Archives for November 2021

After many years of working together, Luther Seminary and the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, have an exciting and unprecedented opportunity for all seminary students. Join us in Minneapolis at the February 11-14, 2022, Extravaganza for an in-person registration cost of only $110–a savings of $265.00!

How do you get this rate? Easy- peasy. No clicking around complicated websites.

Just fill out this form by 11:59 p.m. NEXT Wednesday, November 10. You will get the $110 rate, and we will email you information about payment.

Hotel reservations are separate and will be your responsibility.

Questions? Contact Arlene Flancher, program coordinator for the Innovation Team.

We’ll see you February 11-14 at the Hilton in Minneapolis!

The Innovation/Faith+Lead Department will be welcoming two colleagues in new grant-funded staff positions over the coming months.

Dee Stokes, Ed.D., will join the staff full time on January 1 as director of the Seeds Project. She has been serving in a part-time contract capacity over the past year as a member of the Seeds Project leadership team. She will be taking primary leadership for the Seeds Project, which is a leadership development incubator/accelerator for ministry entrepreneurs working at the intersection of Gospel and culture. She will also be working on other initiatives within the Faith+Lead program area. She brings a wealth of ministry, education, consulting, and coaching experience in a variety of congregations, universities, and other organizations.

Angie Miller will begin as director of business operations for Faith+Lead on November 15. In this capacity, she will serve as the lead business strategist and operations manager for Faith+Lead, working closely with the Faith+Lead team and the seminary’s business office to design and implement practices that will support the ongoing growth of Luther’s nondegree program offerings. She comes having served in chief operating officer roles in a range of organizations and industries, both startups and established firms.

Please join me in welcoming these colleagues to Luther Seminary.
Dwight Zscheile, VP of Innovation

During this RFS week, chapel is held at 11 a.m., Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, in Olson Campus Center’s Chapel of the Incarnation.

11 a.m. Monday, November 1
Podcast of Matins, led by a bluegrass band
A setting of Morning Prayer from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship book, led by Hans Lundquist and other Luther Seminary students. This service will be recorded live and will be distributed to the community as a podcast. You are welcome to come to the Chapel of Incarnation to pray along with Morning Prayer as it is being recorded.
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11 a.m. Tuesday, November 2
No classes; no worship schedule for today (but the chapel will be open for meditation)
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11 a.m. Wednesday, November 3
Service of Holy Communion: All Saints Worship
Preacher: Mark Tranvik, Professor of Reformation History and Theology
Music: Mark Ertl and the Luther Seminary Choir
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11 a.m. Thursday, November 4
Service of Word and Song
Preacher: José Antonio Machado
Lutheran Pastor and Luther Seminary Alum
Music: Mary Preus, Tom Witt, and Antonio Machado
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11 a.m. Friday, November 5
First Friday Flow
Student-led worship led by Michelle and David Edgerton

Terra Zosel begins work today as operations coordinator for Luther Seminary. In this role, Terra will coordinate a variety of campus operations, including on-campus events, food services, and student housing. (In some cases, there will be a transition period with existing staff.) She will report to me.

Terra comes with a varied background, including online learning for a K-12 school during the pandemic, event planning for a craft brewery, management of a yoga studio, and volunteer coordinator for a nonprofit. She has a B.A. in communications from the U of M.

Terra’s office will be in Facilities Office, next to Bockman 116.

Please join me in welcoming Terra to Luther Seminary.

Michael Morrow

Reported employee cases: 0
Reported student cases: 0
Students in quarantine or isolation: 0

Reported cases only include students and employees who have been on campus within a period of time during which they may have been contagious. According to the CDC this includes two days prior to the onset of symptoms or a positive test.

If you have recently tested positive for COVID-19, or if you are an unvaccinated individual who has been in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 (close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of that person for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period), please report that to the appropriate person. For employees, that person is Michael Morrow (mmorrow001@luthersem.edu). Students should contact David Fenrick; email deanofstudents@luthersem.edu, or text 651-300-3537.

Congratulations to our colleagues celebrating work anniversaries in November!

Sandy Hamerlind – 5 years – Word & World and Mailroom
Juli Kramer – 9 years – Marketing and Communications
Trevor Schaeffer – 4 years – Seminary Relations