Archives for May 11, 2022

Linda E. Webster ’17 M.A. writes about these verses from Revelation in light of ministering to a young person dying of cancer. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11 a.m. Central in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online for worship with Holy Communion. Terri Elton, dean of academic affairs and professor of leadership, is the preacher.

It is our great pleasure to announce our 14th annual CYF Prize winners for 2022 (drum roll please!):

• Brittany Deal – The New Middle Class’s Acceleration of Childhood and the Church’s Complicity
• Yesie Irawan – Intergenerational Faith Transmission in the Secular Age: A Dialogue with Sanctorum Communio

Brittany and Yesie will join these winners from previous years:

Jenna Bergeson, Lara Moll, and Phyllis Tettey in 2021; Rebekah M. Moir and William Tyler Park in 2020; Gloria Osemenam and Deomie Lynn Perez Rivamonte in 2019; Billie Jo Wicks and Megan Floyd in 2018; Kate Knutson and Briana Morris-Brock in 2017; Christian Gonzalez and Molly Schroeder in 2016; Corey Lange and Kayla Billings in 2015; Ali Ferin and Culynn Curtis in 2014; Kyle Zvejnieks and Aaron Fuller in 2013; Andrew Kellner and Karen Gieseke in 2012; Katy Vitek and Amber Espinoza in 2011; Matthew Mass and Marcia Evenson in 2010; Paul Clark and Derek Tronsgard in 2009.

View past winners projects and presentations.

Congratulations to Brittany and Yesie and to all of our MA seniors for wonderful work!

During the summer, Camp Wapo in Amery, Wisconsin, has boat-in worships on the lake every Sunday, May 29-August 28. At these worships, the camp looks for guest preachers to come in and give a sermon. They also can lead as much or as little of the rest of the services as they would like. They do have someone presiding communion each week, so volunteers do not have to be ordained pastors.

This could be a great way for Luther Seminary students to get some more sermons under their belt during the summer. The camp offers every volunteer the chance to stay at camp for free over the weekend they are preaching.

Interested? Sign up online.

Someone from Camp Wapo will follow-up as we get closer to summer.

Questions or need more info? Connect with Arlene Flancher, program coordinator, Innovation Team (aflancher001@luthersem.edu).

To help with phishing awareness we’ve made a cybersecurity training course available to students in Moodle (it will be on the main course dashboard). I invite students to go through this short course and take the quiz at the end.

Everyone who has a login to the Luther Seminary network has a role to play to keep our digital campus secure. Phishers are not always interested in you or your information. They’re often interested in using your login and email account to phish other people at the seminary who have access to valuable personal information.

Completing the course earns you badge in Moodle. At 3 p.m. May 27 we’ll give one random person who earned the badge a set of Apple Airpods. Winner will be notified by email.