Annual Conference on Liturgy

About Mount Olive's Annual Conference on Liturgy

Mount Olive Lutheran Church is a congregation with a passion for liturgy and music. In our Annual Conference on Liturgy, we seek to gather people, lay and ordained, from every aspect of ministry so that the vitality of worship might grow across the church.

The conference is held each year on the weekend following New Year's Day. Attendees are invited to participate in Mount Olive's regular Sunday worship services and a special hymn festival.

Specifically, the conference seeks to:

• Lift up theological topics that are the basis of Christian liturgy

• Provide edification for ordained and lay persons on various aspects of public worship, including:
  - liturgical prayer
  - the song of the people
  - the roles of the ministers of the liturgy, both lay and ordained
  - the art of ritual movement
  - proclaiming the Scripture using a variety of media
  - proclaiming the Word through sacramental acts

• Inspire creative thought and practice for use in various denominational settings

We warmly invite your participation.

Previous Conferences

2008:
Liturgy: Justice Building and Peacmaking
Speakers: Marva Dawn, William Cavanaugh

2007:
A New Creation: Liturgy and Truth
Speakers: Dr. Paul Westermeyer and Rev. Robert Rimbo

2006:
In Many and Various Ways, God Speaks
Speakers: Dr. Carl Schalk and Rev. Susan Briehl

2005:
Sensuous Liturgy
Speaker: Gertrud Mueller Nelson

2004:
Church, Culture, Spirituality =Holy³
Speaker: Gordon Lathrop

2003
Lord, Teach us to Pray
Speaker: Marva Dawn