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Spring Conferences

This page archives documents from past Spring Pastors' Conferences.

The 2010 Spring Pastors' Conference, hosted by the Saint Croix Conference was held April 12-14 at the Crowne Plaza, Minneapolis North (Brooklyn Center) under the theme "Pray, pastor, pray". Listed below are the papers presented at that conference.

• Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:1-4 (The Lord’s Prayer)
  Professor Joel Fredrich
  This paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly.
• John 17 (Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer) (745 kb)
  Rev. Gary Wong
• Does prayer do anything? (Reconciling prayer and God’s will) (943 kb)
  Rev. Jon Hackbarth
• Applications of Paul’s prayers to a pastor’s ministry  (860 kb)
  Rev. Brian Kom

The 2009 Spring Pastors' Conference, hosted by the New Ulm Conference was held April 20-22 at the Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center, Lake Okoboji, IA under the theme of Fellowship "...that we may work together for the truth" (3 John 8). Listed below are the papers presented at that conference.

• The Guiding Principles for the Doctrine of Fellowship (139 kb)
  Rev. Eric Schroeder
• 3 John, Jude 17-23: Contending for the Truth (172 kb)
  Rev. Gregg Bitter
• Fellowship Principles Found in the Ministry of Paul (101 kb)
  Rev. Ross Stelljes

The 2008 Spring Pastors' Conference, hosted by the Redwood Falls Conference was held March 31-April 2 at the Southwest Minnesota State University Conference Center, Marshall, MN under the theme "Strength for Struggling Shepherds." Listed below are the papers presented at that conference.

• Strength in the Past: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676 (557 kb)
  Rev. Michael Berg
• Strength for the Present: 1 Kings 19:1-18 (183 kb)
  Rev. Jeffrey A. Bovee
• Strength for the Future: 2 Timothy (90 kb)
  Rev. James Witt III