WORKSHOPS

God’s Mission in Worship and the World
Susan Briehl & Marty Haugen
Our God is a missionary God, always moving in love toward the world, including when the Spirit gathers the Church around Word and Sacrament and sends us as a means of grace. How shall we plan liturgies in which we are welcomed into the Mission of God as we worship and as we live in the world God so loves?

Singing in the Reign 
Marty Haugen & Susan Briehl
For most Christians, music is an essential part of public worship. Lutherans in particular treasure the role of music, especially the assembly's song, in liturgy, even as they recognize that music is always at the service of the Word.

Amid rapid cultural and technological changes, those of us who prepare and lead worship need to ask ourselves anew why we sing, how best to sing, and what to sing, so that our music always is faithful to the Gospel while resonating with a living and prophetic voice.


Susan Briehl is a Lutheran pastor called by the Indiana-Kentucky Synod to serve the greater church as a teacher, writer, and liturgist. Previously she served with her husband Martin Wells as Executive Director of Holden Village, as campus pastor at Pacific Lutheran University, and as pastor of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Bellingham, WA. She has taught preaching and parish worship at Wartburg Seminary.

Marty Haugen is a liturgical composer, workshop presenter, performing and recording artist & author from Eagan, Minnesota. For the past 30 years, Marty has presented workshops and concerts across North and Central America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim.  He has over 40 recordings and more than 400 separate printed editions available through GIA Publications. A number of his published songs, including "Shepherd Me, O God," "Gather Us In" and "All Are Welcome are well-known to many religious denominations. He has several published mass settings for Roman Catholic communities, including Mass of Creation, and several liturgical settings for Lutheran congregations, including Holden Evening Prayer, Unfailing Light (with Pastor Susan Briehl) and Now the Feast and Celebration, as well as a communion setting for the new Evangelical Worship Book (ELW-Augsburg Fortress).