Vocatio is a retreat that encourages high schoolers to find God’s calling for their lives through experiencing many aspects of the Seminary including worship and devotions, sessions with professors, and even some fun and recreation! Open to high school men and women entering grades nine through 12, the event is free. Registration deadline: May 27, […]
From Font to Table: Welcoming the Stranger into Christ and Congregational Life Veteran pastors and commissioned ministers of parish ministry are well aware there is no “magic bullet” that guarantees to increase a congregation’s membership, and this workshop makes no such claim for an adult faith formation process. Rather, the research—case studies at four congregations […]
NEW! On Using Worldly Wealth Do we have a “theology of possessions?” Why don’t we talk about the “tithe?” What does the New Testament say about “worldly wealth” (Luke 16:9)? Is the principle “neither poverty nor riches” (Prov. 30:8) typical of what the Bible teaches about worldly wealth? Special attention will be given to Jesus’ […]
Elijah Harrison Buerk Elijah Harrison Buerk is a composer, organist, carillonneur, singer and conductor based in Metropolis, Ill. He attends Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music where he has studied composition with Don Freund and PQ Phan, organ with Janette Fishell and carillon with Lynnli Wang and Wade FitzGerald. He is originally from Centralia, […]