Schedule of Events
9:00 Registration
10:00 Conference Opening / First Talk with Discussion, Fr. Christopher Foley
12:45 Lunch
2:00 Akathist to All Saints of North America
3:30 Second Talk with Discussion, Fr. Joel Weir
6:30 Great Vespers
7:30 Dinner and Departure
More Information - Cost, Grants, and Accommodations
The conference is open to college student and young adults 18 and over. There is nominal registration fee of $10.00. The registration fee covers lunch and dinner.
Limited accommodation is available by special request to Pdn Joseph Matusiak at jmatusiak@svots.edu
Grants to cover the cost of travel are available from the Youth Department of the Orthodox Church in America. Click here for further information.
Join us at "For the Life of the World" , a conference where college students and young adults can come together to meet, discuss, worship and explore the theme, "For the Life of the World".
The conference is a one day event featuring two talks, worship and fellowship. The talks will be given by, Frs Christopher Foley and Joel Weir who will lead participants in an exploration of Fr Alexander Schmemann's book, "For the Life of the World" and seek to answer the question posed by Fr Alexander in his book:
"...of what life do we speak, what life do we preach, proclaim and announce when, as Christians, we confess that Christ died for the life of the world?"
Our Speakers
Fr. Joel Weir is a graduate of St. Tikhon's Seminary and currently rector of St. Stephen the First Martyr Orthodox Church, Crawfordsville, IN. Fr Joel has worked with extensively with IOCC.
Fr. Christopher Foley (SVOTS '06), is currently rector of Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, High Point, NC. Fr. Christopher has a background in mission work.
Both Frs Joel and Christopher are musicians and in 2011 led the first ever Orthodox presence at the Cornerstone Music Festival.