WELCOME!
On behalf of the elders who serve the Sovereign Grace Churches of the Midwest/Northwest Region, I extend a warm welcome to each of you attending this Life Together Conference.
We believe it is profoundly significant that God calls His people to gather for worship each Lord’s Day. It means something of eternal importance when God draws His people together to hear His Word proclaimed, to sing His praises, and to experience His presence through the work of the Holy Spirit. Our prayer to God for this conference is that you would be inspired to consider and apply these things with a renewed sense of purpose.
We also aim to reinforce our strategic partnership with the members of our seven regional churches. Our prayer is that old acquaintances might be renewed, new relationships might be established, and meaningful connections made around our Sovereign Grace shared values.
It is always a pleasure and privilege to share our gospel joy with friends of Sovereign Grace. To you, our honored guests, we pray that you will experience the hospitality of Jesus through us.
Christ is ALL!
Greg Dirnberger
Senior Pastor, Emmaus Road Church, Sioux Falls
Conference Audio
Speakers
Bob Kauflin
Bob serves as the Director of Sovereign Grace Music. He’s written two books: Worship Matters (published 2008 by Crossway) and True Worshipers (published 2015 by Crossway). Through conferences, seminars, and his blog, Worship Matters, he seeks to equip pastors, musicians, and songwriters in the theology and practice of congregational worship. He also oversees the production of Sovereign Grace Music albums. He currently has the joy of being a pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville.
Bob and his wife, Julie, were married in 1976. They are blessed with six children and an ever growing number of grandchildren.
Devon Kauflin
Devon serves as a pastor at Grace Church of Clarksburg by leading corporate worship, preaching and providing pastoral care. He also serves Sovereign Grace Music by contributing to recordings, leading events, and developing strategies for training leaders and better serving local churches. He completed his B.S. in Business from the University of Maryland (2007) and his M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2015, 2018, 2020). Devon and his wife, Kristine, were married in 2006 and live in Urbana with their 4 children.
Ryan Chase
Ryan serves as a pastor at Emmaus Road Church in Sioux Falls, where he preaches, teaches, and offers biblical counseling. Before moving into full-time pastoral ministry, Ryan taught high school Bible for 8 years. And before all of that, he spent a few years in youth ministry, earned a degree in international business, ran a couple of marathons, lived in Mexico, traveled the world, and got his private pilot certificate. Ryan is an ACBC-certified biblical counselor and is currently finishing an MDiv from Sioux Falls Seminary. He enjoys watching and playing sports, dabbling in woodworking and meat smoking, and reading, but his greatest joy is being a husband to Barbara and a father to their sons, three living and one buried in hope of resurrection.
Rick Gamache
Rick has been the pastor of Cornerstone since March, 2000. His primary responsibility as Senior Pastor is to advance the mission of the church through preaching and teaching the Word of God and so equipping the saints for the work of ministry. Rick was born and raised in the Chicago area and moved to Minnesota to attend college. He graduated from Bethel Seminary and worked at DesiringGod before entering pastoral ministry. Rick loves baseball, music, film, literature, and being a husband and dad and pastor. Rick and his wife, Delaine, live in Burnsville and have five adult children, one son-in-law, and one Aussiedoodle.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Delighting in the Trinity, Michael Reeves
Why Trust the Bible, Greg Gilbert
God Has Spoken, J. I. Packer
The Cross of Christ, John Stott
Living the Cross Centered Life, C. J. Mahaney
He Who Gives Life: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, Graham Cole and John Feinberg
God Is: A Devotional Guide to the Attributes of God, Mark Jones
Corporate Worship: How the Church Gathers as God's People, Matt Merker
True Worshipers, Bob Kauflin
Reading the Bible Supernaturally, John Piper
Why Should We Love the Local Church?, Dustin Benge
A Gospel Primer for Christians, Milton Vincent
Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship, David Peterson
Encountering God Together: Leading Worship Services That Honor God, Minister to His People, and Build His Church, David Peterson
The Ology, Marty Machowski
WonderFull: Ancient Psalms Ever New, Marty Machowski
Daily Treasure: 366 Daily Readings from Spurgeon's Treasury of David, C. H. Spurgeon