“The Praying Church”

Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 
April 24-25, 2023

The Saint Mark’s Conference concerns the confessional, sacramental, and liturgical life of the Church of the Augsburg Confession.

 

"What could the church do? What could it do in those last years of Jerusalem to solve the problem of Palestine, which the world's political leaders have been trying in vain for centuries to do? What could the church do to stop the ruin of the Roman Empire and of the inestimable treasures of ancient culture? Instead of holding world conferences and having endless debates about the boundaries between church and culture, it went on praying without ceasing and sang the Te Deum on the debris of a world that was coming to an end. None of its prayers were in vain." - Hermann Sasse, Sanctorum Communio (1974)

Conference Schedule:

Monday, April 24 – Monday after the Misericordias Domini/ Saint Mark's Eve

11:00 AM – Divine Service

12:30 PM – Lunch

1:00 PM – “Is Christian Prayer Ever Private?” Part I – (The Rev. Kurt Reinhardt, Pastor, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kurtsville, Ontario)

2:30 PM – “Providence and Prayer in Martin Chemnitz” (The Rev. Roy Axel Coats, Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, MD)

4:00 PM – First Vespers of Saint Mark's Day

5:00 PM – Gemütlichkeit

Tuesday, April 26 – Saint Mark's Day

9:00 AM – Matins

9:30 AM – “Is Christian Prayer Ever Private?” Part II (The Rev. Kurt Reinhardt)

11:00 AM – Litany in Procession and Divine Service

12:30 PM – Lunch

1:00 PM – “The Lutheran Missal Project” (The Rev. Stefan Gramenz, Pastor, Lutheran Church of Christ the King, Pawling, New York and The Rev. Evan Scamman, Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Greenwich, Connecticut)

2:00 PM – Panel Discussion

2:45 PM – Itinerarium: Prayer for Travelers

 

Additionally, we will have:

The Rev. Eric Bednash

Pastor of Saint James Lutheran Church

Baltimore, Maryland

Preacher at Divine Service

Rev. Kevin Barron

Pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church

Baltimore, Maryland

Preacher at Divine Service

Rev. J. Thomas Foelber

Visitor of Circuit 3

Baltimore, Maryland

Preacher at Vespers

The Rev. Brian Westgate

Pastor of Saint Paul's Church, Kouts, Indiana

Conference Organist

The Saint Mark’s Conference concerns the confessional, sacramental, and liturgical life of the Church of the Augsburg Confession. It is hosted by Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland and is open to interested clergy and lay persons.

 

Additional details and conference registration information can be found at the conference website: http://www.oursaviourbaltimore.org/conference

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