Conference on Worship, Theology and the Arts
July 16-20, 2012
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Registration for this conference has closed. You may still attend at the daily rate of $75 which includes lunch. Please register in person at the Buntrock Commons Office.
CONFLUENCE- the meeting of two or more streams.
When streams of water join together it calls to mind something almost primordial - the first words of creation, turbulence and chaos becoming orderly and purposeful. Water is the essential element of all life, necessary for bodies and land. Water is the gift of baptism, our strong identity carrying us through this world like the powerful flow of a river that has emerged from many streams.
CONFLUENCE- the meeting of two or more streams.
When different streams of thought or associations or loyalties convene often, like water, turbulence occurs. And in this time in history tempest and division feel like the general way of being. So confluence is a prayer, a longing to be gathered from our separate places, to come together in communion with Christ and with one another, as God’s whole, cherished people.
CONFLUENCE- the meeting of two or more streams.
When we begin this conference at opening worship we are confluent, a collection of people from all across the church joining together for learning, listening and nourishment.
May it be so.
Pastors, church musicians, artists and lay leaders from all denominations and any size congregation participate in CWTA. They experience and apply the concepts introduced at the conference through conference sessions and worship services. The daily worship services refresh and inspire those who are leaders in their home congregations. Using the lectionary for specific Sundays in the upcoming church year, conference planners strive to create an inspiring model to use in participants' home churches. Worship services at this conference will include services for Pentecost, an Epiphany Sunday, a Sunday in the Easter season and All Saints Sunday, as well as two Evening Prayer services.
As a community of learners, the conference faculty and the participants foster spiritual renewal and affirm vocation. Participants develop personal and professional networks to call upon for support, expertise and counsel.
Registration brochures have been mailed. To request a brochure, contact the Pastors’ Office by e-mail at brownl@stolaf.edu. You may register online by clicking the Registration tab at the top of the page. Registration will close on July 6, 2012.
Online registration will begin in February, 2012.
As information on faculty members, topics and titles becomes available, this web site will be updated.
Worship services are open to the public in Boe Memorial Chapel: 1:30 p.m. on Monday; 8:15 a.m. on Tue., Wed. and Thurs; and 10:45 a.m. on Friday.