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.
Archives for October 11, 2022
Tuesday Chapel: Jeni Grangaard
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.
Vote of Gratitude
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
Join Us October 12 for MnMN 2022 Annual Conference: Sacred Creation in Crisis
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.
Housekeeping
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.
COVID-19 Dashboard for October 3–7
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 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).