July 27-July 29, 2020 : Racine, Wisconsin
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July 27 - 29, 2020
St. John's Lutheran Church
510 Kewaunee St.
Racine, WI 53402
The Bugenhagen Conference is a three day conference for pastors on practical theology. Attendance and meals at the conference are free to registrants. The conference will feature three keynote speakers and forty workshops presented by over twenty pastors.
The Reformation held up the great truth of salvation by grace through faith. Faithful Lutheran pastors know that the gospel is to permeate the teaching and the life of the congregation. Our preaching, teaching, and all of our practices should be fully shaped by the Word of God. The Pastor ought to excel in his ministry whether it be in teaching, caring for the sick and dying, providing biblical counsel, or being an example in holy living.
The Bugenhagen Conference was created to help pastors hone their craft and excel in all facets of ministry. Pastors know that there is always room for improvement, whether it be in the routine tasks of administration, or in more particular matters of pastoral leadership in the parish. The pastor is to be competent, confident, and skilled in his ministry.
The Bugenhagen Conference is a gathering particularly designed for the parish pastor, providing a place for him to honestly evaluate himself against the biblical model of who a pastor is to be. Here he can critically assess among brothers what qualities, skills, and characteristics he has developed and, also, where he needs to develop. The workshops allow pastors to hear from brothers in the ministerium who can provide practical guidance in approaching specific tasks and challenging situations that one may face in the parish.
OUR SPEAKERS
Participants at the Bugenhagen Conference will hear three Keynote Addresses. Out of the forty Workshops offered, they will be able to attend eight. It has been said pastors of different ages and experience naturally bring particular gifts to the church: the young, zeal; the middle-aged, stability; and, the elders, wisdom. A healthy mix and balance of these qualities will be brought together at the conference in order to strengthen and build up our ministerium in the Missouri Synod.
Keynote Speakers
Workshop Presentations
(The workshops will be updated for 2020. Below are the workshops from the 2019 conference.)
I. Preaching and Teaching
Confirmation Instruction: How to Use My Materials -- Pastor Peter Bender
Getting Better at Bible Study -- Pastor Peter Bender
Getting Better at Bible Study -- Pastor Burnell Eckardt
Getting Better at Bible Study -- Pastor David Petersen
Learning the New Obedience through Suffering -- Pastor Andrew Preus
Preaching without a Net -- Pastor Burnell Eckardt
Teaching the Fear of God in the Congregation -- Pastor Stephen Preus
Using Maps in Bible Study and the Classroom -- Pastor David Ramirez
II. Liturgical Matters
Beautifying the Building -- Pastor James Roemke
How Do I Establish An All Male Acolyte Corps? -- Pastor Jason Braaten
Hymns in the Congregation -- Pastor Mark Preus
Learning How to Chant/Improving Your Chanting -- Pastor Sean Willman
Teaching the Kernlieder in the Congregation -- Pastor Jacob Sutton
III. Care of Souls
Hospital Visitation -- Pastor Ralph Tausz
Hymns at Home -- Pastor Mark Preus
Riding Herd: An Approach to Delinquents -- Pastor Scott Adle
Shut-In Calls -- Pastor Ralph Tausz
Spiritual Counsel in the Confessional -- Pastor David Petersen
Using Hymns in Pastoral Care -- Pastor Jacob Sutton
IV. Congregational Life and Parish Administration
How to Be Cheap: Save Money on Tech -- Pastor Benjamin Holt
Moving from Close to Closed Communion -- Pastor Travis Loeslie
Outreach: Presentations for Your Surrounding Community -- Pastor Travis Berg
Promoting a Lutheran Identity in the School -- Pastor Jack Gilbert
Shepherding College Students -- Pastor Michael Larson
Stewardship Under the Cross -- Pastor Heath Curtis
Suggestions for Your LWML Chapter and Zone -- Pastor Joshua Conradt
What to Do at Your Sunday School Teachers Meeting-- Pastor Jason Braaten
V. Pastoral Leadership
Building the Brotherhood in the Circuit -- Pastor Benjamin Ball
How How to Deliberate a Call -- Pastor Benjamin Ball
Poetry is Practical -- Pastor Travis Berg
How to Be a Small Town American Pastor – Pastor Heath Curtis
Keynote Addresses
Monday, July 27: Didactic Preaching -- Pastor Peter Bender
Tuesday, July 28: Preaching and Exhortation -- Pastor Paul Strawn
Wednesday, July 29: God’s Aeolian Harp: How Poetry Shapes the Pastoral Task -- Pastor Travis Berg
SPONSORS
St. John's Lutheran Church
Racine, WI
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Union Grove, WI
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, WI
Planning Committee
Rev. Jack Gilbert
St. John's Lutheran Church
Racine, WI
Rev. David P. Ramirez
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Union Grove, WI
Rev. Aaron Uphoff
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Randolph, NJ
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