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Second Crossings International Conference
Who Do You Say "I Am": Getting Honest about God Today
October 19-22, 2008
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| Sunday | |
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| 3:00 p.m. and after | Pre-Conference Arrival & Check-In |
| 7:00 p.m. | Reception for Early Arrivals |
| Monday | |
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| 7:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
| 9:00-5:00 | Workshop I: Digging for the Gospel: A Workshop in Six-Step Crossings Methodology.
Facilitators: Jerome Burce & The Crossings Writing Team |
| | Workshop II: The Heart of Bertram's Theology: A Study of "A Time for Confessing" and "Postmodernity's Crux"
Facilitators: Michael Hoy & Ed Schroeder |
| Monday afternoon | Conference Check-In |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner and Introductions |
| 7:30 p.m. | Evening Prayer |
| 8:00 p.m. | Wine and Cheese Reception w/ Bertram Book Signing |
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| Tuesday | |
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| 7:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
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| 7:45 a.m. | Morning Prayer
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| 8:15 a.m. | Keynote: Steven Kuhl | Abraham's Paradoxical God: Fearing and Trusting the God Who Promises to Save Us from God's Self
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| 9:15 a.m. | Break
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| 9:30 a.m. | Breakout Session #1
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| | a. Sherman Lee | "god" and God in Pop Culture
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| | b. John Strelan | Singing God's Tune when the Audience has turned its Back
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| | c. Fred Niedner | America's God: YHWH, Baal, or Golden Calf?
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| | d. Jerome Burce | Six Steps Through a Text: A Thumbnail Review
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| 10:45 a.m. | Break
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| 11:00 a.m. | Breakout Session #2
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| | a. Michael Hoy | Being Honest about God in Times of Confessing: Insights from Bertram
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| | b. Gary Simpson | What Does God Require, Do, and Promise when the U.S.A. Holds Elections?
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| | c. Philip Kuehnert | The Question of God in Pastoral Care
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| | d. Edward Schroeder | Reading Real Life through the Six Step Lens
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| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch
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| 1:30 p.m. | Prayer at Midday
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| 1:45 p.m. | Keynote: John Strelan | "And there's no other God": Being Honest-to-God about God
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| 2:45 p.m. | Break
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| 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Session #3
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| | a. Marcus Felde | Is the Lord's Prayer Christian?
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| | b. Jakka Kaarianen | Missio as Promissio: Lutheran Missiology Confronts the Challenge of Religious Pluralism
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| | c. Stephen Krueger | Encountering God at the End of Life
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| | d. Lori Cornell | The Six-Step Parish Practitioner
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| 4:30 p.m. | Round Table
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| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner
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| 7:30 p.m. | Eucharist (in cathedral, Jerome Burce Preaching)
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| 8:30 p.m. | Reception
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| Wednesday | |
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| 7:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
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| 7:45 a.m. | Worship
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| 8:15 a.m. | Keynote: Mary Sue Dreier | Missional God Outside the Box
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| 9:15 a.m. | Break
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| 9:30 a.m. | Breakout #4
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| | a. Robin Morgan | Confessions of the Lutheran Risk-Taker: Living Care and Redemption in the 21st Century
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| | b. Kit Kleinhans | Discipleship and Equipping the Saints
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| | c. Edward Schroeder | Crossings Theology for Missions
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| | d. Steven Kuhl | Six Steps to Worship of the Great "I AM"
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| 10:45 a.m. | Break
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| 11:00 a.m. | Round Table with bag lunches
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| 12:15 p.m. | Prayer and Godspeed
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| Tuition: | |
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| Pre-Conference | $100.00
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| Conference | $200.00
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