Archives for September 19, 2019

Why Jesus ? A Spiritual Formation Experiment

Today Thursday Sept 19th after chapel is the first session of Why Jesus? It is our community’s experiment on spiritual formation and story sharing. This event is supported by Aus Memorial Lecture on Evangelism and Spirit Lab. To start off the session, President Robin Steinke will share her story of faith and answering these two key questions: Why are you a Christian? What difference does Jesus make in your life?

Come and join us in Dining Room C from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Soup and bread will be provided.

*Not on campus? The faith stories will be posted in Community Life Facebook page where the presenter and other faculty and student hosts will engage in ongoing conversations and story sharing.

Questions? Reach out to Professor Mark Granquist (mgranquist001@luthersem.edu)
Professor Alan Padgett (apadgett@luthersem.edu)
or Spirit Lab (spiritlab@luthersem.edu)

This invitation is for students intending to start an internship in 2020 who are not already working with a Contextual Learning staff person regarding internship arrangements.

Please plan to join us for an Internship and Endorsement Information Session!

This event will cover information about steps leading up to your internship and ways in which you can begin to prepare for endorsement and/or internship.

Wednesday, October 2 from 5:00-6:30 pm CST
Olson Campus Center 148

You may join us three ways:
-In person
-Via Zoom livestream
-Request a recording, sent out after the info session

Please note, this event will be recorded and sent to students who are not able to join us that day.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL FORMS OF ATTENDANCE OR TO RECEIVE THE VIDEO RECORDING.

Please use this link to register: https://forms.gle/am9ZgKzjEP2fUect5

Our team is excited to begin this important conversation with you!

An updated application for students applying for internships during the 2020-2021 academic year will be used. This will be available for students Wednesday October 2.

Students will have access to the their current applications and/or drafts until Wednesday September 25th.

If you have started and saved a draft of your application or already submitted an application for the upcoming academic year, please save your application in a Word document so you do not lose your work.
You will be able to copy and paste the narrative sections of your draft into the new application.

The Contextual Learning office IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR and DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO this information.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the Contextual Learning office before the September 25th deadline.

New students eligible for VA benefits or tuition assistance, please send a copy of Certificate of Eligibility to the Office of the Registrar to initiate the process.

The Office of the Registrar will submit to the Veteran’s Administration certification of a veteran’s enrollment for military benefits purposes. This is typically done at the beginning of each term and can be requested by the student at any other time.

Please visit the Office of the Registrar with any questions about the VA reporting process.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

6:30 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Program

Luther Seminary – Olson Campus Center

TICKETS ARE FREE FOR LUTHER STUDENTS – reserve yours here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzj1jcSvayXTH1Y2pCrL94394ZM5KGijfi9wh1kfurBEMuCg/viewform?usp=sf_link

$10 tickets for all others – Buy your tickets online.
Search for “Dear Church St. Paul Party” on eventbrite.com

Join this event to hear from Duncan’s book and explore topics
like cultural and demographic shifts, church decline, and renewal
through racial equality and justice.

About the author
Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated,
a high-school dropout, and a drug dealer, he is now a writer,
activist, and black preacher in the whitest denomination in the
United States, the ELCA. He serves as pastor of Jehu’s Table in
Brooklyn, New York.

Reading from his new book, “Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S.”
• Q&A session
• Book signing