Mid-Winter Convocation

By Paths untrodden: Faith and leadership in a time of change

Feb. 1-3, 2012
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.

Convocation Schedule

All worship services and plenary sessions will take place in the Chapel of the Incarnation in the Olson Campus Center. When you arrive and receive your welcome packet, it will contain information on workshop locations.

Wednesday, February 1

9-11 a.m.	Registration, Check-In, Visit Resource Fair
11 a.m.	Chapel with Holy Communion: Jessicah Duckworth preaching
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.	Lunch
1-1:15 p.m.	Greeting: Richard Bliese, seminary president
1:15-2:15 p.m.	Keynote: Diana Butler Bass The Great Religious Recession
2:15-2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30-3:45 p.m.	Workshops
4-5 p.m.	Keynote: Andrew Root Answering: Who Am I? The Melting of Identity and Why the Church Can't Help One of the greatest pursuits for late modern people (especially those of younger generations) is to construct an identity for themselves. But as we have seen recently, the fluidity of our culture does not allow for our identities to be carved in stone. Instead our identities are always transitioning with new jobs, new marriages, and new ideas. The cultural necessity of identity transition can be painful and difficult; it is easy to feel lost within the transition. What then should the church do?
5-5:30 p.m.	Visit Resource Fair, Sermon Brainwave Podcast
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Evening Dinner with Entertainment (ticket required) Enjoy Southern-inspired buffet while enjoying the music of Sanok Dixieland Jazz Band.

Thursday, February 2

7:30-9 a.m.	President's Breakfast, includes State of the Seminary (ticket required)
8 a.m.	Registration Desk and Resource Fair Open - Olson Campus Center
9:30-10:45 a.m.	Workshops
10:45-11 a.m.	Break
11 a.m.-Noon	Chapel Service: President Bliese preaching Followed by presentation of Faithfulness in Ministry Awards
Noon - 1 p.m.	Lunch with Keynote speakers
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Keynote: Diana Butler Bass A Great Spiritual Awakening
2:30-3 p.m.	Break
3-4:15 p.m.	Workshops
4:30 p.m.	Convocation Choir rehearsal - Music room, lower level
5-6 p.m.	Reception
6 p.m.	Reunion Dinners (Years ending 06 and 11 (between 1966 and 2011)

Friday, February 3

7:30-8:30 a.m.	First Third Breakfast (ticket required)
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Keynote: Andrew Root The Church and the Loss of Meaning: Hyper-Reality and All Those Flickering Screens Is the church different for a generation of people raised in the digital age? If their attention is directed toward computer, TV, and cell phone screens, are they constructing meaning in different ways than people in the past? We will explore the effects our screen-based living has on how we make meaning and the ways meaning has become harder to construct. What theological perspective might we take to address a generation making their primary meaning not in the "real" but in the "hyper-real" of screen worlds?
10:30 a.m.	Break
11 a.m.	Chapel Service: Eric Barreto preaching
11:45 a.m.	Lunch/Close