Symposium Week Preparations -- special rate at Hotel Fort Wayne
The annual Fort Wayne Symposia on
the Lutheran Confessions are scheduled for 20-23 January 2015 at Concordia
Theological Seminary. On Monday the 19th there is also a one-day
retreat at Redeemer Lutheran Church
in Fort Wayne ,
where Rev. David Petersen, one of our associate editors, is the pastor. During
this week the Gottesdienst crowd will
again be at the Hotel Fort Wayne. It’s
at 305 East Washington Center Road .
We have again obtained a special discount rate @ $89.00, including a voucher for free breakfasts at their superb
buffet. Just minutes from the seminary. Reservations, just click here, or call 260-484-0411 or toll free 855-322-3224; ask for the group rate for Gottesdienst.
Be sure to mention Gottesdienst, and reserve by January 7th.
The high point
of Symposium week for us Gottesdiensters is the announcement of the recipient
of our prestigious Sabre of Boldness
award, in the student commons after the symposia banquet, on Thursday, January
22nd.
The Sabre ceremony is in its twentieth
year. The list of recipients is below.
Nominations are invited. The award
is given “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity on behalf of the
Holy Church of Christ while engaged in the confession of His pure Gospel in the
face of hostile forces and at the greatest personal risk.” Submit a signed nomination to Fr. Eckardt via e-mail (click here).
State the name, address, and telephone number of the nominee and the
reasons why he or she is a fitting choice for Sabre Bearer. The degree of the adversity, steadfast
resistance to pressures to compromise, heedlessness of threats, and a clear
confession of faith are considered. The
slate will close on Tuesday, January 20tht.
Join the Gottesdienst crowd at Hotel Fort Wayne! X
Bearers
of the Sabre of Boldness
1996 The Reverend Peter C. Bender
1997 The Reverend Jonathan G. Lange
1998 The Reverend Dr. Edwin S.
Suelflow
1999 The Reverend Gary V. Gehlbach
2000 The Reverend Peter M. Berg
2001 The Reverend Dr. John C.
Wohlrabe
2002 The Reverend Erich Fickel
2003 The Reverend Dr. Wallace Schulz
2004
The Reverend Charles M. Henrickson
2005 The Reverend Edward J. Balfour
2006 Bishop Walter Obare
2007 The Reverend Dr. Ronald
Feuerhahn
2008 The Reverend Aaron Moldenhauer
2009 The Reverend Juhana Pohjola
2010 The Right Reverend Dr. Paul
Kofi Fynn
2011 The Reverend Brian Saunders
2012 The Reverend Paul Rydecki
2013 Mrs. Katie Schuermann
2014 The Reverend Michael Brockman