The Byberg Preaching Workshop is dedicated to developing the preaching skills of ELCA and their ecumenical partner preachers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. We have traditionally done this through a three-day, two-night workshop held n Seaside, Oregon.

Workshop registration is also open to any preacher looking to improve their preaching.

The Byberg Preaching Workshop committee is comprised of representative from Region One of the ELCA.

Oregon Synod: Sara Gross-Samuelson, Janine Goodrich, Joseph Medley, and Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar

Southwest Washington Synod: Eric Utto-Galarneau (Treasurer)

Northwest Washington Synod: Tor Berg (Chair) and Tim Oleson (Secretary)

Northwest Intermountain Synod: Mark Behrendt

Workshop History:

Jonas J. Byberg a citizen on Silverton Oregon and a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, left a bequest to establish the Byberg Homiletics Fund. This fund was to be used to create workshops to develop better preaching skills. Jonas was an inventor of farm machinery and was a manufacturer. He bequeathed property to the American Lutheran Church to establish the Fund. The fund has subsidized annual workshops since 1992.

Further donations are welcomed and encouraged, and can be sent to:

Byberg Homiletics Fund

Oregon Synod, ELCA

2800 N Vancouver Ave # 101

Portland, OR 97227