Plenary Schedule

WEEK ONE – OXFORD*

SUNDAY, JULY 24 *Small group tours of The Kilns will be offered at various times throughout the week. Sign-ups will take place on-site.

Noon – 5:00 p.m. Check-In & Registration – St. Catherine’s College, Summer Institute Conference Office
(College check-in times: 2:00 p.m. at St. Catherine’s; 2:00 p.m. at Keble; Noon at Worcester)

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

7:30 p.m. Opening Service of Evening Prayer – University Church of St. Mary,
David Cook preacher – Sermon: “Making All Things New”

MONDAY, JULY 25

7:00 a.m./7:45 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate’s
Worship – Ben Patterson, Institute Chaplain
President’s Welcome – Stan Mattson
Keynote Address – David Lyle Jeffrey – "Of Beauty and a Father's Love"

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Kilns Video, “Living the Legacy”

11:30 a.m. Plenary Address – Rick Warren – “The Good, the True, and the Beautiful: To What End?”
12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

8:00 p.m. Evening Session – St. Aldate’s Church
C.S. Lewis on Stage – Tom Key, Actor

TUESDAY, JULY 26

7:00 a.m./7:45 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate’s
Worship – Kallistos Ware Plenary Address 1: Louis Markos, “Rehabilitating Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Institute Choir
Plenary Address 2: Jean Bethke Elshtain – “Who Are We? - C. S. Lewis and the Question of Man”

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

8:00 p.m. Evening Session – The Sheldonian Theatre – City of Oxford Orchestra performance

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

7:00 a.m./7:45 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. FREE DAY & EVENING
Optional Coach Trip through the Cotswolds to Chipping Campden/Warwick Castle
Optional Coach Trip to Stratford-upon-Avon & Comedy of Errors
London (Oxford Express) (on your own)

Oxford Area Options: Tours of The Kilns; suggested Inklings walks of Oxford; self-guided trip to Blenheim Palace and Woodstock; punting on the Isis and Cherwell Rivers; gardens and colleges of Oxford; museums of Oxford; walk to Trout or Perch (lunch or supper);
Shakespearean Play Productions (evening); Musical Productions (evening); Charivari Agreable (Renaissance music ensemble at Exeter College)

THURSDAY, JULY 28

7:00 a.m./7:45 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate’s
Worship – Frederica Mathewes-Green
Plenary Address 1: Alister McGrath – “The Goal of our Longing: How the Quest for Beauty & Truth Can Lead to God”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Jeff Kepple
Plenary Address 2: Peter Kreeft on C.S. Lewis

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

8:00 p.m. Evening Session – The Sheldonian Theatre – Choral Concert by the Institute Choir

FRIDAY, JULY 29

7:00 a.m./7:45 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate’s
Worship – David Dockery
Plenary Address 1: Eleonore Stump, “Beauty as a Road to God”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break
Faculty Forum Award Presentation – Harry Blamires
Plenary Address 2: Charles Colson

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
Faculty Forum Luncheon (breakout) – Harry Blamires, speaking

Afternoon Free

2:30 p.m. Optional event – Lewis-Anscombe Debate Re-Enactment – St. Aldate’s
followed by “A Conversation with Anthony Flew and Gary Habermas”

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

7:30 p.m. Closing Service of Worship – University Church of St. Mary, Joss Ackland reading Lewis’ Sermon, The Weight of Glory

9:00 p.m. Closing Reception – The Examination Schools

SATURDAY, JULY 30 TRANSFER DAY TO CAMBRIDGE

We depart Oxford at 10:00 a.m. and arrive in Cambridge about 1:00 p.m. The afternoon is free.

7:30 p.m. Evening Session – Faculty of Music Concert Hall
Faith and Values Media’s world premiere of the docudrama C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia – airing on Hallmark Channel. Norman Stone, director; Karen Pascal, producer; Edward J. Murray, William Spencer Reilly, and Jeffrey C. Weber, executive producers

WEEK TWO – CAMBRIDGE

SUNDAY, JULY 31

7:30 a.m. Breakfast in college for Week One registrants

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Check-in for Week Two registrants only (College check-in times: Noon at Robinson; 2 p.m. at Clare)

Lunch On your own

1:30 p.m. Coaches depart for Ely Cathedral

2:15 p.m. Walk-about Cromwell’s Ely and the Cathedral

3:45 p.m. Service of Evensong – Ely Cathedral, Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, preacher
Sermon: “Another Genesis”

6:00 p.m. Reception – Clare College Gardens

7:30 p.m. Dinner in college

9:00 p.m. A Conversation with Rick Warren and Dick Staub

MONDAY, AUGUST 1

7:00 a.m./7:30 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – Faculty School of Music
Worship – Chaplain Richard Lloyd-Morgan, King’s College
Plenary Address 1: Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Kate Butler
Plenary Address 2: Anthony Thiselton, “Goodness & Truth in the Bible: A Comparison with Truth in Hermeneutics & in Postmodernity”

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

8:00 p.m. Evening Session – Faculty School of Music
Poetry & Potpourri with Kathleen Norris, Dana Gioia, Joss Ackland

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2

7:00 a.m./7:30 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – Faculty School of Music
Worship – Joseph Pearce
Plenary Address 1: Malcolm Guite, “Love and Renewal: The Moral Response to Beauty in the Works of C.S. Lewis”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Riding Lights Theatre
Plenary Address 2: Kathleen Norris

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in College (Group I)

6:00 p.m. Traditional English Country Dance at Chilford Hall (Group II), Mellstock Country Band

8:00 p.m. Evening Session (Group I) – Robinson College Auditorium
DRAMA – Riding Lights Theatre – “Hope’s Kitchen”

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

7:00 a.m./7:30 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – Faculty School of Music
Worship – Rt. Rev. Simon Barrington-Ward
Plenary Address 1: Susanna Caroselli, “Art Unleashed: The Death of the Absolutes”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Jeff Kepple
Plenary Address 2: Gordon Pennington, "C.S. Lewis: Contending for Classicism in an Age of Mass Media"

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon FREE

6:00 p.m. Dinner in College (Group II)

6:00 p.m. Traditional English Country Dance at Chilford Hall (Group I), Mellstock Country Band

7:30 p.m. Evening Session (Group II) – Robinson College Auditorium
DRAMA – Riding Lights Theatre – “Hope’s Kitchen”

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4

7:00 a.m./7:30 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – Faculty School of Music
Worship
Plenary Address 1: Sir John Polkinghorne, “Science in a Context of Value”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Institute Dance Troupe
Plenary Address 2: Vishal Mangalwadi, “Can the East Help the Postmodern West Recover Goodness, Beauty & Truth?”

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives – Seminars & Workshops
Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner in college

8:00 p.m. Evening Session – Modern Dance Performance – Faculty School of Music Concert Hall
Springs Dance Company – John Featherstone's “Credo”

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

7:00 a.m./7:30 a.m. Morning prayers/breakfast in college

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions – Faculty School of Music
Worship
Plenary Address 1: Richard Foster, “The Living Voice of God: Learning to Discern the Kol Yahweh”

10:45 a.m. Conference Break & Whimsy – Institute Choir
Plenary Address 2: Dean Trulear, “The Beauty of Holiness: Political Relevance and the Worship of God”

12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

5:30 p.m. Closing Service of Dedication with Eucharist – King’s College Chapel
Nigel Goodwin, preacher; Sermon – “The Radical Nature of a Revolutionized Life”

7:00 p.m. Farewell Reception – King’s College, The Great Hall

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:30 a.m. Check out of college and departure
Note: The Bag End Café, a late night haven for Hobbits, will be held most evenings following the conclusion of the evening program. 5.24..05