Festival of Homiletics 2023 Agenda

All Times Central Standard Daylight (UTC - 05:00)

Please note that only the sessions at Central Lutheran will be broadcast via our free livestream.

Monday, May 15, 2023

Session Name	Venue	Speakers	Session Time
Registration / Check-in	Central Lutheran	Festival Staff	4:00pm
First-Timers Meeting (onsite only)	Central Lutheran	Dawn Alitz	5:30pm
Welcome and Land Acknowledgment	Central Lutheran	Karoline Lewis	6:00pm
Online Welcome & Announcements	Online Only	Festival Staff	6:15pm
Opening Worship	Central Lutheran	Anna Carter Florence	6:30pm
Opening Lecture	Central Lutheran	Jay Augustine	7:30pm

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Session Name	Venue	Speakers	Session Time
Worship	Central Lutheran	Michael Curry	8:30am
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Karoline Lewis	8:30am
Morning Break	Central Lutheran Westminster Presbyterian		9:30am
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Michael Curry	10:00am
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Jay Augustine	10:00am
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Anna Carter Florence	11:00am
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Rolf Jacobson Tripp Fuller	11:00am
Lunch	Downtown Minneapolis		12:00pm
Sponsor Video	Online Only	Working Preacher	1:30pm
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Veronice Miles	2:00pm
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Yvette Flunder	2:00pm
Worship	Central Lutheran	Mihee Kim-Kort	3:00pm
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Matthew L. Skinner	3:00pm
Homebrewed Christianity Live!	Finnegan's Brew Co - The Brewers Den (2nd floor)	Tripp Fuller	7:00pm

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Session Name	Venue	Speakers	Session Time
Worship	Central Lutheran	Melva Sampson	8:30am
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Shannon Johnson Kershner	8:30am
Morning Break	Central Lutheran Westminster Presbyterian		9:30am
Worship	Central Lutheran	Luke Powery	10:00am
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	MaryAnn McKibben Dana	10:00am
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Edgardo Colón-Emeric	11:00am
Workshop	Westminster Presbyterian	Jonathan Merritt	11:00am
Lunch	Downtown Minneapolis		12:00pm
Sponsor Workshop	Central Lutheran	Backstory Preaching	1:30pm
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Raquel Lettsome	2:00pm
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Luke Powery	2:00pm
Worship	Central Lutheran	Timothy Adkins-Jones	3:00pm
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Peter Marty	3:00pm
Beer & Hymns	Brit's Pub	The Fleshpots of Egypt	6:30pm

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Session Name	Venue	Speakers	Session Time
Worship	Central Lutheran	Otis Moss III	8:30am
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Will Willimon	8:30am
Morning Break	Central Lutheran Westminster Presbyterian		9:30am
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Otis Moss III	10:00am
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Joy J. Moore	10:00am
Sermon	Central Lutheran	Cynthia Hale	11:00am
Lecture	Westminster Presbyterian	Amy-Jill Levine	11:00am
Lunch	Downtown Minneapolis		12:00pm
Sponsor Presentation	Central Lutheran	Thrivent	1:30pm
Worship	Westminster Presbyterian	Rosemary Bray Mcnatt	2:00pm
Lecture	Central Lutheran	Samuel Cruz	2:00pm
Closing Worship	Central Lutheran	Barbara Lundblad	3:00pm

On-Demand Bonus Content

Session Name	Speaker
Lecture: “The Hope Behind the Curtain”	Jana Childers
Lecture: “(Kin)dom-Conscious Preaching and Christian Hope”	Kenyatta Gilbert
Lecture: “Preaching Hope: Not Enough, Too Much, Just Right”	James Howell
Lecture: “Are We Too Big?”	Bill McKibben
Lecture: “Truth Telling in an Age of Denial”	Angela Sims
Lecture: “When Good News is Harder to Proclaim”	Kimberly Wagner
Lecture: “Faith, Hope, Love: The Voice in the Middle”	Richard Ward
Sermon in a Workshop: “Coming Ready or Not”	Sam Wells
Lecture: “Read the Bible with Your Feet”	Lucy Winkett

Festival of Homiletics
2481 Como Ave
St Paul MN 55108
festival@luthersem.edu