Pennsylvania State Pastors' Conference 

 Hilton Harrisburg & Towers

One North Second Street

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

November 10-12, 2008

"Inspiration for the Coming Days: 

Preachers and Preaching"

The conference will present gifted preachers both preaching and reflecting on their practice of the homiletical craft. Each session will begin with a service of worship including a sermon by each preacher, followed by an address on how they understand the task of preaching and how that understanding is reflected in the sermon that was preached. Preachers include:

• Ruthanna B. Hooke, assistant professor of homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary

• Gail R. O'Day, Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and A.H. Shatford Professor of Preaching and New Testament, Chandler School of Theology, Emory University

• Cleophus J. LaRue, Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics, Department of Practical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary

• Paul Scott Wilson, professor of homiletics, Emmanuel College, Toronto Ontario, Canada

Opening luncheon speaker, Daphne Messersmith, is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Bishop Robert L. Driesen, Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will speak at the closing luncheon.

Print a copy of the conference brochure and press release in PDF (download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader software by returning to the home page). Register online with a credit card. Reserve overnight accommodation at the Hilton Harrisburg and Towers. 

Pennsylvania Council of Churches 900 S. Arlington Avenue, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17109-5089

Telephone 717.545.4761 Facsimile 717.545.4765 E-mail pcc@pachurches.org 

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