Archives for January 28, 2021

Join us for Holy Conversations at 11 a.m. Central every Thursday. The Zoom link will be included in the community announcements email.

Amidst a season of uncertainty, political polarization, and pandemic, we want to create multiple spaces in which we can invite intentional conversation and whole-bodied listening.

A PREPARE/ENRICH certification workshop will be offered at Luther Seminary on Tuesday, March 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The training workshop will be held on Zoom.

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 prepare-enrich.com.

What will you gain from attending this workshop?

• Certification! Certification as a trained facilitator for PREPARE/ENRICH.
• Investment! Why invest in marriages? Pastoral care and counseling around relationships affects individual lives and family life and reaches into communities and other systems.
• Knowledge and 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: Friday, February 19. Please also have payment sent in by then to give it enough time to get to Luther Seminary.

Cost: Luther Seminary students: $50. Non-Luther Seminary students: $195. Payment needs to be sent to the Business Office, 2375 Como Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108. 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.” This cost may not be charged to a student account. We do not have an online system for payment.

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, and Family Team at Luther Seminary.

Sign up on the PREPARE/ENRICH workshop registration form.

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