C. S. Lewis Summer Conference 2004

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June 24 - 27, 2004 at USD!

Preliminary Program

Subject to Change

Thursday, June 24th  
2:00 Check-in begins
5:30 DINNER
7:00 EVENING PROGRAM
  Welcome and Introductions – Calvin Edwards
Meditation – Paul FordLewis & Tolkien as Spiritual Companions
Musical Response – Annie Herring
Address: Jerry RootMythopoeia: Lewis’ and Tolkien’s Shared Vision of Story- Making
Q & A
Closing Song - Annie Herring
Reception
Friday, June 25th  
7:30 BREAKFAST
8:30 MORNING PROGRAM
  Opening Hymn – Fernando Ortega
Meditation – Paul Ford
Address: Luci ShawC.S. Lewis’ Fiction: The View from Other Worlds
Coffee Break
Whimsy – Lambs Players – Vocal Medley: The Complete Works of C.S. Lewis
Address: Joseph Pearce - The Lord of the Lord of the Rings
12:30 LUNCH (Commuters welcome)
2:00 AFTERNOON PROGRAM
2:00-3:15 Breakout Seminars
3:15 BREAK
3:45 - 5:00 Breakout Seminars
6:00 DINNER
7:30 EVENING PROGRAM - hosted by Nigel Goodwin
  Mini-Concert – Fernando Ortega
The Great Divorce
– Dramatic One-Man Performance by Tony Lawton, Actor
9:00 “Meet the Artists” – University Forum

Saturday, June 26th  
7:30 BREAKFAST
8:30 MORNING PROGRAM
  Meditation – Paul Ford
Address: Peter Kreeft - What the Lord of the Rings reveals about American Culture
Coffee Break
Whimsey – Mark Jennings
Speakers’ Panel – Following Frodo: Fantasy Lit & the Serious Business of Life
Dick Staub, Moderator
Panelists: Ford, Root, Shaw, Pearce, Goodwin, and Kreeft
12:30 LUNCH (Commuters welcome)
  [Faculty Forum Breakout Luncheon – Prof. Patricia Scileppi, speaking]
1:30 AFTERNOON FREE
4:00 Roman Catholic Mass (on-campus)
5:30 DINNER
7:30 EVENING PROGRAM
  Living the Legacy: The Mission & Work of the C.S. Lewis FoundationStan Mattson
Into the Wardrobe: Bards, Ballads and Other Sundry Delights - Music by Annie Herring and others, poetry, Readers’ Theatre
10:00 “Bag-End” Café – an informal time of readings and music-making by conferees

Sunday, June 27th  
7:30 BREAKFAST
9:00 MORNING SESSION
  Address: Nigel Goodwin - All the World’s a Stage and all the Men and Women Merely Players?
10:45 WORSHIP SERVICE
  Sermon: If I Only Had a Brain – Col. 1:15-20 - Ben Patterson, Preacher
12:00 LUNCH (commuters welcome)
  CHECK-OUT and DEPARTURE

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