Concordia Lutheran Seminary

Quest

Quest is a continuing education program presented by CLS. Each series offers lifelong learning classes especially for lay people. The topics address every follower who needs to better understand his or her personal faith and religion. Seminary faculty and guest speakers present a short series of classes on subjects relevant to the day-to-day faith living of contemporary Christians. The classes are designed to be informative and enlivening, comprehensible and relevant, compact and budget-priced. Evening non-credit classes are scheduled in the Fall and the Winter.

Quest courses may also be made available online - participants would pay the same registration fee in exchange for an Adobe Connect username and password. Minimum equipment requirements can be found here. Contact the Development Assistant to the President for more information.

Upcoming Quest Courses:

Fall 2013

“Christianity and the Movies: A Lutheran Approach to Media Consumption ” with Rev. Ted Giese

Discernment, or the ability to distinguish and test things, is held up in Scripture as both a gift of the Holy Spirit and a skill the Christian is encouraged to personally develop. In a culture that is awash in media the need to test what is watched and to discern what is being presented is very important. How might a Lutheran Christian approach this task? What tools would be useful in aiding the task of media consumption? What practical end would this exercise hope to accomplish? Using the medium of film this Quest course will investigate the medium itself, pietism and personal piety, Christian cultural capital, and media driven apologetics.

Rev. Ted Giese is associate pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Regina, Saskatchewan, CLS Board of Regents member, and an Artist. He is a graduate of Concordia Lutheran Seminary.

This Quest class is offered as a webcast for distant students.

Access the live videoconference here: http://concordia.adobeconnect.com/quest

Time & Date: 7:00pm - 9:00 Sept. 10, 17, 27, and Oct. 1 2013.

Cost: No registration fee - donations welcome.

To register for the free classes contact Rhonda Buck at development@concordiasem.ab.ca or 780-474-1468, ext. 225

Winter 2014

“A Man for our Times: Bach's Music and Theology for a New Millennium ” with Rev. Lorne Manweiler

So often, J.S. Bach is held up as a paragon of the high Baroque and of an even higher church music. It may be surprising to many that Bach dealt with the same grass-roots challenges the modern church worker and church musician faces: chronic lack of resources, doctrinal inconsistency, cultural pressure, few capable parish musicians, and often antagonistic working relationships. These four sessions will examine Bach’s philosophy and theology of church music practice historically, musically, practically, and theologically, and translate those principles into the new millennium. The course caters to the non-musician and musician, theologian and layperson alike.

Rev. Lorne Manweiler is pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Edmonton, AB, instructor of organ and resident organist at Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton, and accompanist for the Concordia Community Chorus. A winner of organ performance and improvisation competitions, he has performed in concert with Canadian orchestras and choral ensembles and as a solo performer in major churches and concert halls in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

This Quest class is offered as a webcast for distant students.

Access the live videoconference here: http://concordia.adobeconnect.com/quest

Time & Date: 7:00pm - 9:00 Feb 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014.

Cost: No registration fee - donations welcome.

To register for the free classes contact Rhonda Buck at development@concordiasem.ab.ca or 780-474-1468, ext. 225

Previous Quest Courses:

  • Fall 2012: “Back to the Future: Missionaries of the Past and their Relevance for Canada's Mission Challenges” Dr. Glenn Schaeffer
  • Winter 2012: “Where does the Bible we use today come from?” Prof. Jonathan Kraemer
  • Fall 2011: “The Stones Cry Out”: Jesus and Archaeology
    Dr. Stephen Chambers
  • Winter 2011: What Does it Mean to be Lutheran?,
    Rev. Lorne Manweiler
  • Fall 2010: World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Dr. Edward Kettner