Archives for October 2018

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
• Work Requests as time allows

Gullixson Hall –

• Office moves/changes (1)
• Preparing 307 for common use
• Work Requests as time allows

Bockman Hall –

• Carpet cleaning main hallways
• Replacing custodial sink base – 2^ndEast
• Work Requests as time allows

Northwestern Hall –

• Repairs as requested

Stub Hall –

• Work Requests as time allows

LDR –

• Work Requests as time allows

Rental Home –

• Work Requests as time allows

General Grounds –

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

A PREPARE AND ENRICH CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP will be offered at Luther Seminary on Friday, November 9th, 2018 from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The training workshop will meet in Olson Campus Center Lecture Hall Lower Level (OCC 10).

The PREPARE/ENRICH Certification Workshop is designed to help Public Christian Leaders learn to administer PREPARE/ENRICH for premarital and married couples. PREPARE/ENRICH is a customized online assessment tool that identifies each couple’s unique strength and growth areas. The workshop results in your certification as a Trained Facilitator for PREPARE/ENRICH using the customized computer tools to provide feedback sessions and help premarital and married couples discuss and understand their results while you teach them proven relationship skills. To learn more about Prepare and Enrich history and research at www.prepare-enrich.com If interested, please sign up at this link: https://goo.gl/forms/9Tfzz3yzo5ztblyh2

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP? • Certification! Certification as a trained Facilitator for PREPARE/ENRICH. • Investment! Why invest in marriages? Pastoral Care & Counseling around relationships will affect individual lives, family life, and reaches into communities and other systems. • Knowledge & Skills! Gain skills that you will need in ministry because you will conduct weddings. Your theological thoughts about marriage will shape you strategies connected to working with couples.

SIGN-UP DEADLINE: November 6th, 2018 COST: Luther Seminary students: $50. Non-Luther Seminary students: $200. Payment will be collected at the start of each training event. We can only accept cash or checks (sorry no credit or debit cards), and checks are made payable to “Luther Seminary” with the memo line stating “Prepare & Enrich.” WORKSHOP LEADER: Pastor Nancy Lee Gauche is a Seminar Director for PREPARE/ENRICH and has a deep commitment to healthy relationships. She also serves on the Children, Youth, & Family Team at Luther Seminary.

Contact: Pastor Nancy Lee Gauche ngauche001@luthersem.edu 651-641-3457

Hi Luther! Community Life and the President’s Office will be hosting an Oktoberfest celebration next Thursday, October 11th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm in the Olson Campus Center! There will be delicious appetizers, live music, and in true Oktoberfest fashion, German beer (wine and non-alcoholic options available as well)! The musical acts include our very own artist-in-residence Mayyadda Major, the Basement Boyz, and Rev. Dick Luedtke, accordion extraordinaire and father of SLJ! T

his will be a wonderful event for our community to not only celebrate and usher in the beginning of fall, but to also mingle with the members on Luther Seminary’s Board of Directors and Trustees! You’re encouraged to share with the board what our campus community means means to you! We hope to see everyone there! Prost!

This fall, the IT department would like to offer faculty and staff training sessions on software like Zoom, Moodle, Jenzabar, and Google Suite. Fill out this 2 minute survey to help IT pick times and topics that will be most useful for you!

The survey will close on 10/17. After the responses are collected, training sessions will be scheduled and calendar invites will be sent out!

https://goo.gl/forms/y9KbAWCDvopGYAfG3

REMINDER! The Apple Orchard outing is THIS Saturday, October 6th starting at 1 pm at Pine Tree Apple Orchard in White Bear Lake!

If you’re interested in attending and are willing to drive some lovely students, Community Life will reimburse you with a $10 gas card! Please sign-up at this link by Thursday evening; all gift cards will be available starting Friday morning!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x1dJ6iPOakjxvaLCEPGnVpwT-RSPMbpsjifTZeQZO2c/edit?usp=sharing

Join us this Friday, October 5th from 6-8 pm for an after-hours game night at the library! There will be pizza, games, music, and an opportunity to be at the library and not studying! What more could you want?! All students, staff, and faculty are invited and encouraged to bring families and friends!