Preaching Days 2015!
Calling all preachers! Are you looking for some inspiration, something to stir your creativity and soul, a chance to gather with others charged with proclaiming the Word? Then come to The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia – yes, this is a shameless plug! – on Oct. 19-21 for Preaching Days.
A staple of LTSP summers in the 80s and 90s, Preaching Days faded away over the last two decades but we are reviving it – dare we say resurrecting it? – at the request of our alumni and area leaders who have asked that we provide more opportunities for professional development with a particular focus on preaching.
Toward that end, we have invited not one, or two, or even three guest lecturers, but five – yes, FIVE! – presenters from around the country to offer a plenary lecture and preach a sermon in worship. Tom Long, one of the most influential teachers of preaching and authors of this generation, will be our inaugural St. Paul’s (Doylestown, PA) lecturer on Monday. Paul Scott Wilson (University of Toronto, Audrey West (ELCA Professor of New Testament), Karyn Wiseman and Wayne Croft (both on the preaching faculty of LTSP) will round out the list of speakers. In addition to the five lectures and five worship services, there will also be time for smaller group study in a number of workshops.
All this – and lunch all three days! – for the modest registration cost of $175. I hope you can attend – registration information can be found here.
I’m a missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church pastoring the only Church of the denomination in Barbados in the West Indies. As much as I would love to attend, circumstances beyond my control won’t let me come.
Is there a way that it can be webcasted so that I can participate in the program? I have been inspired by David who happens to be a professor of one of my dear friends and coworker in ministry Rev Dr Hilliad Dogbe and would love to have more.
Thank you
We won’t be able to stream the presentations, but we will try to video tape them and make them available later. Thanks for the question and blessings on your ministry! (And please say hello to Dr. Dogbe!)
It is Sunday the day before the event. Am I too late?
Nope, you’re not too late. If you can’t register on the site, just come to the event and we’ll register you there!