Tuesday, July 26, 2011

2:00 p.m.

Registration

3:00 p.m.

Campus Tour with Prof. Robert Roethemeyer

5:00 p.m.

Dinner available in the Katherine Luther Dining Hall

6:30 p.m.

Opening of Conference and Greetings

7:00 p.m.

Paper I: “Löhe, Wyneken, and the Fort Wayne Seminary” – Dr. Lawrence Rast (Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Prayer

8:45 p.m.

Seminary Reception on the Plaza

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Paper II: “Löhe’s Correspondence with Wedemann 1849-1850 on Theory and Practice in Church and Ministry” – Dr. Wolfhart Schlichting (Editor, Confessio Augustana, Augsburg, Germany)

9:30 a.m.

Morning Prayer/Coffee

10:30 a.m.

Paper III: “Löhe as an Ecumenical Lutheran” – Dr. John Stephenson (Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saint Catherine’s, Ontario)

11:30 a.m.

Paper IV: “Löhe’s Missiological Perspective” – Dr. Klaus Detlev Schulz (Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana)

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Concordia Publishing House will host a book signing for authors Geiger, Naumann, and Schulz in the Commons from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.

2:00 p.m.

Paper V: “Löhe and the Ministerium of Pennsylvania: Löhe’s Reception Among his Contemporaries in the Eastern United States” – Rev. Martin Lohrmann (Doctoral candidate, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and Pastor of Christ Ascension Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

3:00 p.m.

Paper VI: “Confession and Global Mission: Contextualizing Wilhelm Loehe” – Dr. Paul Chung (Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota)

4:00 p.m.

Paper VII: “Löhe as Religious Educator” – Dr. Thomas Kothmann (University of Regensburg, Germany)

5:00 p.m.

Dinner

6:30 p.m.

We will carpool to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1126 South Barr Street, Fort Wayne).

7:00 p.m.

Evening Prayer at St. Paul Lutheran Church with a tour of the church and refreshments after the Service.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Paper VIII: “Wilhelm Löhe in Deindoerfer’s History of the Iowa Synod ” – Dr. Craig Nessan (Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa)

9:30 a.m.

Morning Prayer/Coffee

10:30 a.m.

Paper X: “Löhe and Chiliasm in the Context of 19th Century Eschatology” – Mr. Jacob Corzine (Doctoral candidate, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)

11:30 a.m.

International Löhe Society Meeting

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Paper XI: “Lutheran Deaconesses in North America: Assessing Löhe’s Influence” – Deaconess Cheryl Naumann (President, Concordia Deaconess Conference and Deaconess, Redeemer Lutheran Church and School, Oakmont, Pennsylvania)

3:00 p.m.

Paper XII: “Löhe’s 1844 Agenda” – Dr. Thomas Schattauer (Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa)

4:00 p.m.

Paper XIII: “Löhe and Enlightenment Movements” – Dr. Dietrich Blaufuß (Co-President, International Löhe Society, Erlangen, Germany)

5:15 p.m.

We will carpool to Trinity English Lutheran Church (405 West Wayne Street, Fort Wayne).

7:00 p.m.

Evening Prayer at Trinity English Lutheran Church

Friday, July 29, 2011

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Depart for Frankenmuth

12:00 noon

Lunch in Frankenmuth; tour the town and visit the museum.

5:30 p.m.

Outdoor Dinner hosted by St. Lorenz Lutheran Church

7:00 p.m.

Hymnfest at St. Lorenz with Dr. Scott Hyslop and Pastor Stephen Starke

Saturday, July 30, 2011

8:00 a.m.

Depart the Bavarian Inn for Frankentrost

8:30 a.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Frankentrost with presentation by Rev. Mark Loest and by Mr. Matthias Honold (Archivist, Diakonie Neuendettelsau) on archival research on the Löhe colonies

11:30 a.m.

Conclusion of Conference