Archives for March 11, 2019

Luther Seminary is pleased to announce that on January 25, 2019, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church approved Luther Seminary for listing for the preparation of candidates for ordination in the United Methodist Church without qualification. This means that after extensive, rigorous application our approval has been fully renewed for all United Methodist students seeking ordination to deacon or elder, or any other formal leadership through their annual conference.

“We’re grateful to have a strong partnership with the United Methodist Church and our United Methodist colleagues and students,” said Dirk Lange, Luther Seminary’s Academic Dean. “In dialogue with the theological gifts of the Methodist tradition, we are all enriched as a learning community by Methodist students of all kinds in our midsts and our partnership with congregations in the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition.”

You can see and share this announcement on our news page.

We have awarded $2,825 in assistance to Luther students to attend conferences & we have $2,175 more to grant!

MA, MDiv, DL and Residential students have been awarded funds to attend conferences focused on justice, fundraising, world Christianity, anti-racism work, and have been funded to travel to denominational events.

Apply for funds here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdn1ryuHh0PNy8FWrNoeG1Pku7B40e_GNCyIBfzJWGaya62ug/viewform

The Contextual Learning office will have limited office hours Monday March 11 – Friday March 15 as we prepare for internship placements.

If you have questions, or need assistance please email – contextuallearning@luthersem.edu

On Wednesday, March 6, the MDivX guiding team shared some significant updates at the faculty/staff shared learning time. The PowerPoint presentation they created has been made available for all to see the latest developments in this significant project!

See it here: http://inside.luthersem.edu/innovation/2019/03/08/whats-happening-with-mdivx/