Archives for December 2019

A PREPARE AND ENRICH CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP will be offered at Luther Seminary on Sunday, January 5th | 2:00-8:00 PM. The training workshop will meet in the 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 strengths 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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIXTZ-6wQQ1Fd8Ce95PM5KLRTvfCL2A22yO61S9tjP5ldbtA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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 your strategies connected to working with couples.

SIGN-UP DEADLINE: December 29th, 2020

COST: Luther Seminary students: $50. Non-Luther Seminary students: $195. 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

Seminary Relations will experience two important staffing transitions this week.

On Wednesday, we will welcome the newest member of our team. Alison Roberts has been hired at a Philanthropic Adviser. Alison comes to us with 13 years of major gifts experience. She has worked in the arts, healthcare and in fundraising consulting as well. Alison is a member of the United Methodist Church and a graduate of St. Olaf College. Please join the Seminary Relations team in welcoming Alison. I want to extend a special thanks to the interview team that played an instrumental role in our latest PA search: Paul Hanson, Jake Hennes, Barb Hutson, Joy Moore, and Jody Nyenhuis.

On Friday, we will bid our colleague John Puotinen a happy retirement! John has been a Philanthropic Advisor for the past 4 years. During his time at Luther, he has advanced several key relationships and closed several significant gifts for the sake of our mission. Please join me in wishing John well in his next chapter.

Please direct any questions to Heidi Droegemueller. Thank you.

The application process for the Graduate Preaching Fellowship is suspended until further notice. Please standby for further information.

(Message posted on behalf of Dr. Karoline Lewis and the fellowship committee)

Dear Luther Seminary Students,

Greetings, this is Dr. Michael Chan. My family would like to invite you to join us on Christmas Day for dinner (December 25th, 2010) at 3pm. You are not required to bring anything with you. However, if you would like to contribute a dish, please bring a drink to share, an appetizer or a dessert. Here are the details:

December 25th, 4pm
832 Marion St SE
Isanti, MN 55040

Please RSVP below so that we know how many to expect and whether or not you need a ride. Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEJu-kYycIiomlsi13742dIOCdnqYVpmoCsyDNhJLPGMVqvQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Join us Tuesday, January 14th for a program about racism and the church with Drew Hart.

Drew G. I. Hart is a Professor of Theology at Messiah College, Activist, and Author of Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism; Copies available in the Luther Seminary Library.

4:30 Light Meal and Book Signing
5:15 Program and Q&A
7:15 Social Hour with Drinks

Sponsored by Luther Seminary Student Council and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) sends Christmas and New Year’s greetings! The Christmas greetings are from LWF President and our alum, Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa. The New Years greetings are from Martin Junge, General Secretary of the LWF. As always they are in the four languages of the LWF, German, Spanish, French, and English. Please read and enjoy!

Christmas greetings – English
Christmas greetings – German
Christmas greetings – Spanish
Christmas greetings – French


New Years greetings – English
New Years greetings – German
New Years greetings – Spanish
New Years greetings – French