Posts tagged St. Olaf College
Rest. Renewal. Inspiration. Experience CWTA at St. Olaf College
Rest. Renewal. Inspiration. Experience CWTA at St. Olaf College

The 2026 Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts (CWTA) will be held July 20–22, 2026, at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Designed for ministry practitioners and by ministry practitioners, this high-quality, affordable conference focuses on nourishing vocation through worship, theology, music, the arts, and spiritual renewal.

With programming centered on “Nourishing Vocation Every Time, Age, and Place,” CWTA offers practical ideas, daily worship, networking, and rest for pastors, deacons, musicians, lay leaders, and ministry partners. Learn more and register at wp.stolaf.edu/cwta/.

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Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardSt. Olaf CollegeComment
Lutheran Summer Music Returns to St. Olaf in 2026
Lutheran Summer Music Returns to St. Olaf in 2026

Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) will return to St. Olaf College in 2026, the site of its inaugural season in 1982. The move marks a homecoming and a fresh chapter for LSM as it partners with the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) for a vibrant summer of sacred music and intergenerational learning. This follows a successful eight-year residency at Valparaiso University.

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardSt. Olaf College, Lutheran Summer MusicComment
The Precarious Power of a Strongly Worded Letter: Political Correspondence, Lutheran Theology, and Civic Participation
The Precarious Power of a Strongly Worded Letter: Political Correspondence, Lutheran Theology, and Civic Participation

Dr. Anthony Bateza, a guest at our 2023 Synod Assembly, presents this talk on Wednesday, 3/22/2023, 10am MST/PDT, 11am MDT at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. If you are planning to attend online, please register at this link.

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Grand Canyon Synod, Region 2, NewsBrian FlatgardCalifornia Lutheran University, Bateza, St. Olaf College, Pacific Lutheran University, Pacific Lutheran Theological SeminaryComment
Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts
Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts

“Scatter the Imagination of our Hearts,” at St. Olaf College, Northfield Minn., July 25–July 28 2022. Under the theme “Scatter the Imagination of Our Hearts” (Luke 1:51), St. Olaf College's Conference on Worship, Theology, and Arts (CWTA) invites you to reflect on how the people of God can challenge, change, and inspire others, especially as faith communities imagine new responses to the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and structural racism.

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ELCA, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardSt. Olaf CollegeComment