Archives for October 11, 2022

In this devotion, Karen Wilson ’07 M.A. writes about trusting God when all earthly solutions seem to have failed. Read today’s God Pause.

Tuesday at 11 a.m. Central: Service of the Word

Remembering the Indigenous children and victims of the Residential Schools.

Preacher: Jeni Grangaard, Seminary Pastor. Access the chapel livestream here.

Make your way to the OCC dining room today after chapel for pizza and trivia! Dairy free and gluten free options will be provided! There are prizes for the 1st place team!

It was a busy summer on campus! The Facilities team worked tirelessly to  make several positive changes to our Residents Hall on Bockman 3rd floor. Please join me in thanking them for the wonderful execution of a vision crafted by Operations, and the efforts of everyone below. 

Thank you to Terra Zosel, Tom Mullany, Ron Hosek, Steve Eighmey, Jake Ratkovitch, Steve Melin, Mike Nybo, and student workers for all of their efforts getting carpet installed in all rooms, fresh paint, removing old furniture, and adding a sink to the kitchenette! 

Thank you to Jessi LeClear-Vachta and her team for their inspiration, ideas, and fancy guest accommodation.

Thank you to Paul Daniels for carefully selecting new artwork for the space!

Our gratitude to Chenar Howard and the Community Life Fellows for their hard work readying the rooms for our international arrivals. 

Much appreciation goes to Pr. Jeni, the Admissions office, and Student Affairs team members for taking a vested interest in making this an equitable and welcoming living space. 

If you are curious to see the updates, Housing will host a small reception on Tuesday, October 25th from 10–10:55 a.m. We hope to see you! 

Leon Rodrigues, Dean of Students

MnMN’s 2022 Annual Conference – Sacred Creation in Crisis: Strengthening the Multifaith Response in Minnesota with speakers Dr. Kelly Sherman Conroy and faith leaders.

The Minnesota Multifaith Network, of which Luther Seminary is an organizational member, is gathering Minnesota’s faith leaders and practitioners, multifaith activists, scholars, community leaders, and artists on October 12, 2022 to celebrate and express our wonder for creation, learn from each other’s wisdom, and find common ground for acting together. 

This year’s conference, “Sacred Creation in Crisis: Strengthening the Multifaith Response in Minnesota,” supports  the United Nations (UN) declaration that “access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right.”  Faith leaders and interfaith organization leaders will have separate spaces over lunch to discuss how to work together for climate justice. The conference is being planned in cooperation with Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light. Register here.

The custodial staff will be vacuuming campus offices once a week and removing recycling and trash at the same time. If you have excess trash/recycling please set your trash container outside your office door for removal. At this time of the year mice are entering buildings looking for food. Please properly store foods and dispose of containers and foods regularly.