Archives for March 2023

In today’s God Pause, Steve Thomason, ’15 Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation, reminds us to rejoice in God’s steadfast love. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online (https://www.youtube.com/lutherseminary) for Chapel. On Thursday, we gather in the Dining Room and on Zoom

10 a.m. CT Monday, March 27th
Chapel Text Study
Link available in Community Announcements email
Text of the week: Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29

11 a.m. CT Tuesday, March 28th
Service of the Word
Preacher: Katie Elkin, MA Student

11 a.m. CT Wednesday, March 29th
Service of Holy Communion x Palm Sunday Observation
Leader: Steve Thomason, Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation

11 a.m. CT Thursday, March 30th
Lunch Church
Leader: Tessa Pinkstaff, Project Manager: Center for Lifelong Learning
Free lunch in the OCC Dining Room
Link available in Community Announcements email

4:30 p.m. CT Thursday, March 30th
Choir Practice in the Music Room (OCC Basement)
All are welcome to join, regardless of skill level!

11 a.m. CT Friday, March 31st
Prayer Around the Cross
Leader: Nate Crary

Join Pastor Jeni, our chapel staff, and our preacher of the week at 10 am CT via zoom (link available in Community Announcements email) as we discuss the text of the week.

This week’s reading: Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29

Student Council will be having their meeting at 1 p.m. CT on March 27 on Zoom. Zoom link will be available in the Community Announcements email.

Good morning! Everyone is invited to a mindful sketching ‘preamble’ to Chapel. No artistic experience or materials are necessary, though if you have any materials you’d like to bring, please do! We will abide in a quiet space together and draw as we prepare for worship.

We’ll meet in the OCC Meditation Chapel (assessable up the stairs behind the altar of the Chapel of the Incarnation or down the long hallway upstairs past the Café) at 10:30 a.m. every week on Tuesday.

Hope to see you there! Please email Katie (kelkin001@luthersem.edu) or Alex (atheshiprosales001@luthersem.edu) with any questions.

We’re finally doing it!!
Thursday, March 30
6- 9 p.m.
Gullixson Library

Did you know that in a basement just over 6 miles away from Luther Seminary, the very first fantasy roleplaying game was played on April 17, 1971?

This first gaming session would be developed into a set of house rules that would eventually be expanded on and published in 1974 as a set of brown booklets called Dungeons & Dragons.
Nathan Lyke is a senior at Luther Sem, and a D&D enthusiast and game-history archivist.

Come for a brief history of how this game came to be through historical objects (including a model castle that belonged to the game’s co-creator Dave Arneson), ask questions, and play a “one-shot” session in the style these original players used when the game was merely a loose set of house rules.

No experience is necessary, and even seasoned players will likely learn some new historical points of interest about the game!

Jimmy Johns sandwiches and chips will be provided!

Contact Nathan Lyke with questions: nlyke001@luthersem.edu