Boldly Lutheran Confessions (Religious Keynote)

More and more unchurched children and their parents are coming to our LES’s and early childhood ministries. This is a ripe mission field! We want to talk to them. Now it’s easy to talk about the weather, sports, etc. But Jesus? In this keynote, we will prepare ourselves for approaching parents and broaching the subject of Jesus as well as how we can encourage the children we teach in that effort. We will discuss ideas for getting a conversation started with an unchurched person and turning it into a conversation about Jesus. Drinking in God’s promises will give us the confidence to start boldly Lutheran conversations and keep them going.

About the presenter - David Scharf served as a parish pastor at lmmanuel in Greenville, Wl, and as coordinator for the Northern Wisconsin District Evangelism Commission from 2005-2016. He now serves as a Professor of Theology at Martin Luther College. He is a member of the lnstitute for Worship and Outreach and chairman of the Commission on Congregational Counseling. A graduate of Luther Prep (1996), Martin Luther College (2000), and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (2005), Dave and his wife have six children ages 5-16.