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"Behold, I Tell You a Mystery":
Telling God's Story in the 21st Century
July 23-25, 2012
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, California
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ENORMOUS LUTHER, Sculpture by David DeMars |
Speakers:
Mary Canniff-Kuhn, master storyteller, Lutheridge pastor
René Clausen, composer and conductor, Concordia College (Moorhead)
Featuring:
- Hymn festival using organ, piano, guitar, marimba, and percussion
- Unique presentation of a Bach cantata by Areté Vocal Ensemble, Wyant Morton, conductor
- New setting of morning prayer by The Braeded Chord, folk duo (Sharon Dennis and Doris Au MacDonald)
- New setting of evening prayer using piano, marimba, harp and soloists
- New commissioned choral anthem by Bradley Ellingboe
- Worship and workshops on "Telling God's Story" by Lorne Manweiler, Carl Crosier, Joy Berg, Jeff Held
and Nancy Jessup - Organ Recital by Dr. Kyle Johnson, California Lutheran University on the 1991 Steiner-Reck organ (II-39)
Region 4 Conference Schedule: Printable copy of schedule
Sunday, July 22 - (Early happenings!)
7:00-9:00pm early registration desk open
8:00 Shakespeare play at CLU – come, buy a ticket at the door, sit on the hill,
and enjoy Shakespeare outdoors!
10:00 wine and cheese gathering
Monday, July 23
8:00 am registration table open (chapel narthex) – coffee on in narthex.
9:00 “The story told in…opening worship"
10:00 “The story told in…workshops #1”
A - Inter-generational Worship (The Braeded Chord)
B - Reading Scripture and other ideas for worship (Lorne Manweiler)
11:00 coffee break
11:15-12:15 Keynote presenter – “Telling the Story” (Mary Canniff-Kuhn)
12:15-1:00 “The story told in…community” – lunch together
1:00-1:45 “The story told in…music” – organ recital (Kyle Johnson)
2:00-3:00 “The story told in…workshops #2”
C - The Story of Morning and Evening Prayer, and settings (Joy Berg)
D - Involving Instruments in Worship (Jeff Held)
3:00-3:30 coffee break
3:30-4:30 “the story told in…workshops #3"
E - Creative Use of Handbells (Nancy Jessup)
F - "Telling the Story in Song: From Congregation to Recording
and Back" (Charles Cornner)
4:30-6:00 free time
6:00 “The story told in…community” – picnic supper ($15)
7:30 “The story told in…word and music” –
hymn festival: “Behold I Tell You a Mystery”
(Lorne Manweiler and Joy Berg, leaders)
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
9:00 Reception
10:00 “The story told in…evening prayer” – The Braeded Chord new setting
Tuesday, July 24
8:00 am Morning Prayer (Marty Haugen’s “In the Morning I Will Sing”)
8:00 registration table open
9:00 “The story told in…community” – ALCM meeting, and announcements
9:45-10:45 "A Story of our Past: Luther’s Story" – Dr. Guy Erwin
10:45-11 coffee break
11-12:15 Keynote: “A Story of our Past and Present” (choirs and Lutheran music)
René Clausen
12:15-1:15 “The story told…in community” – lunch together
1:15-2:15 “The story told in….workshops #4”
G - Working with the Youth Worship Band (Mark Longfield)
H - Bach: The Story for Us Now (Carl Crosier, Lorne Manweiler)
2:15-3:15 “The story told in….Music” – “Sing!” with René Clausen
3:15-7:00 free time; supper on your own
7:00 Bach concert with Areté
9:30 “The story told in…Evening Prayer “ (new setting of LSB evening prayer)
10:00 wine and cheese
Wednesday, July 25
8:00 “The story told in….Morning Prayer “(setting by Joel Endicott)
8:00-9:00 registration table open
9:00 “The story told in…our music” Reading session of ALCM composers
10:15-11:30 “The story told in…closing worship” (Eucharist)
11:30-12:30 “The story told in….community” – lunch before leaving
