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Recent conferences where Michael Bausch and Teri Dary have either keynoted or presented workshops include:

Using Multimedia in Worship Workshop held at Union-Congregational Church in Waupun, Wisconsin, for five years.

The Graduate Theological Union Summer Session
Berkeley, California
Annual Summer Sessions since 2004    ...more information       

United Theological Seminary Summer Institute of the Arts
New Brighton, Minnesota
June 14-18, 2004        ....more information

Keynote Address and Workshop at Worcester, Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ and Andover Newton Theological Seminary in March, 2003.

Plenary Presentation and Workshop at Minneapolis, Minnesota for the United Church of Christ National Musicians Conference in August, 2003.

Preacher at the 2002 Earl Lectures and Pastoral Conference at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.

Workshop Leader at Created To Praise in St. Louis, June, 2003.

Interested in talking film and theology? Try "Talk Film, Talk Faith" as part of the World Film Festival at Montreal, Canada, in August 2008. Watch for details in the Christian Century magazine, and follow James Wall's reviews and discussions of Film from a theological perspective.

In August of 2004, Michael Bausch was the U.S. representative to the Ecumenical Jury in Montreal.   ...more information

Another good conference for engaging film from a theological perspective is held each October in Los Angeles, the City of Angels Film Festival, co-sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary and the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood.

Sister Rose Pacatte has co-written three volumes of film-resourced lectionary for each of the lectionary cycles A, B and C. She also coordinates an annual national film retreat.

Michael Rhodes, Emmy-winning producer of such films as "Romero" and more recently a trailer in 2000 theaters called "The Spirit of America," is developing a series of film clips for use in educational and worship settings. You can stay current with his work at filmclipsonline.com.