Gottesdienst will be hosting its annual May conference at Redeemer in Fort Wayne, Monday - Wednesday, May 4 - 6, 2026. This year’s conference features as its keynote speaker Dr. William Weinrich. Dr Weinrich is well known among us, having been a professor specializing in Early Church history for decades at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. He has been working on the third and final volume of his magnum opus on the Gospel of John in the Concordia Commentary series.

The theme for this year’s conference is Interpreting the Scriptures. In addition to Dr. Weinrich’s presentation, Dr. Karl Fabrizius will provide a section on the interpretation of the Ten Commandments and the Plagues in Egypt, Rev. David Petersen will present on how reading poetry helps us interpret Scripture, and Dr. Burnell Eckardt will have a section on interpreting the Kingdom of David. Also featured will be artist John Hrehov, who will speak on interpreting art (which also helps our faculty to interpret Scripture), and musician Jonathan Busarow, who will provide us with some voice training for worship.