Amen is the receiving word – Christ forgives and we receive that forgiveness, responding, “Amen.” Amen was spoken at our Holy Baptism. Amen is spoken when the Lord forgives us in Holy Absolution. Amen is spoken when the Word goes into our ears – preached, spoken, and prayed. Amen is the only word we say after Christ puts own His Body and Blood into our mouths at the Sacrament. Amen. Gift received. Thank you, Jesus.
Do you want to celebrate this faithful response to the Lord’s gifts? There will be three opportunities next year to be caught up in Amen. You’ve heard about the locations of two our conferences: the Poconos and St. Louis. We’ve also been hinting that we just might have a third conference on the West Coast.
Today, we are pleased to announce that our third conference will be at Concordia University Irvine, CA from July 15-18, 2008. Come to beautiful Irvine, to the beaches, to Hollywood, to Disneyland…and, for the first time in Higher Things history, to one our synodical universities!
Excited? We are! Come rejoice in the response of faith at three Higher Things conferences next year:
| Amen – Poconos University of Scranton June 24-27, 2008 Registration: $300/person |
Amen – St. Louis St. Louis University July 1-4, 2008 Registration: $325/person |
Amen – Irvine Concordia University – Irvine July 15-18, 2008 Registration: $350/person |
A deposit of $100/person is due at the time of registration.
Three opportunities to hear the Gospel at a Higher Things conference in 2008! Three great locations! Registration for this summer’s conferences opens on All Saints Day (November 1, 2007) and will close on March 1, 2008 or whenever each conference reaches its capacity. Get ready to register your groups soon – we expect these conferences to fill quickly! More details about the conferences will be posted on our website <http://www.higherthings.org> on October 15 and conference posters will soon be sent to your congregations.
In Christ,
Sandra Ostapowich
2008 Conference Coordinator
Secretary, Board of Directors
Higher Things, Inc.
“Our Paschal Lamb, that sets us free, is sacrificed. O keep the feast of freedom gallantly.
Let alleluias leap; Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Again, sing alleluia, cry aloud: Alleluia! Amen!”
(LSB #473, verse 1)
