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In an effort to reduce paper waste, there are not print versions of the worship bulletins at the 2019 Festival of Homiletics.

All bulletin materials will be projected on screens in the worship areas, available to view on mobile devices via the Festival App, and accessible below for advance printing.

You can access all PDF bulletins from this shared Google folder.

Note: Wifi will be limited in worship venues, so we recommend downloading bulletins in advance.

Monday (5/13)

@ Central Lutheran Church:

• Opening Worship (Barbara Lundblad, preacher)

Tuesday (5/14)

@ Central Lutheran:

• 8:30 a.m. – William Barber II, preacher
• 10 a.m. – Jim Forbes, preacher
• 2 p.m. – Otis Moss III, preacher

@ Westminster Presbyterian:

• 10 a.m. – Cláudio Carvalhaes, preacher
• 2 p.m. – Anthony Bailey, preacher

Wednesday (5/15)

@ Central Lutheran:

• 8:30 a.m. – Cynthia Hale, preacher
• 10 a.m. – Rob Wright, preacher
• 2 p.m. – Kraig Windschitl, organist
• 6:30 p.m. – William Lamar IV, preacher

@ Westminster Presbyterian:

• 8:30 a.m. – Rob Wright, preacher
• 10 a.m. – Brian McLaren, preacher
• 2 p.m. – Frank Thomas, preacher

Thursday (5/16)

@ Central Lutheran:

• 8:30 a.m. – Melva Sampson, preacher
• 10 a.m. Traci Blackmon, preacher

@ Westminster Presbyterian:

• 8:30 a.m. – Matt Skinner, preacher
• 10 a.m. – Anna Carter Florence, preacher
• 2 p.m. – Yvette Flunder, preacher

Friday (5/17)

@ Central Lutheran:

• 9 a.m. – Kraig Windschitl, organist
• 11 a.m. – Amy Butler, preacher

Thank you for assisting us in stewarding resources!

We welcome the following sponsors and vendors to the 2019 Festival of Homiletics in Minneapolis! Be sure to check out their products.

Vendor Hours:
Tuesday, May 14 7:30 a.m – Friday, May 17 noon

Westminster Presbyterian Church

The Sponsors are located in the first floor lobby of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Cokesbury Bookstore will be located in the Recreation Room, Shop the World Fair Trade store in the Garden Room and Yogadevotions will be held in the Great Hall (see the schedule for times).

• Abila Freestone  
• Cokesbury (Bookstore) 
• EO – Educational Opportunities Tours
• Good Shepherd Travel
• InLighten Films
• Luther Seminary
• Pulpit Fiction Podcast
• Shop the World Gifts; A Fair Trade Ministry
• Sojourners
• Thrivent Financial
• Westminster John Knox Press
• Working Preacher
• Yogadevotions
• Zondervan Bibles

Central Lutheran Church

The Resource Fair will be located in the new Fellowship Hall at Central Lutheran Church.

• Backstory Preaching
• Baker Academic & Brazos Publishing
• Bethlehem Art – Bethlehem Christian Families
• Bexley Seabury Seminary
• Center for Progressive Renewal
• Chalice Tax
• Clergy Image
• Clergy Life Coaching
• Columbia Theological Seminary
• Cottonpatch Designs
• Crafts from Jerusalem (email)
• Day1
• Fashions by Sarah
• green lime arts
• Ilex Designs
• Interwoven Studio
• Jeff Wunrow Designs
• Laura Norton Letter Arts
• Lexington Theological Seminary
• Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs
• Liturgical Press
• Lydia’s Place
• Milestones Ministries, LLC
• NextSunday Resources
• Progressive Pilgrimage
• Queer Clergy
• Smyth & Helwys
• Spirit & Truth Publishing
• Spirit of Creation
• Steeplebush Stoles
• Tau Healing Arts
• Tree of Life Imports
• True Vineyard Ministries, Inc.
• UnCommon Preacher
• United Theological Seminary
• United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
• Wesley Theological Seminary
• Woman of the Cloth Shop
• WomenSpirit and Abiding Spirit Vestments

Many thanks to our Morning Break Coffee and Snacks Sponsors for #Homiletics2019!

Educational Opportunities Tours

Since 1974, Educational Opportunities has been dedicated to providing quality Christian travel programs at an affordable price. Over the years, more than 400,000 Christians have traveled on the various faith-based tours.

From its inception, EO incorporated elements of Christian learning whenever possible. Lectures, study books, and specialized guiding are the pioneering hallmarks of EO’s development. Today, many companies have copied the EO educational approach to faith-based travel, but our biblical tours remain some of the highest quality Christian travel programs available.

Educational Opportunities Tours

Bethlehem Arise – Elias Tours

Elias Tours is your one-stop travel expert for Holy Land tours and pilgrimages. Take a step to where Jesus walked.

Elias Tours works with groups, families and individuals to help them experience the places where faith began. Through their unique tour experiences, your group will grow in their faith as they discover first hand the foundations of their faith. Join us and tour the Holy Land with Good Shepherd Travel.

Bethlehem Arise – Elias Tours

Westminster John Knox Press

Westminster John Knox Press (WJK) is the academic and trade imprint of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC). Books and resources published under the WJK imprint cover the spectrum of religious thought and represent the work of scholarly and popular authors of many different religious and theological affiliations. WJK publishes approximately 60 new books and other resources each year and manages a backlist of more than 1,800 titles that are sold throughout the world. Books published specifically for the PC(USA) are published under the Geneva Press imprint. Additionally, in 2018, PPC will publish their first books under their new children’s book imprint, Flyaway Books (www.flyawaybooks.com).

With a publishing history dating back to 1838, WJK and its predecessors have served scholars, students, clergy, and general readers. Most of its publications are used in the training of seminarians, the dissemination of religious scholars’ work, and the spiritual and ethical formation of clergy and laity.

WJK has published numerous works by world-renowned authors including William Barclay, Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Walter Brueggemann, Frederick Buechner, Brevard Childs, John Cobb, William Sloane Coffin, Marva Dawn, Craig Evans, Beverly Gaventa, Justo González, Serene Jones, David Kelsey, George Lindbeck, Tom Long, Dale Martin, Alister McGrath, Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, Letty Russell, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Barbara Brown Taylor, Marjorie Thompson, Paul Tillich, Cornel West, Rowan Williams, Will Willimon, N. T. Wright, and many others.

Westminster John Knox Press

Inlighten Films

What is InLighten? Inlighten is a Christian Film Streaming Service.

InLighten is an original movie series of scripture-based stories available only through our site. Each short film (3-4 minutes) is matched to a Bible passage, Lectionary reading, or theme of the Christian faith.  A distinguished network of filmmakers delivers a new premiere every week exclusively for subscribers of InLighten Stream.

InLighten Films are memorable documentaries or scripted dramas artfully crafted by master storytellers that connect with audiences on a personal level. The diversity of films – whether current or historic, poignant or humorous, local or international – are an invaluable resource for Instructors and Preachers in their work of teaching and spiritual formation. The films help people remember and apply the lessons learned after they leave the sanctuary or classroom.

The idea for InLighten originated with filmmaker Scott Galloway.  A storyteller at heart, Scott’s upbringing as a ‘pastor’s kid’ was similar to many others in his situation…a mixed bag of conformity and mischief along the journey of identifying his own personal faith.

Scott has worked in the entertainment industry for 30 years, writing and directing feature and short films, producing more than 800 television shows for 16 networks and creating an international film festival that celebrates film shorts.

Although the lineage of a pastoral ancestry doesn’t qualify Scott as a Biblical Scholar himself, he has directly observed the challenges pastors face in preparing to preach and connecting with parishioners from the pulpit. InLighten Stream is Scott’s way of introducing ‘Bible-based Short Films’ into the worship experience to visually complement a Pastor-Teacher’s explanation, interpretation, and application of Scripture.

• Every film we produce is original, with new releases premiering weekly.
• Our cinematic quality is a significant upgrade from typical Christian film content.
• Written and directed by award-winning professionals.
• Broad diversity of topics, settings, characters, and style.

Get in touch with Inlighten Films to learn more!

Inlighten Films

Check out the Platinum Sponsors for #Homiletics2019! 

Thrivent Financial 

Thrivent is a not-for-profit financial services organization that helps Christians on their Wise With Money Journey to attain a life of contentment, confidence and generosity.

https://www.thrivent.com/

 Sojourners

Sojourners magazine and online publication will be leading a presentation on leaders of different faiths, followed by a brief Q&A on Tuesday afternoon 5/14 at the Festival! 

https://sojo.net/

 Zondervan Bibles 

In 1931, Zondervan Bible publishing was born in the Grandville, Michigan, family home of Pat and Bernie Zondervan. Zondervan quickly became an established and trusted source for Christian content, and in 1971, the company was approached by the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) to be the sole North American licensee for the New International Translation. Zondervan published the full NIV Bible for the first time in 1978. Within a decade, it became the bestselling English-language version of the Bible, a position it holds to this day.

Zondervan also publishes the New Revised Standard Version, the New American Standard Bible, and the Amplified version.

https://www.zondervan.com/bibles