3:00 – 5:30 pm Arrive/Registration
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
6:45 – 7:45 “Who We Are and Why We’re Here: A Conference Introduction” (Ella Moehlman, Coordinator, with Matt Metevelis)
8:00 – 8:30 Evening Prayer (Taizé)
8:45 – Evening Fellowship: Pop-up Wine & Cheese Bar, Board Games
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:45 – 9:15 Morning Prayer (Taizé)
9:30 – 10:30 “God’s Word for Weary People: A Sample Crossings Approach” (Steven Albertin)
10:45– 12:15 “What Exactly Is Sabbath?” (Jason Brian Santos)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:45 – 3:15 “Changing the Subject” (Steve Turnbull)
3:30 – 5:15 “Ultimate Therapy: A Six-Step Method of Reading Scripture” (Carol Braun)
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
6:45 – 8:00 Evening Breakout (TBD, but will include Table Talk Live and In-person)
8:15 – 8:45 Evening Prayer (Taizé)
8:45 – Evening Fellowship: Whiskey tasting with Louis & Ron, Pop-up Wine & Cheese
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:45 – 9:15 Morning Prayer (Taizé)
9:30 – 11:00 “The Better Part: Listening at the Feet of Jesus” (Amy Lindeman Allen)
11:15 – 12:15 Report from the field: Preaching Mentoring Program
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:45 – 3:15 “Restless Life: Nightmares, Sabbath, and the End of the Law” (Adam Morton)
3:30 – 5:15 Afternoon Sabbath Breakout Options TBD, but will include: Winter “hike” on Pallottine trails, labyrinth, open pool for swim
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 Eucharist Worship
8:30 Evening Fellowship Activities: Pop Up Wine Bar, Craft Corner
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:45 – 9:45 How Crossings Can Contribute to Congregational Life
10:00– 11:15 Panel Discussion with our Speakers
11:30 Concluding Prayer (Taizé)
12:00 Box Lunch/Depart
January 19-22, 2025
Pallottine Renewal Center
St. Louis, MO (20 minutes from St. Louis Airport)
The Rev. Dr. Amy Lindeman Allen is Associate Professor of New Testament at Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis, Indiana) and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Her passion for the inclusion and celebration of children in the Scriptures is at the center of her books, The Gifts They Bring: How Children in the Gospels Can Shape Inclusive Ministry (2023) and For Theirs is the Kingdom: Inclusion and Participation of Children in the Gospel According to Luke ( 2019).
The Rev. Dr. Adam Morton grew up on an assortment of US Air Force bases, and is the son, brother, husband, and nephew (three times over) of Lutheran pastors. A graduate of Luther College and Luther Seminary, he is ordained in the ELCA.Morton served parishes in central Pennsylvania for more than ten yeas. . In 2022 he completed his PhD in theology at the University of Nottingham, where he now has a research position. He is completing a book on the relationship between speech and life in the borderlands of modern philosophy and theology.
The Rev. Dr. Jason Brian Santos is an American practical theologian and the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church, a small mountain congregation located in Lake City, CO. He is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He holds a Ph.D. in practical theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he also earned his Masters of Divinity. He is the author of A Community Called Taizé (IVP, 2008). In his free time, he plays and designs board games.
The Rev. Dr. Steve Turnbull is the senior pastor at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church (Columbus, Ohio) and Provost at the Masters Institute Seminary (White Bear Lake, Minnesota). He is a graduate of Luther Seminary and Duke Divinity School, where he earned a PhD in New Testament studies. As a featured speaker at the 2016 Crossings Conference, Steve’s study of John 3 received rave reviews. He loves Jesus, his wife, his children, his dog, deep dish pizza, and dark coffee.
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In the early 1970s two seminary professors listened to the plea of some lay Christians. “Can you help us live out our faith in the world of daily work?” they asked. “Can you help us connect Sunday worship with our lives the other six days of the week?” That is how Crossings was born.
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