The 2023 St. Michael Liturgical Conference: Monday, September 25 - Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit

 This Twenty-fourth annual St. Michael Liturgical Conference will focus on preaching, the Holy Liturgy and Occasional Services, and a new Lutheran hymnal.

Keynote Address:  Fr. Karl Fabrizius - “Water Flowing from the Temple: Bringing Life to Every Creature”  Fr. Fabrizius will explore and expound on the importance of Ezekiel's river from the temple in connection with your preaching.  The preacher should not be content with the stagnant pools at the edge of the river of life, but swim in the rushing currents that bring life to the nations.

Q & A with Fr. Fabrizius & Panel Discussion -  Fr. Mark Braden, Pastor of Zion, will facilitate a Q & A period during which conference attendees can interact with Fr. Fabrizius on his keynote presentation. 

A Panel Discussion by this years’ presenters, joined by several distinguished guests and select Gottesdienst editors, will follow the Q&A.  Questions from Conference attendees will be answered and discussed by the panel.

Workshops:  A New Video, Lochner’s Liturgical Forms, and the Protest’ant Hymnal.   Dr. Eckardt will present and provide commentary on the new Gottesdienst video of a Lutheran Mass conducted by an Ordained Pastor with one lay assistant.  Fr. Braden will discuss and explore Friedrich Lochner’s 1894 Liturgical Forms and the Shorter Liturgical Works, with input and commentary from its translator.  Dr. Reuning will present and explore sections of the soon to be published Protes’tant hymnal, Te Laudamus.

 Schedule

8:15 a.m.         Registration

9:00 a.m.         Holy Communion

10:45 a.m.       Keynote Address

12:00 p.m.       Sext

12:15 p.m.       Luncheon

                        Greetings from our Bishop

1:15 p.m.         Q & A and Panel Discussion

2:15 p.m.         Break

2:30 p.m.         Organ Recital

3:00 p.m.         Workshops

4:45 p.m.         Solemn Vespers

 till 7:00 p.m.   Gemütlichkeit

DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE:

The registration fee is $40 before September 15th. After September 15th the registration fee is $50.  Registration includes the cost of the conference, distribution materials, breaks, lunch, and the Gemütlichkeit.  Registration for Seminary and pre-Seminary students is free before September 15. 

About the Presenters:

The Reverend Dr. Karl Fabrizius served as Pastor of Our Fathers Evangelical-Lutheran Church and School of Greenfield, Wisconsin for 38 years.  He received his M. Div. from Concordia Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. from Marquette University.  He has served as Guest Professor for many years in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana, and taught in the Teacher Colloquy program at Concordia University Wisconsin.  He is the author of a ten-volume set published by the Concordia Catechetical Institute, and is a Departmental Editor for Gottesdienst

The Reverend Dr. Burnell Eckardt is Pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Kewanee, Illinois. He received the Ph.D. from Marquette University and the S.T.M. from Concordia Theological Seminary.  Fr. Eckardt is the General Editor of Gottesdienst: A Quarterly Journal of the Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgy, and author of Every Day Will I Bless Thee: Meditations for the Daily Office; The New Testament in His Blood: A Study of the Holy Liturgy of the Christian Church; and compiler of The Lutheran Propers. 

The Reverend Dr. Daniel Reuning is Kantor and Church Musician at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, and an emeritus member of the faculty of CTS, where he served as Dean of Chapel for 31 years.  He holds a Doctorate in Musicology from the University of Illinois, a Masters degree in Sacred Music and Liturgy from Union Theological Seminary, and the M. Div. from Concordia Seminary St. Louis.  Dr. Reuning is the Founder and Director Emeritus of the Fort Wayne Bach Collegium, which just completed its twenty-first season.

The Reverend Fr. Mark Braden is Pastor of Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Detroit.  He holds both the S.T.M. and M. Div. degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, where he is an adjunct faculty member. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Concordia University System, as well as on the Gottesdienst Board, and as a departmental editor.  He taught Old Testament Bible at CTS, and has taught theology throughout  South America. He teaches Biblical Greek online for CTS., has served as an International Fellow for the Luther Academy, and taught by invitation at Concordia University, Ann Arbor.