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Sunday, November 10 3:00 p.m. Registration opens (Kroemer Library)

4:30 p.m. Organ Recital—Tom Mueller

6:00 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. Choral Vespers—including Bach Cantata 140, “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying” Seminary Schola Cantorum Preacher: Lawrence R. Rast Jr., CTSFW President

8:45 p.m. Welcome Reception (Student Commons)

Monday, November 11 7:30 a.m. Registration Opens (Sihler Auditorium)

7:35 a.m. Early Morning Prayer Office

8:40 a.m. Welcome (Sihler Auditorium)

8:45 a.m. Heinrich Schütz: His Psalm Settings and Why We Should Care about Them—Daniel Zager 400 years ago, Schütz published a collection of large-scale psalm settings,  The Psalms of David. Drawing on his setting of Psalm 98, this lecture (with demonstration provided by the Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne, Chamber Singers) explores Schütz’s use of new composition techniques developed in Venice, where he studied for several years. As a contrast, one of Schütz’s smaller-scale compositions will also be considered.

10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer With the Concordia Lutheran High School (Fort Wayne) A Cappella Choir singing Psalm 98, “Sing to the Lord a New Song” by Heinrich Schütz.

11:00 a.m. Church Music for Children: Spiritual Formation through Hymnody and Liturgy—Samuel Eatherton The emotional and cognitive impact of music upon children is considerable. When music is used in the Church, its formative influence is no less powerful. How does the music of hymnody and liturgy work to form children? What implications does this have for pastors and church musicians who choose music for worship? How can music in the Church speak to children without being simplistic or trite?

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Sectionals

2:30 p.m. Sectionals

3:15 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. Sectionals

5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer Children’s Choir of St. John Lutheran Church and School, Fraser, Michigan Mel Machemer, Director

5:45 p.m. Banquet

7:30 p.m. Hymn Festival Kevin Hildebrand and Matthew Machemer, Organists Seminary Kantorei Kent Tibben, Commentary

8:45 p.m. Dessert and Coffee Reception (Student Commons)

Tuesday, November 12 7:35 a.m. Early Morning Prayer Office

8:45 a.m. An Embarrassment of Riches: Choosing What to Sing—Paul Grime Our Lutheran heritage has bequeathed us an amazing treasury of hymns that provides us with more than we can reasonably sing. And modern hymn writers have added to that collection some wonderfully fresh expressions of the Gospel. How do we decide which hymns to sing? And what about those hymn texts that perhaps aren’t so strong?

10:00 a.m. Chapel

11:00 a.m. LSB Companion to the Hymns: What Did We Learn? Joseph Herl and Peter Reske With the imminent release of this historic study of the hymns in Lutheran Service Book now upon us, it’s a good time to ask what we’ve learned about hymnody through this process. How balanced, for example, is the hymnody in LSB? Are there glaring omissions that weren’t noticed as the hymnal was developed? Any surprises?

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

ACCOMMODATIONSThe following is a list of hotels near the Seminary. Be sure to ask about such discounts as AAA, AARP, Senior Citizen, and Seminary.

Don Hall’s Guesthouse, 1313 W. Washington Center Rd. ............................................(260) 489-2524

Holiday Inn at PFW, 4111 Paul Shaffer Dr.* ....................................................................(260) 482-3800

Hyatt Place, 111 W. Washington Center Rd.* ..................................................................(260) 471-8522

* Airport shuttle service available.

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in Sihler Auditorium, all meals served in Katherine Luther Dining Hall, and all services and musical events in Kramer Chapel.

Note the new date! The conference is one week later this year. which means that you can attend without having to miss All Saints’ Day services in your congregation.

Samuel Eatherton is Minister of Music at Zion Lutheran Church and School in Dallas, Texas, where he teaches music to all 3rd through 8th graders in the school, leads the choral program for children and adults, and plays the organ for

services. He recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Church Music at Baylor University. His compositions for organ, piano, and choir are published by Concordia Publishing House (CPH).

Charles Gieschen serves as Academic Dean and Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), Indiana. He also serves as the Associate Editor of the Concordia Theological Quarterly.

He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the International Enoch Seminar, and the Chief Academic Officers Society of the Association of Theological Schools.

Paul Grime is Dean of Spiritual Formation, Dean of the Chapel, and Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at CTSFW. He served as Executive Director for the LCMS Commission on Worship from 1996 to 2007. During that time he was the

Project Director for Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal Supplement 98.

Joseph Herl is Professor of Music at Concordia University, Nebraska. He was a member of the hymnody committee for Lutheran Service Book and is co-editor of its hymnal companion. His book Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism (Oxford

University Press, 2004) was awarded the Roland Bainton Prize of the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference. His choral and organ music is published by CPH, Oxford, and MorningStar Music.

Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at CTSFW and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne. He is a frequent recitalist and hymn festival presenter, as well as an active composer whose works are published by CPH and MorningStar Music.

Mark Knickelbein is Editor of Music/Worship at CPH and an active composer and church musician, focusing on choral, piano, and organ church music. He has a Bachelor of Science in Education from Martin Luther College, New

Ulm, Minnesota, and Master of Arts in Music from Concordia University Chicago. He previously served Trinity Lutheran in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, as principal, teacher, organist, and choir director.

Matthew Machemer is Associate Kantor at CTSFW. He has served parishes in Illinois and Michigan and currently directs the choir at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne. He is an active composer, with music available through CPH.

Tom Mueller is Associate Professor of Church Music and University Organist at Concordia University in Irvine, California, where he directs academic programs in keyboard, composition, and jazz. He is an active recitalist, clinician, and

adjudicator. Mueller is also an accomplished guitarist and mandolinist and has toured the country as a member of The Muellers, a nationally-recognized family bluegrass band.

Peter Reske, Senior Editor of Music/Worship at CPH, holds degrees in English Literature and Historical Musicology from Marquette University and Pennsylvania State University. He was the Editor of Lutheran Service

Book and its attendant resources, and is Co-editor of its hymnal companion. He edited The Hymns of Martin Luther, which was released by CPH in 2016.

Robert Rhein has taught music at Bethel University, Mishawaka, Indiana, since 1988. He has choral works published by CPH, MorningStar, and G. Schirmer. An avid student of opera, he has translated and directed several

chamber operas and two full operas from Italian, German, and French.

Sandra Rhein serves as a hymnal consultant for international missions of the LCMS. Hymnal projects under her management include a Swahili hymnal published in 2013, an Amharic hymnal published in 2019, a Chinese hymnal supplement

published in 2019, and a Bahasa Indonesian hymnal in progress.

Katie Schuermann studied vocal pedagogy and literature at Greenville University before earning graduate degrees in both Choral Conducting and Music History from the University of Missouri—Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music. An

award-winning writer, she is a contributor to The Federalist and has penned both fiction and non-fiction books.

Tavis Schlicker is Director of Choral Activities at Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne. A graduate of Concordia University Nebraska, he also directs the Youth Chorale of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir.

Stephen Starke is Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church Amelith in Bay City, Michigan. He is a graduate of Concordia University Ann Arbor, Concordia University Chicago, and CTSFW. He has also served as pastor in Chicago and Connecticut.

One of the Church’s foremost hymnwriters, Starke served as the Chairman of the Hymnody Committee for Lutheran Service Book. Two collections of his hymn texts, O Sing of Christ and Marvel at the Mercy, are published by CPH.

Daniel Zager is Associate Dean and Head of Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He is also an Associate Professor of Musicology in the Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards Department,

where he teaches courses in the history and practice of sacred music.

Advent with the Apostles’ Creed Advent proclaims the coming of the Lord. Each of the three midweek services will be devoted to one of the three articles of the Apostles’ Creed along with Luther's explanations in the Catechism. The sermons will also utilize materials from The Small Catechism: A Manual for Discipleship by John T. Pless (CPH, 2019). The sermons will examine each of the articles of the Creed through the lens of the central themes of the Advent season.

November 12, 2019 1:30–5:00 p.m. 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Presenter Rev. Prof. John Pless

Cost: $40.00 (includes dinner)

Registration and Information For more information or to register call (260) 452-2224 or go online to www.ctsfw.edu/PreachingWorkshop.

THE PRESENTERS

Luther Hostel If you would like to come earlier, you may choose to attend Luther Hostel from Nov. 6–8, 2019.

For more information or to register, please visit www.ctsfw.edu/LutherHostelor call (260) 452-2204.

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SECTIONALSReflections on Jaroslav Vajda—Stephen Starke

What in Heaven Is Going On? A Biblical Study of Angels—Charles Gieschen

Beyond Do-Re-Mi: Characteristics of Good Hymn Tunes—Kevin Hildebrand

Meter and Rhyme: The Delight and Burden of Hymn Translation—Robert Rhein

Hymnal Projects around the World—Sandra Rhein

Choral Reading Session for Lent and Easter 2020—Matthew Machemer

Vocal Health for Amateur Singers—Katie Schuermann

Understanding Lutheran Service Builder—Mark Knickelbein

Tour of Art Exhibit—With Angels and Archangels

“A living tradition and something new” is how Norman Nagel described the

richness of the Church’s hymnody. This year’s conference of the Good Shepherd

Institute first acknowledges the living tradition of the Church’s song with significant

milestones. We will recognize the 400th anniversary of Heinrich Schütz’s Psalms of David with a lecture/demonstration, the 300th anniversary of Isaac Watts’ collection of psalm paraphrases as part of the annual hymn festival, and the 100th anniversary

of the birth of Jarsolav Vajda with a sectional about his life and work.

We will also identify how the Church’s song informs our present and guides our

future, with plenaries about hymnody and children, the long-anticipated LSB Companion to the Hymns, and considerations when making choices for what your congregation sings. In addition, several dozen hymnwriters from around the globe

will be in attendance at the conference as part of their own ongoing education.

Of course, no conference would be complete without the annual organ recital,

played this year by Tom Mueller, and Choral Vespers with the Schola Cantorum

presenting Bach Cantata 140, “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying.” And finally, this

marks the return of our biennial art exhibit.

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pçãÉíÜáåÖ=kÉïDeadline for registration is November 6, 2019. To register online, visit www.ctsfw.edu/GSI.

Full payment must accompany all registration forms to guarantee your registration. Every attendee must register whether or not fees are waived. Please return this completed form with your check or credit card information to Concordia Theological Seminary–GSI, 6600 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46825. Please call (260) 452-2224 or send an email to GSI@ctsfw.edu with your questions. Please note, $25 of each registration fee is non-refundable.

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