What's New

 

Synodfest Updates
  See a slide show.

 

Read Bishop Gafkjen's presentation, "For the Life of the World."

 

Read Bishop Robert Rimbo's sermon, "We Wish to See Jesus"
Watch a video collage of highlights from Synodfest 2011.
Read Bishop
Robert Rimbo's
presentation,
"Go in Peace. But Go!"

 

Synodfest! One Word. Many Voices.

 

October 29, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

See agenda. Download and print a bulletin insert for your congregation.

Cost will cover lunch, refreshments, materials and activities
$20 in advance per person; $25 at the door; $10 for persons under age 18
Child care provided.

Christ Church
600 North Ford Road
Zionsville, IN 46077

One Word; many voices — and yours is one of them! Every time you gather as part of the worshiping assembly in your congregation, your voice proclaims God’s Word. Every time your faith is active in word or deed, you make Christ known in our world.

Add your voice to those of others in the Indiana- Kentucky Synod who will gather on Saturday, October 29, at Christ Church in Zionsville to celebrate God’s Word in our midst: renewing us, sustaining us, empowering us, equipping us, and uniting our diverse voices in proclamation of
the One Word.

Join Bishop Gafkjen, along with Bishop Robert Rimbo of the Metro New York Synod and a line-up of other gifted leaders poised to facilitate a day of worship, wonder, and holy hilarity. Together, our voices will blend into conversations and break into song about the new things God is doing within, among, and through us.

Break-out conversations will offer opportunities for hands-on explorations of music, prayer, drama, art, ritual, preaching, and more. Plan to be part of this energizing and empowering day!

You can register for this event online, but you will need to send your check directly to the I-K Lutheran Center. Make checks payable to the Indiana-Kentucky Synod. The address is:

Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA
911 E. 86th St., Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46240

Participants who need overnight lodging may contact the Drury Inn at www.druryhotels.com, click on Book it Fast, then enter group number 2116727. The special rate for this event is $64.99 for a non-smoking room. Reservations received after Wednesday, October 12 will be provided on a space-available basis at prevailing rates.

See map.

See introductory flyer.

See flyer with list of breakout conversations. Detailed list of breakout conversations below.

 


Breakout Conversations

Engaging the Word: Proclaiming the Word in Music and Song
Robert Hobby, organist and composer, Trinity English, Fort Wayne
Read description.
Unleashing the Word: Who's Lying in the Ditch This Time?
Hank Langknecht, professor of homiletics, Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Read description.
Envisioning the Word: Proclaiming the Word in Art
Linda Witte Henke, liturgical artist, Indianapolis
Read description.
Experiencing the Word: Proclaiming the Word in Ritual
Bill Gafkjen, I-K Synod bishop
Read description.
Praying the Word: Let the People Say, Amen: Crafting Intercessions for the Sunday Assembly
Cheryl Dieter, Renewing Worship project manager
Read description.
Embodying the Word: Proclaiming the
Word as Presider

Robert Rimbo, Metro New York Synod bishop
Read description.
Being the Word: Proclaiming the Word as the Assembly Rev. Susan Briehl, composer, liturgist, and author
Enacting the Word: Proclaiming the Word in the Drama of Holy Week
David Schreiber, pastor, Resurrection,
Indianapolis
Read description.
Declaring the Word: Proclaiming the Word as Lectors and Cantors
Bonnie Harstad, director of music, Faith Lutheran, Lexington, KY
Read description.
Empowering the Word: Proclaiming the
Word as Assisting Ministers

Rudy Mueller, I-K Synod, Assistant to the Bishop
Read description.

For more information or to reqister, contact Pastor Rudy Mueller at rmueller@iksynod.org or 317-253-3522