Returning in 2024: Pre-Conference Seminar

An academic seminar is a small-group session that convenes over a series of recurring meetings to really focus on a particular subject. In a seminar, everyone participates in discussion to share insights and ideas around the topic, rather than a lecture format.

Seminar attendees had an opportunity to get into the meat of our conference theme through intensive reading and discussion of texts related to our conference theme. This year, we considered "Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs" in four main sessions focused on readings from: the Bible, the Fathers, the Liturgy, and literature.

New in 2024: Worship Workshop & Hoenecke Scholarship

One of the highlights of R2W is our worship. But many Pastors (and not a few laymen!) have asked: How can I take this home with me? Our Kantor, Daniel Baker, answered  that question and more at a worship workshop, which kicked off our plenary Conference on Friday afternoon.  Although this session was geared toward Pastors and worship coordinators, anyone was welcome to attend and several laymen gleaned valuable information from the session, which also focused on how to best use our Synodical worship resources (the Christian Worship suite) to create a rhythm of Biblical worship in the pattern of our Lutheran forefathers.

Also new this year was the Adolf Hoenecke Scholarship Fund! Thanks to a generous donation, we were pleased to offer FREE ATTENDANCE to WELS or ELS Seminary students. The fund also is designed to supplement pastors whose congregation are unable to support their attendance due to small size or reasonable budgetary issues.