Concordia Catechetical Academy of Peace Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wisconsin presents its 2016 CCA Symposium titled “Keeping Our Children in the Faith.”
This year’s symposium tackles the fervent desire of the Church, her pastors, and her parents that our children, who have been brought into the kingdom of God through Holy Baptism, are kept in Christ in the true faith, willing to suffer all, even death, rather than to fall away from Him.
The Concordia Catechetical Academy (CCA) is an auxiliary organization of Peace, Sussex, dedicated to the promotion of Luther’s Small Catechism and faithful Lutheran catechesis. The symposium will be held jointly at Peace, W240 N6145 Maple Avenue, Sussex and Country Springs Hotel, Waukesha on June 15–17. Contact Matt Gatchell, (262) 246-3200, or visit the website, for more information.
The full schedule is available here. Below are highlights and the list of featured presenters.
Wednesday, June 15
2:00 to 4:00
Catechesis Workshop: Question & Answer Forum on the Task of Catechesis and the Lutheran Catechesis Series
Peter C. Bender
2:00 to 4:00
Children’s Choir Rehearsal
6:45
Divine Service for Catechesis: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Peter C. Bender
Reception: Wine, Bear, and Hors d’oeuvres
Thursday, June 16
8:00 Registration
Master of Ceremonies
Walter D. Otten
8:30
Matins: Let the Little Children Come to Me
Aaron Koch
9:00
Steadfast in His Word & Faith Until We Die: How the Head of the Household Teaches His Children to Pray and Confess
Richard Stuckwisch
10:45
The Liturgy Is for Children
Burnell F. Eckardt
12:00 noon Lunch (on your own)
Children’s Choir Rehearsal
2:00 p.m.
Biblical Families: What’s the Portrait?
Karl F. Fabrizius
3:30 p.m. “We believe…in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church” – Treating our children as if they were saints, because that’s who they are!
Jason D. Lane
5:30 p.m.
Divine Service: The Parables of the Lost Sheep & the Lost Coin
Preacher: Karl F. Fabrizius
Friday, June 16
8:00 a.m. Matins: The Boy Jesus in the Temple
Aaron Koch
8:30 a.m.
The Broken Heart of a Christian Parent
Peter C. Bender
10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion
Bender, Eckardt, Fabrizius, Koch, Lane, Stuckwisch
11:30 a.m.
The Litany
12:00 p.m.
Augsburger Barbecue
Featuring
Peter C. Bender, M.Div.
Pastor of Peace Lutheran Church and Academy
Director of the Concordia Catechetical Academy
Sussex, Wisconsin
Burnell F. Eckardt, Jr., S.T.M., Ph.D.
Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church
Kewanee, Illinois
Editor-in-Chief, Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy
Karl F. Fabrizius, Ph.D.
Pastor of Our Father’s Lutheran Church
Greenfield, Wisconsin
Jason D. Lane, S.T.M
Assistant Professor of Theology
Concordia University Wisconsin
Richard Stuckwisch, MA, S.T.M., Ph.D
Pastor of Emmaus Lutheran Church
South Bend, IN
Aaron Koch, M.Div.
Pastor of Mount Zion Lutheran Church
Greenfield, Wisconsin