Archives for April 2023

The next meet-up (support group!) for Post Evangelicals in our community will be on Friday, April 28th at 11:30 a.m. Central.

Feel free to join even if you missed our last meet-up!
This month’s theme: The Lausanne Covenant and defining the modern Evangelical Movement

Who: Any member of the Luther Community with experiences of moving from more Evangelical/Fundamentalist faith traditions into the Mainline.

How: Over Zoom (see Community Announcements email for link)

Hope to see you there! Questions? lmildahl001@luthersem.edu

Sacred Stitches is having their annual seminary student discount from March 15th- April 30th.

WomenSpirit and Abiding Spirit make up Sacred Stitches, a small women-owned business in Kansas City, MO, specializing in high quality, handmade, custom clergy garments. Since 1995, they have been dressing clergy leaders with robes and apparel to support everyone’s journey whatever it looks like, or wherever it takes them.

Additional details and booking for complimentary consultations may be found at sacredstitches.com/seminary. Use code SEMINARY423 at checkout.

If you are still interested in coming to the Saint’s Game next Thursday (May 4th @6:37), we welcome you to claim a spot with this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R-LJO6scYMvrOMTegLcxXi8Yw0b-zYD0f71aH6RZDpo/edit#gid=0

Carpool will be organized! If we sell out of tickets, you will still be able to purchase a ticket and join our carpool!

Rm 4515 33 – Ministry In Small Town And Rural Contexts

Are you curious about small-town and rural culture, communities, and ministry? We have room for Luther students to join us.

The catalog does not say we will be staying at Shalom Hill Farm, a retreat center in Southwestern Minnesota for four nights and five days. Thanks to the generosity of rural donors, this experience, meals, transportation, and housing in a beautiful prairie setting for four nights is a gift to help you understand and explore rural and small-town ministry. We will visit a variety of communities, contexts, and congregations/parishes on field trips on the days we are there.

Here is the catalog language. “Students, together with clergy and lay persons from small town and rural congregations, study issues[challenges and opportunities] affecting America’s small town and rural (STaR) communities. Clergy and lay persons from STaR congregations and communities are engaged as part of the course. Implications for ministry and leadership in these contexts are explored.”.

Register if you are looking for this course. If you have questions, contact Pr. Jon Anderson – Rural Ministry Director at janderson008@luthersem.edu.

Students, do you have questions? We can help!

Ashley Wheeler (Candidacy) and SLJ (Course Planning) and other staff special guests to be announced. We will be available the following Thursdays in the spring at noon CT:

4/27 – Zoom
5/11 – OCC Dining Room
5/25 – Zoom

Zoom links will be included in the Community Announcements email.

If we don’t have the answer, we’ll help you get in touch with someone who does!

If you have questions or aren’t available at those times, please email advising@luthersem.edu.

Emelie Clements is the new co-chair of the RIC Committee. The RIC Committee is hoping to increase presence on campus at events like the Trans Day of Visibility service, town halls, and more information about serving a first call at a RIC institution.

If you would like to join the RIC Committee, or have a concern you’d like to bring to the committee, please email Emelie at eclements001@luthersem.edu