Thursday-Saturday: 
The Sparrow's Nest at the Abbey
17304 Havenwood Rd,
Sparta, WI 54656

Sunday:
St. John's Evangelical-Lutheran Church 21693 Co Hwy A.
Tomah, WI 54660

Pricing:
Regular Conference Registration (Friday Evening-Sunday Morning):
$70 with room and board, $30 if staying off-site.
Student Registration:
$60 with room and board, $20.00 if staying off-site.
Seminar Registration (Thursday Morning-Friday Afternoon):
$100 (Limit of 12 seats! Includes room and board.)

Return to Wittenberg is pleased to announce that we will once again be able to provide accommodations to our attendees this year on-site at the Sparrow's Nest. These rooms are available on a first-come, first served basis. Each room sleeps at least four people. We cannot accommodate private rooms unless you book four registrations. We thank you for your understanding.

Local residents of the greater Tomah area are welcomed and encouraged to commute to the Sparrow's Nest.

If you would prefer other accommodations, we recommend Country Inn and Suites by Raddison in Sparta or Best Western Plus Sparta Trail Lodge.

Presentation topic: Expositional preaching in the Evangelical-Lutheran worship tradition.

Biography: The Rev. Jonathan Fisk is the Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois (LCMS). He hosts the podcast "A Brief History of Power" with the Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, as well as the podcast "Stop the White Noise" with his wife, Meredith. Pastor Fisk is also the author of a number of books, including Broken, Echo, Without Flesh, and Talk Them Into It. He also publishes the weekly Mad Christian Mondays and various content at https://www.revfisk.com/.

Presentation topic: How what happens in the Divine Service affects Christian behavior and life in the world.

Biography: Pastor Johann Caauwe is a frequent presenter at R2W. He has served St. John’s in Wood Lake since October 2017. He previously served congregations in Modesto, CA and El Paso, TX. After growing up in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, he received his undergraduate pre-seminary studies at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN before attending Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, MN. He was ordained into the Holy Ministry in 2005. He and his wife Sara have been blessed with nine children, whom they homeschool using a classical education model.

Presentation Topic: Church architecture and its relationship to catechetical mystagogy. 

Biography: The Rev. Dagan Siepert is the Pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in New Ipswich, New Hampshire (LCMS). Pastor Siepert graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne.

Breakout Topic: Reflections on a year of preaching the Psalter and the use of Psalmody in Evangelical-Lutheran worship.

Biography: The Rev. Jeffrey Hendrix has served Faith Lutheran Church in Oregon, WI since 2017. He attended Bethany Lutheran College planning to do video production and graphic design, but was encouraged by professors to consider studying for the pastoral office. After graduating from Bethany College, he continued his communication training and earned a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications from Ball State University, before attending seminary at Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Prior to serving as Pastor at Faith, Pastor Hendrix served Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Indianola, IA during a vacancy as a vicar, and as as pastor of the dual parish of Calvary and Grace Lutheran Churches in Ulen and Crookston, MN. He is married to Carla and has four children.

Breakout Presentation: Liturgy and music for children (a presentation geared toward children, but helpful for parents and anyone interested in a simple explanation of the history of music and liturgy in the cosmos).

Biography: Daniel Baker was called to be the Kantor of Return to Wittenberg in 2020. He has been the principal organist and worship director of R2W from the very beginning. He is an associate organist and Elder at St. John's Evangelical-Lutheran Church (Oakwood) in Oak Creek, WI, the oldest founding congregation of the WELS. He has a Master of Music in K-12 Music Education from the University of Florida, as well as a parish music degree from Concordia University Wisconsin. His doctoral thesis at the University of Birmingham is on the influence of Anglican Church music on Synodical Conference Lutheranism in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.