After a two-year hiatus, Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church is pleased to announce that the St. Michael Liturgical Conference will be held this year, Lord willing, on Monday, September 26. Our Keynote Speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Burnell Eckardt. He will present a paper entitled “Preaching & the Word of God: The Sermon as a Sacramental  Attribute of the New Testament.“ Also presenting are the Rev. Fr. Charles McClean, and the Rev. Fr. Douglas Spittel. The Conference hopes to include an update on the Lutheran Missal Project. Fr. David Petersen will preach at the High Solemn Mass. Eventbrite registration will be available in late June. For more information email Fr. Braden at frbraden@ziondetroit.onmicrosoft.org. When the schedule is established the Zion website will have more information, as well as a mailer for registration - http://ziondetroit.org

The tentative schedule for the Conference is:

8:15 a.m. Registration Gymnasium

9:00 a.m. Holy Communion Church

10:45 a.m. Keynote Address - Rev. Dr. Burnell Eckardt Gymnasium

12:00 p.m. Sext Church

12:15 p.m. Luncheon Gymnasium

1:15 p.m. Q & A with Dr. Eckardt

1:45 p.m. Panel Discussion Gymnasium

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Organ Recital - Dr. Emily Solomon Cantor, Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church

3:00 p.m. Workshops

I. Eucharistic Prayers of Arthur Karl Piepkorn Gymnasium

(The Reverend Father Charles McClean)

II.  The Minor Orders: Handling the Word of God Gymnasium

(The Reverend Father Douglas Spittel )

III.  “The Lutheran Missal Project Gymnasium

 (The Reverend Fathers Evan Scamman & Stefan Gramenz have been invited to present)

4:45 p.m. Solemn Vespers Church

till 7:00 p.m. Gemütlichkeit Undercroft