His Voice - Volume 3, Number 1

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Volume 3 - Number 1

April 2008

VOICE From the Co-Directors

Arthur A. Just Jr. and Richard C. Resch

e are pleased to announce the theme and program for the 2008 conference of The Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Music (Sunday, November 2 through Tuesday, November 4): Lutheran Liturgy and Hymnody: Theology and Practice with Confidence and Grace.

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With the successful introduction of Lutheran Service Book into our congregations, pastors, musicians, and the people of God are now seeking ways to do the liturgy well. Christ is present with His gifts whether the liturgy, preaching, and hymn singing is done well or done poorly. Yet our liturgical worship is an invitation by Christ himself to enter into communion with Him— the Creator and Redeemer of the cosmos. In the presence of the Holy One of God we are to receive these gifts and respond to them with the passionate confidence of saints who know who they are and where they are going, and with the welcoming hospitality of pilgrims summoned home in Christ. This conference will focus on how to do Lutheran liturgy and hymnody well, accenting practical ways in which pastors and musicians may assist the people of God to embody the faith in their worship.

This year’s conference will be different from past conferences in three ways. First, it will have two tracks: one for pastors, deacons, elders, and other church leaders; and one for organists, choir members, and directors of children’s, adult, and

bell choirs. Second, throughout the conference, clergy and musicians will model the planning process for the culminating service of the conference, All Saints’ Holy Communion offered for the whole campus on Tuesday morning. Third, this year’s sessions will not appear in a published journal, but will be videotaped for distribution as teaching DVDs for the church.

The 2008 Conference will begin on Sunday, November 2 at 4:30 PM with an organ recital by Faythe Freese, associate professor of music at the University of Alabama School of Music, and formerly a music faculty member at Concordia University Texas. It will be followed at 7:30 PM by All Saints’ Choral Vespers, including Bach’s Cantata BWV 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, presented by the Seminary Schola Cantorum. On Monday evening Kantor Kevin Hildebrand will present a hymn festival that will allow us to sing the liturgical year in a glorious way. It is our hope that this conference will help pastors and musicians to lead Lutheran liturgy and hymnody in ways that are as confident and graceful as they are theologically grounded.

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