See the New Issue of Story Magazine

Posted on July 1, 2020

A new issue of Story is out now!

Read articles from the Summer 2020 issue of Luther Seminary’s magazine, including:
–The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on faith communities and how congregations worship
–Collaboration with immigrants and international leaders to support communities and fuel the church
–How one of Professor Craig Koester’s courses became one of the most well-loved parts of the seminary experience
–A message from President Robin Steinke
–Alumni news
–Faculty and staff notes

Visit luthersem.edu/story to see the articles or download the whole issue.

Chapel: Wednesday, July 1

Posted on July 1, 2020

Join us at 11 a.m. Central, Wednesday, July 1, for a chapel worship service with Madeline Burbank preaching and Anna Faro assisting. Use this Zoom link: https://luthersem.zoom.us/my/sempastor A link to the password will be provided in the community announcements email.

July Employee Anniversaries

Posted on July 1, 2020

Congratulations to our colleagues celebrating work anniversaries in July!

Craig Koester: July 1 – 34 years
David Fredrickson: July 1 – 33 years
Gary Simpson: July 1 – 30 years
Lois Malcolm: July 1 – 26 years
Mary Hess: July 1 – 20 years
Alan Padgett: July 1 – 19 years
Matthew Skinner: July 1 – 18 years
Rolf Jacobson: July 1 – 17 years
Lois Farag: July 1 – 15 years
Andrew Root: July 1 – 15 years
Amy Marga: July 1 – 14 years
Kathryn Schifferdecker: July 1 – 14 years
Mark Granquist: July 1 – 13 years
Karoline Lewis: July 1 – 13 years
Guillermo Hansen: July 1 – 12 years
Dirk Lange: July 1 – 12 years
Dwight Zscheile: July 1 – 12 years
Cameron Howard: July 1 – 8 years
Carla Dahl: July 1 – 5 years
Michael Binder: July 1 – 1 year
Joy Moore: July 1 – 1 year
Jennifer Wojciechowski: July 1 – 1 year
Peter Susag: July 2 – 13 years
Gerri Stepanek: July 2 – 8 years
Laurel Forsgren: July 8 – 7 years
Juli Schneider: July 8 – 1 year
Heather Nicoletti: July 11 – 4 years
Daniel Sassenberg: July 17 – 3 years
Patty Horazdovsky: July 24 – 3 years
Gina Lotzer: July 24 – 1 year
Mary Ann Teske: July 25 – 32 years

New Structure and Name Change to Graduate Theological Education (G.T.E.)

Posted on June 30, 2020

The office of Graduate Theological Education is being restructured. It will now be named the office of Advanced Theological Education (A.T.E.). This office will be responsible for the Th.M. and Ph.D. programs. Guillermo Hansen will continue to oversee the work of these programs with the title of director.

The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) programs will now fall under the name Advanced Ministerial Leadership Studies and continue to be overseen by current directors Karoline Lewis and Dwight Zscheile. The D.Min. programs’ last cohort of students will complete this year. Work is in process to review and restructure these programs, and decisions are expected in the coming academic year.

Administrative support for these programs will continue to be carried out by Jennifer Mullenix in her current role of program coordinator.

These changes will take effect as of July 1, 2020.

Coffee Break With SLJ – Open Advising Edition

Posted on June 30, 2020

Pastor Jeni is taking a well deserved vacation, and Sarah Luedtke-Jones is going to run the coffee break today as a space to ask your advising questions.

11 a.m.-12 p.m. Central Tuesday, June 30. Follow this Zoom link: https://luthersem.zoom.us/my/sempastor. A link to the password will be included in the community announcements email.

Reminder: There is no Coffee Break on Thursday of this week because the campus is closed.

Chapel: Liturgy of the Hours Podcast

Posted on June 29, 2020

The third episode of the “Liturgy of the Hours” podcast is live, offering you prayer that goes with you wherever you may be. The Liturgy of the Hours is an ancient practice of prayer that takes place throughout various times of the day. Each week we offer one episode with three chapters: for morning prayer, evening prayer, and night prayer.

Visit the seminary pastor’s “Liturgy of the Hours: Episode Three” page for a link to the podcast.