Archives for October 2018

Are you interested in serving in Chapel? Maybe you have served in Chapel already or maybe you are looking forward to being involved in the future. E

ither way, we invite you to join us for one of our two training sessions on serving in Chapel. We will be covering tasks important to communion assistants, ushers, and assisting ministers.

If you are interested in any of these, please come and join us in the Chapel of the Incarnation on Wednesday, Oct. 31st 3:30-4:30 pm or Thursday, November 1st 3:30-4:30 pm. Attending these trainings helps communicate to our office that you are interested and ready to serve in chapel. If neither of these times works for you and you would still like to be involved, please email us at sacrist@luthersem.edu

Get yourself enrolled here: https://moodle.luthersem.edu/course/view.php?id=783

Deadline for Submissions: March 1, 2019

The Dr. Jeffrey S. & Mrs. Sherri H. Brindle Award in Medical Ethics is awarded annually to M.Div. and M.A. seniors and any advanced graduate student (M.Th., D.Min., Ph.D.) at Luther Seminary. It is an academic essay award (financial amount of award determined annually – $750 for 2019). The deadline for submissions is March 1 and the award (if any*) is granted March 30.

Submission details:
Luther Seminary students in good academic standing may submit an essay to the Chair of the History/Theology Division by March 1. Winning essays will typically be placed in the library’s Digital Commons, and considered for publication in Word & World.

Students submit one high-quality academic essay of 4,500 – 10,000 words on the topic of medical ethics to a panel of professors in the History-Theology division. The topic of medical ethics will be interpreted broadly, but medicine and/or medical practice must be addressed. The ideal essay will integrate issues in theology, medicine and ministry/practice. Students may wish to inquire about the topic and theme of their essay in advance if they have questions about fit.

Criteria of excellence:
Embodies excellence of writing and clarity of argument.
Demonstrates solid research into the topic.
Exemplifies quality academic style
Meaningfully engages medicine or medical practice, theology, and ethics.

* Award may or may not be awarded depending upon the quality of submissions. Award winners must be in good academic standing, and must be Luther Seminary students at the time of the award or during the previous academic year.

Submissions to:
Dr. Amy Marga
History/Theology Division Chair
Phone: 651-641-3250
Email: amarga@luthersem.edu

Greetings, Luther Community! Just a reminder that we have Cup of Blessing on Monday evenings in the Dining Room starting at 5:05 pm. This is a great opportunity to worship and share fellowship together. We are also in need of volunteers to bring food items every week.

If you are interested in signing up, you can do that here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N3jp04TN-WSIqXxHnDOysT17nWCZhFgEhYocVWunuYo/edit?usp=sharing

Please stop by the chapel office if you have any questions or email us at sacrist@luthersem.edu We hope to worship with you soon! Blessings!

Safety concerns should be sent to maintenance@luthersem.edu. When your concern is not immediately dangerous, the concern will be addressed at the next Safety Committee meeting.

Olson Campus Center –

• Carpet cleaning in Dining Room
• Resetting Center for Lifelong Learning
• Work Requests as time allows

Gullixson Hall –

• Office moves/changes (1)
• Addressing storage problems
• Work Requests as time allows

Bockman Hall –

• Carpet cleaning main hallways
• Repairing ceiling damage in 104
• Work Requests as time allows

Northwestern Hall –

• Preparing staff office for CL

Bell maintenance

• Repairs as requested

Stub Hall –

• Work Requests as time allows

LDR –

• Work Requests as time allows

Rental Home –

• Prepare for winter weather (2 houses)
• Work Requests as time allows

General Grounds –

• Leaf pick up
• Como Ave. detour continuing
• Zvago project continues at Luther Place entrance – no parking will be available in the Luther Place lot

Want to work on your personal financial wellness? Join us for a weekly book group online. Our book? The Index Card, a concise look at personal finance.

We’re starting on Wednesday, October 24. You can self-enroll any time here: https://moodle.luthersem.edu/course/view.php?id=783

Each session covers a chapter or two (all are quick reads) and extends over two weeks. The first week of the session is for reading and picking out an activity to work on. The second week is time for reflection together, and for reading and doing the next session’s activity.

If you hang with us for the whole time, you’ll earn a $50 Amazon gift card! That will pay for the book and then some! This perk is made possible by a generous grant from the Lilly Foundation.

Questions? Email Catherine Malotky at cmalotky001@luthersem.edu