Lectures
on Lutheranism
2-3 of June 2007
Christ Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, Kansas
“It’s a Matter of Trust: Why Lutheran
Congregations and Pastors Don’t Trust One Another”
with Dr. Georg Williams
Trust. It’s so needed whether in a small group of two (husband
and wife) or a large group (like of church body of more than 6000
congregations, 2.4 million people and 5300 pastors). In the
160-year history of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, we have pledged
our trust to one another as congregations and pastors by vowing to the
Scriptures as the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of
faith and practice, and to the Book of Concord. Can trust be
broken? Certainly. Just as in a marriage, unfaithful
practice busts trust, so too in churches, among both pastors and
congregations. Can trust be restored? Most certainly!
It requires a change of heart and faithfulness.
Dr. Williams will lead this year’s Lectures on Lutheranism on
Saturday. He will also lead the Sunday morning Bible Class and
preach at the Divine Service that morning. Plan to be the guest
of Christ Lutheran Church on the weekend of June 2-3.
E-mail
clchutchinson@sbcglobal.net
or call 620-665-8513 for more information.
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2007 Lectures on Lutheranism Schedule
SATURDAY - June 2
12:30 p.m. Divine Service (Pr. Brockman)
2:00 p.m. Dr. Williams
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Dr. Williams
4:30 p.m. Vespers (Pr. Myers)
5:30 p.m. Bratwurst/Beer Supper
SUNDAY - June 3
9:00 a.m. Bible Class lead by Dr. Williams
10:15 a.m. Divine Service (Dr. Williams)
The Rev. Dr. (Darl) Georg Williams, Jr. was born in San Angelo,
Texas. After attending Texas Tech and Angelo State, he graduated
from Texas State University in Denton in 1973 with his Bachelor of Arts
in Music/Drama Education. He soon enrolled in Concordia
Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduating with an M.Div.
in February, 1977 and was installed as pastor of Augustana Lutheran
Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alexandria and Mansura,
Louisiana, respectively. In October of 1979 he moved to northern
Nebraska and has been the pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Ainsworth
ever since.
Dr. Williams had his first book published by Concordia Publishing
House in 1999 (The Lord’s Prayer, Martin Chemnitz, trans. by Georg
Williams), a revision of his Master’s Thesis at CTS in 1982. He
has authored numerous articles both for the church and for the state
and has presented papers at a broad range of conferences including
LC-MS District Pastors and Nebraska State Teachers. Dr. Williams
was married to Georgia (Hall) on July 21, 1973, and they are the
parents of Rachel, currently a senior at Harvard College in Cambridge,
MA. Dr. Williams spends his free time around Clydesdale and
American Quarter horses and uses his voice in the singing of opera and
Broadway musicals.
