I wish, but I'm stuck here in Michigan for now. :) Next year I may start the "Specific Ministry Pastor" track that the school has and if so I would attend then. Blessings, Randy > Randy, > > Sound interesting. Are you going? > > Jerry > "He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" > (Acts 19:2). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <shieldwolf@...> > To: <pastorsforum@...> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:20 AM > Subject: [PastorsForum] Octoberfest for all you near Missouri! > > >> I'm sure you won't want to miss it! <smile> >> Blessings, >> Randy >> >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> July 14, 2008 >> >> >> >> ONCE AGAIN: GERMAN DAYS IN OCTOBER AT CONCORDIA SEMINARY >> >> >> >> ST. LOUIS-The Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life (CLTPL) in >> St. >> Louis will host a unique conference called "German Days at the Sem" on >> Oct. 24-25 on the campus of Concordia Seminary. The two-day event marks >> the second of a series of 10 significant events, which will be held >> every >> fall leading up to the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation on Oct. >> 31, >> 2017. >> >> >> >> The theme of this year's "German Days II" is "Faith and Politics in >> Luther's Land - and Here" and will address a theme pertinent in this >> election year - the impact of religion on public life. Scholars and >> prominent statesmen from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss the >> influence of Germany's Christian heritage on its national affairs and >> the >> political life in the European Union. They will also recall the >> importance >> of new religions and neo-paganism in Nazi ideology, and the >> anti-Christian >> nature of Hitler's regime. >> >> >> >> One topic of particular interest to Americans in the light of the >> impending U.S. elections will be the constitutional aspect of America's >> and Europe's religious roots. "Similarly, the troubling question will be >> raised whether there might exist parallels between the growing role of >> paganism-and especially Satanism-in contemporary U.S. life and the >> ideological realities that prevailed in Nazi Germany," said CLTPL >> director >> Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto, moderator of this conference. >> >> >> >> Keynote speakers will be Dr. Hans Apel, Germany's former Finance and >> Defense Minister, and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Barry Anderson. >> Other presenters include Rev. Christian Meissner, national executive >> secretary of the Protestant caucus of Germany's governing Christian >> Democratic Union; Rev. Larry Nichols, a leading Lutheran expert in cults >> and Satanism in the United States; Professors Irving Hexham and Karla >> Poewe of the University of Calgary in Canada, both specialists on the >> influence of new religions on Nazi Germany; Dr. Mark Ruff, associate >> professor of history at St. Louis University and a foremost specialist >> on >> the Christian and specifically Catholic youth in postwar Germany, and >> of >> the struggle of Christians under the Nazis; and Professor Michael Rutz, >> editor-in-chief of Rheinischer Merkur, one of Germany's most >> distinguished >> newspapers. Several Concordia Seminary faculty and staff members will >> also >> participate. >> >> >> >> The conference will also feature a Winzerfest (wine festival), organized >> in cooperation with the town of Hermann, Mo., the heart of Missouri wine >> country; plus exhibitions and presentations of the Concordia Historical >> Institute, the German American Heritage Society and Concordia Publishing >> House. >> >> >> >> "German Days at the Sem" will begin with a bilingual matins service at >> 9:40 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, in the Seminary's Chapel of St. Timothy >> and >> St. Titus. The conference will conclude on Saturday with a Bach at the >> Sem >> performance in the Seminary's Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. One >> of >> the works on the program will be of particular relevance to the theme of >> this event - a Bach chorus for the induction of civil officers. >> >> >> >> The Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life is the successor of the >> Concordia Seminary Institute on Lay Vocation. CLTPL is an affiliate of >> the >> Seminary; its mission is to project Lutheran thought to the secular >> realm. >> >> >> >> For more information, call Chad Lakies at (314) 505-7238, e-mail >> center1@..., or visit the Seminary's Web site at www.csl.edu. >> >> To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... >> >> To unsubscribe, send a message to: >> pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... >> >> >> Internal Virus Database is out of date. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1546 - Release Date: >> 7/11/2008 >> 6:47 AM >> >> >> > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > >