Chico Hot Springs Pastoral Leaders Conference
April 19-22
Please call Chico Hot Springs to reserve a room for yourself. Make sure to ask for the Pastor’s Conference 35% discount on rooms. Rooms are not included in the conference registration price. Contact info and more information about Chico Hot Springs can be found here: https://www.chicohotsprings.com/
Theme: Connecting, Reflecting, and Moving Forward with the Risen Christ
Tuesday Worship: Led by the leadership team of the gathering community called Confluence Collective in Missoula. https://www.confluencemissoula.org/
Speaker sessions will be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings from 9:15-12:15 with a break in between.
Bishops time: will be Wednesday evening at 7pm Individual appointments with Bishop Jungling will be available in the afternoons.
A full schedule for the event is pending
Theme: Connecting, Reflecting, and Moving Forward with the Risen Christ
Tuesday Worship: Led by the leadership team of the gathering community called Confluence Collective in Missoula. https://www.confluencemissoula.org/
Speaker sessions will be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings from 9:15-12:15 with a break in between.
Bishops time: will be Wednesday evening at 7pm Individual appointments with Bishop Jungling will be available in the afternoons.
A full schedule for the event is pending
Registration information
Click the button below to register online. This form allows for online payments only! Please also take note, registration falls into two categories, with and without meals. If you select the option without meals, you will not be served during the 5 meals provided! When filling out the form, you may register multiple people, just click "Add Attendee" after filling out the first registrant's information. Please double check your selections before finalizing your registration.
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If you require a physical registration form or payment click here to download.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Karoline M. Lewis: Leadership In A Time Of Trauma
We all know the challenges of the past two years - for the church, for our congregations, for our ministry. Being together again provides an opportunity to talk about our leadership and lives in this time of collective trauma. Together we will think about preaching, interpreting Scripture, and representing the Gospel when normal is up in the air and the purpose of church calls for reformation.
Dr. Lewis is Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary. She is also the Program Director of the Festival of Homiletics and the director of the Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching program at Luther Seminary.
We all know the challenges of the past two years - for the church, for our congregations, for our ministry. Being together again provides an opportunity to talk about our leadership and lives in this time of collective trauma. Together we will think about preaching, interpreting Scripture, and representing the Gospel when normal is up in the air and the purpose of church calls for reformation.
Dr. Lewis is Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary. She is also the Program Director of the Festival of Homiletics and the director of the Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching program at Luther Seminary.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Karin Craven: Relationships and Connections across our Synod
Dr. Craven will guide our whole conference community through a series of small group conversations designed for reflection, listening, and building relationships. With nearly 25 new rostered leaders in the Montana Synod (about 1/3 of our active leaders) , and after not meeting since 2019, we will have some dedicated time just to connect with each other. Karin is an ordained chaplain who has taught at Luther Seminary and Augsburg University.
Her doctorate is in the area of congregational and community care, and focused on the lived-through experience of community in the congregation as the pastoral leader. Karin’s work is inter-disciplinary and values insights from the domains of theology, neuroscience, trauma and postcolonial theories. Recently she moved with her family from Minnesota to Missoula. She is connected to Emmaus Campus Ministry as a member of the worship team of Confluence.
Dr. Craven will guide our whole conference community through a series of small group conversations designed for reflection, listening, and building relationships. With nearly 25 new rostered leaders in the Montana Synod (about 1/3 of our active leaders) , and after not meeting since 2019, we will have some dedicated time just to connect with each other. Karin is an ordained chaplain who has taught at Luther Seminary and Augsburg University.
Her doctorate is in the area of congregational and community care, and focused on the lived-through experience of community in the congregation as the pastoral leader. Karin’s work is inter-disciplinary and values insights from the domains of theology, neuroscience, trauma and postcolonial theories. Recently she moved with her family from Minnesota to Missoula. She is connected to Emmaus Campus Ministry as a member of the worship team of Confluence.
Musician and morning devotion leader: John Hermanson
John Hermanson will provide our morning devotions. John is an acclaimed songwriter who has independently sold over 250,000 records across several genres. His popular duo Storyhill is a regular performer on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion and headlines a thriving annual acoustic music festival. John is the founder of the art rock band Alva Star, and was a member of the indie-rock group, The Hopefuls. Under the name John August, Hermanson released fifteen world music titles for the Lifescapes label, selling over one million records to date.
In 2012, John scored all twelve hour-long episodes of MTV's scripted series Underemployed, working with music supervisors Bruce Gilbert and Gary Calamar. John also serves as the Vocal Worship Leader/Guitarist at Oak Knoll Lutheran Church in Minnetonka, MN and has composed liturgical resources, hymns, and an online musical Advent series based on the book of Isaiah
John Hermanson will provide our morning devotions. John is an acclaimed songwriter who has independently sold over 250,000 records across several genres. His popular duo Storyhill is a regular performer on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion and headlines a thriving annual acoustic music festival. John is the founder of the art rock band Alva Star, and was a member of the indie-rock group, The Hopefuls. Under the name John August, Hermanson released fifteen world music titles for the Lifescapes label, selling over one million records to date.
In 2012, John scored all twelve hour-long episodes of MTV's scripted series Underemployed, working with music supervisors Bruce Gilbert and Gary Calamar. John also serves as the Vocal Worship Leader/Guitarist at Oak Knoll Lutheran Church in Minnetonka, MN and has composed liturgical resources, hymns, and an online musical Advent series based on the book of Isaiah