting Off Elert: Reviewing the Valuable Heritage of a Powerfully Promising Professor (Steven Kuhl, Matthew Becker, Michael Hoy, Edward Schroeder, Robert Schultz) 3:00 am-5:00 pm   Conversation with Art Simon: Bread for the World Monday afternoon 3:00-6:00 Conference Check-In 6:00 pm Dinner and Introductions 7:00 pm Opening Event: Edward Schroeder interviews Fred Danker: Not Missing the Mission in Luke 8:15 pm Evening Prayer 8:30 pm Wine and Cheese Reception with Art Simon book signing Tuesday Jan 26 7:00 am Continental Breakfast 7:45 am Morning Prayer 8:15 am Keynote 1: William Burrows Participation in and Transformation by the Promise 9:30 am Breakout Session 1   a. Frederick Niedner "Come over to M.I.T.--and Concordia--and help us:" Mission on the College Campus   b. Robert Kolb Luther's Thought as a Theology of Mission   c. Marcus Felde Six Steps through a Text: A Thumbnail Review 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Breakout Session 2   a. Richard Gahl People of the Promise: Congregations in Mission   b. Lori Cornell Preaching Christ Where No One Listens: Crossings in the Pacific Northwest   c. Edward Schroeder Reading Real Life through the Six Step Lens 12:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Prayer at Midday 1:45 pm Keynote 2: Jukka Kaariainen Missio shaped by Promissio: Lutheran Missiology Confronts the Challenge of Religious Pluralism 3:00 pm Break 3:15 pm Breakout Session 3   a. Robert Kolb The History of Lutheran Mission Activity   b. Marcus Felde Could the Pauline Distinction Unite the Church?   c. Steven Albertin Faith in the Workplace 4:30 pm Panel: Connecting this promissio/mission to the postmodern world that doesn't need Church - Moderator: Edward Schroeder 6:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Eucharist (in cathedral, Marcus Lohrmann Preaching) 8:30 pm Reception Wednesday Jan 27 7:00 am Continental Breakfast 7:45 am Morning Prayer 8:15 am Keynote 3: Jerome Burce "Let's Roll!" The Mission of Christ the Insurgent, AD 2010 9:30 am Breakout Session 4   a. Carol Braun The Challenge of Christian Mission to Western Milenials   b. Art Simon Bread for the World and the Promise of God   c. Marcus Lohrmann Using the Six-Steps in Preaching 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Round Table with bag lunches: Does Anybody, much less Everybody, out there really need to hear Our Good News? 12:15 pm Prayer and Godspeed CEU: For Pre-Conference   .75 ceu For Conference 1.25 ceu Total 2.00 ceu