Archives for November 14, 2023

In this devotion, Professor Emeritus James L. Boyce ’71 M.Div. writes that “from creation until the end of time, for good or ill, we are held in the arms of a gracious God long before and after our meager span of life.” Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online for chapel.

We welcome Melissa Pickering for a Service of Word and Prayer.

Share your prayer requests.

As of Monday, November 20, we are integrating the Luther Seminary Community Google calendar and the meeting/events scheduling process into Coursedog, which already houses the course catalog. This change will make it easier for faculty, staff, and students to schedule a meeting or event, reserve space and tech, put an event on the seminary calendar, and see upcoming events at a glance—all in one place.

How will it work?

1) To schedule a meeting or event, reserve a conference room, request tech support for a meeting or event, or put an event on the seminary calendar, select “Event Request” under “Luther Seminary Events” in the right sidebar of inside.luthersem.edu. 

2) To see the calendar of upcoming events, select “Upcoming Events” under “Luther Seminary Events” in the right sidebar of inside.luthersem.edu. The Luther Seminary Community Google calendar will be retired as of November 20. 

3) To promote your upcoming event to the seminary community, please continue to submit community announcements as usual. However, there will no longer be an option on the form to “submit this event to the community calendar.” You will need to create the event request separately by following the process above. Submitting a community announcement will NOT put your event on the seminary calendar as of November 20.

Need help? Please review this guide to event scheduling or follow along with this video tutorial. Operations/IT staff will also be available to answer questions at a future All Hands meeting and an upcoming Lunch and Learn.

If you need additional assistance, please reach out to helpdesk@luthersem.edu.

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Luther Seminary, as you may know, “is on Miní Sóta Makhóčhe, the homelands of the Dakhóta Oyáte. The Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk, Cheyenne, Oto, Iowa, and the Sac & Fox also inhabited Minnesota land. We recognize that God calls all to be in right relationship with their neighbors, that the tribes are sovereign nations, that there is a history of broken treaties and broken trust, and that there is much reconciling work to be done. As Christians, we also recognize that in Christ there is new life, forgiveness, and hope for mending what is broken. We pray the Holy Spirit will lead us in this work.”

For many more resources and current news on Indigenous ministries, see this Library Guide to Native American Heritage and Indigenous Religions of North America.

Join us after chapel Wednesdays for Unraveled: knitting/crocheting/needlework (really … you can just sit and chat if you don’t have a craft) group! We’ll meet every Wednesday after chapel (unless there’s a big event) in the OCC dining room! Hope to see you there!

Please join this free presentation on Luther Seminary’s Campus Saturday, November 18 from 3–5 p.m. in the OCC Dining Room area presented by Community Conversations Ecumenical Consortium. Hear from the University of Minnesota’s ‘Mapping Prejudice’ and St. Catherine’s ‘Welcoming Dear Neighbor?’ projects to learn what is happening across the Twin Cities. Registration preferred. If you cannot attend in person, livestream will be available. The presentation will be recorded. Register for November 18 now.