Redeemer Lutheran Church in Ft. Wayne will host a Gottesdienst conference on Monday May 3 - Wednesday May 5, 2021. The conference will feature plenty of time for casuistry and camaraderie, worship, and essays from the Gottesdienst editors. The keynote speaker will be Rev. Dr. Burnell Eckardt. There is no fee to attend the conference but space is limited. To register please send an e-mail to prdhpetersen@gmail.com along with the number attending. The schedule is below as is a description of Dr. Eckardt’s lectures.

“INTERPRETING AND PRAYING THE PSALMS”

 The Book of Psalms is a central feature of Christian worship and life. But how are we to understand it? And, consequently, how are we to pray using its words? The Psalms were Jesus’ own prayer book. They were frequently in the minds of the Gospel and Epistle writers. And they are used in every mass, in the Introit and Gradual. Some of them are ubiquitous: on greeting cards, on social media, usually used for comfort of some kind.

In what way are they Christological? How are we to pray, for instance, Psalm 22: “My God, why hast  thou forsaken me?” Or the imprecatory psalms which call for judgment upon one’s enemies? How are they Christological? Do we need a list of which ones are Messianic? What’s the significance of their being written primarily by David? So many question need answers if we are best to benefit from our use of the Psalter.

 

Schedule for the Redeemer Gottesdienst Conference 2021 (3-5 May)

 

Monday, 3 May 2021

1:30 p.m. Divine Service - preacher Petersen

3:00 p.m. Conference welcome

3:15 p.m. Session 1 - Eckardt: Interpreting and Praying the Psalms

4:15 p.m. Break

4:30 p.m. Vespers - preacher Shaw

5:00-8:00 p.m. Gemütlichkeit and Taco Bar in Undercroft (free will offering)

Tuesday, 4 May 2021

8:30 a.m. Matins - no preacher

9:15 a.m. Coffee and Donuts (undercroft)

9:45 a.m. Session 2 - Eckardt: Interpreting and Praying the Psalms

10:45 a.m. Questions for Eckardt

11:30 a.m. Lunch ($5.00 per person)

1:00 p.m. Session 3  - Fabrizius: All the Righteous Blood: Swimming in the Scriptural Stream

2:15 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. Session 4 Petersen - The Reading of Scriptures Requires Imagination

3:45 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m. Vespers - preacher Braaten

4:30-8:00 p.m. Gemütlichkeit and Supper in Undercroft (free will offering)

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

8:30 a.m. Divine Service - preacher Frese

9:15 a.m. Coffee and Donuts (undercroft)

9:45 a.m. Session 5 - Braden: Luther’s Liturgical Legacy

10:45 a.m. Panel Discussion

11:30 a.m. Lunch ($5.00 per person)