Archives for June 2022

Booking meeting rooms on Google is no linger available due to scheduling conflicts. A new system is in the works to make booking rooms faster and easier, but for the time being, all rooms should be booked using this form. Here you can also see the master calendar to check room availability. Thank you for your cooperation!

Reflecting on the beginning of Psalm 66, Brenda Ertl ’99 M.Div. writes about God’s sustaining, ever-present love. Read today’s God Pause.

In this devotion, Brenda Ertl ’99 M.Div. writes about God’s free abundant love. Read today’s God Pause.

Summer is the perfect time to have a financial wellness conversation with Grace Pomroy, director of the Stewardship Leaders Program and a Certified Financial Educator. (She is also a financial wellness wizard.) Grace brings years of experience and has a passion for all things related to money and ministry – and will help you decide what next steps would be most helpful for you. All of this in a shame-free zone!

To schedule an appointment with Grace, visit this Financial Wellness Conversations page and choose the time that works best with your summer schedule. If you have specific topics you want to discuss, please note it when you schedule.

If you need an evening, weekend, or another time not available on the calendar, email Grace Pomroy (gpomroy001@luthersem.edu) to make an appointment.

Reported employee cases: 3
Reported student cases: 3
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 Leon Rodrigues (deanofstudents@luthersem.edu).

Contact Tracing Protocol

When an on-campus case of COVID-19 is reported, that person is first asked to stay off-campus and quarantine in accordance with CDC guidelines. In addition, the seminary takes two steps for contact tracing:

1. The Minnesota Department of Health is notified, per guidelines for institutions of higher education

2. The person reporting the case is asked to identify “close contacts”; the close contacts identified are notified of the exposure and asked to follow CDC guidelines for testing and quarantining (quarantine applies only to close contacts who are unvaccinated).

Continuing his meditation on Luke 9, Paul Moessner ’04 D.Min. writes about the place of the normal concerns of life in proclaiming God’s reign. Read today’s God Pause.