Life Together Course Registration Form

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This class is being offered by the Sunset Cluster of the Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and hosted on Zoom by SpiritofGracePDX.org for the larger ecumenical community. The primary presenter will be Rev. Dr. Mark Brocker. Sessions will take place on Zoom from 7:00 - 8:00 pm PDT on six Tuesdays from September 16 to October 21.

DESCRIPTION: Written from Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s experience leading the underground seminary of the Confessing Church during the rise of Nazi Germany, Life Together witnesses to faith in times of crisis and explores how prayer, service, and confession sustain Christian community. Bonhoeffer’s leadership in the Confessing Church and his ultimate resistance to the Nazi regime have made his writings relevant for the global church today. In this book he offers an account of the “life together” he and his students practiced at Finkenwalde, an illegal seminary of the Confessing Church, which resisted the inroads of the Nazis into the life of the Protestant church in Germany. He hoped that Life Together would serve as one contribution to the renewal of Christian community in the church as a whole. In this class we will focus on the dynamics of life together at Finkenwalde, but we will also be especially attentive to the dynamics of life together in our own communities of faith today.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Mark Brocker, Theologian in Residence, St. Luke Lutheran Church (Portland, Oregon)
He is editor of volume 16 of Bonhoeffer's Works.

SESSIONS - Please mark your calendar for the following Tuesdays, 7:00–8:00 pm PDT on Zoom. Each session will include a 20 minute layout by Dr. Brocker, 15 minutes of small group conversation and 15 minutes of Q & A with Dr. Brocker.
September 16: Introduction to Bonhoeffer’s Life Together
September 23: Community
September 30: The Day Together
October 7: The Day Alone
October 14: Service
October 21: Confession and the Lord’s Supper

ASSIGNED TEXT: Life Together/Prayerbook of the Bible, volume 5 of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996). (Required edition)

ZOOM LINK will be provided after you register.

A FREE WILL DONATION is invited so we may offer an appropriate honorarium to our presenter. Contributions can be made at www.SpiritofGracePDX.org to the Workshops & Courses and designate "Life Together Course" in the memo line. You may also send in a check with "Life Together Course" in the memo line to Spirit of Grace, 7400 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton, OR 97008. Thank you for giving what you are able.

After registering yourself, please forward this information to others who may be interested in participating and/or fill out a separate registration form for each person who is planning to participate by Wednesday, September 10th. All are welcome and additional participants can be registered at this link.

Attending the Bonhoeffer Reformation Renewal Weekend with Dr. Brocker in person or via Zoom October 25-26 may also be of interest to you. More information is available at this link.

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Your First and Last Name *

Your phone number (in case we need to contact you on short notice regarding a scheduling or technology issue or in case we have problems with your email address). We will not use it for other purposes unless we request permission to do so first. *

Your primary faith community and its denomination (if any)

City and State in which your community is located (or in which you are located)

Do you anticipate being able to attend all sessions to enhance the quality of the class for everybody? If not, which sessions do you anticipate needing to miss?

Please describe your primary interest in participating in these session (to help Dr. Brocker understand the primary interests of those who will participate)

How did you hear about this class?

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