Archives for September 20, 2023

In this devotion, Luther Anderson ’76 reflects on the privilege and challenge of sharing the gospel. Read today’s God Pause.

Here’s the schedule of RFS activities for today and tomorrow. For complete details, see the 2023 Fall RFS Schedule.

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 

• 8–10:50 a.m. RFS 2 classes 
  • OCC 10: PR0510 Foundations of Biblical Preaching (Lewis)
  • GH 101: HT0801 Lutheran Confessional Writings (Tranvik)
  • GH 102: SG0401 Thinking Theologically, Confessing Publicly (Padgett)
  • GH 103: SG0401 Thinking Theologically, Confessing Publicly (Malcolm)
  • GH 104: SG0401 Thinking Theologically, Confessing Publicly (Marga)        
• 11–11:40 a.m. Chapel: Holy Communion with Dean of the Faculty Rolf Jacobson
• 11:40–12:20 p.m. Give Day lunch with staff and faculty      
• 12:30–4:20 p.m. RFS 2 classes                                

Thursday, September 21, 2023

• 8–10:50 a.m. RFS 2 classes                                
• 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Chapel: Lunch Church with Tessa Pinkstaff    
• 12:30–4:20 p.m. RFS 2 classes        
• 5:30–7:30 p.m. Sci-Fi Spiritual Care: Pubs & Profs with Cody Sanders. Station 280, 2554 Como Ave (appetizers provided by Community Life)

If you did not register for meals during RFS but are now interested, we ask you to wait until all those who did order a meal get theirs and then see if there are leftover meals to claim. Thank you.

Preacher: Rolf Jacobson
Chapel of the Incarnation or join service online at 11 a.m. CT

Give Day officially kicks off today at noon! You can participate by going to giveday.luthersem.edu. There are challenges for faculty, staff, students, friends, and graduates. If you check more than one of those boxes you can help unlock multiple challenges! If you are not able to make a monetary gift, you can also share any LS Give Day post on social media to unlock a $20 gift for every unique share! The Seminary Relations team thanks you in advance for joining in on the fun today. Don’t forget Give Day is sponsoring the community meal today immediately following chapel. Stop by for some food and check out the photobooth!

Join us on Thursday, September 21, for our first Pubs and Profs of the year with our new Congregational Care Professor Cody Sanders! We’ll gather at Station 280 (2554 Como Ave #7, St Paul, MN 55108; walking distance from campus!) at 6 p.m.! Appetizers will be provided. Entrees and alcoholic beverages will be on your own.

Topic: Sci-Fi Spiritual Care
How can ministers develop speculative futurist frameworks to cultivate caring communities for potential futures filled with both promise and peril? Can we engage in mental-spiritual time travel to visit possible futures? How do we discern God’s call from the pluriverse toward practices of feral hope amid myriad possibilities for flourishing among our human and more-than-human kin?

Reach out to communitylife@luthersem.edu or Natalie Wussler (nwussler001@luthersem.edu) with questions or carpool needs.

The Drop-In Choir is offering their voices on September 20 and 22 during Chapel. Please come sing with us, we promise that the pieces will be easy and that it will be a blast! No prior rehearsal is necessary. All staff, faculty, and students are welcome to participate. Contact choir director Lucas Byl (LByl001@luthersem.edu) with any questions. Hope to see you there!