Archives for 2025

We are excited to welcome you to campus soon for Fall 2025 RFS. Here for your reference as you continue your preparation is the Fall 2025 RFS schedule.
– Visit the Fall 2025 RFS Moodle Site
– Check out the Syllabus Day Schedule

Pastor on Call during RFS. Pastor Steve Thomason, Dean of the Chapel, will be on throughout Spring RFS to provide pastoral support for your intensive experience on campus. If you would like to connect with him for spiritual care, please call 651-641-3331. Press 1 to call him directly or 2 to leave a message and/or prayer request. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 first.

Special Opportunities

• What Does It Mean to Be Human? Preparation for Religious Leadership
  Tuesday, September 16, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., OCC Dining Room
  Members of the seminary community will explore together a variety of answers to the question “What does it mean to be human?” We will consider how answers to this question might intersect with a scientific understanding of human origins and will explore how scientific discoveries related to human origins might inform preparation for and practice of religious community leadership. This conversation will be facilitated by Jim Miller, BSIC co-chair, and Lee Meadows, science teacher educator. Learn more at luthersem.edu/origins.

In this devotion, Mary Bauer ’08 M.Div., says that in our pursuit of honor and recognition, we can work to ensure each person is seen and heard as a beloved child of God. Read today’s God Pause.

Do you have questions, concerns, wonderments, or even worries about your personal financial situation? We got you! Grace Pomroy, Director of the Stewardship Leaders Program is a certified financial education instructor. She listens and provides support in a shame-free, judgement-free zone. Hundreds of students have talked with Grace and received valuable support. You determine the topics that will be covered based on your specific situation, then together with Grace, you’ll figure out what the next steps should be. Grace has time open on her calendar every week to meet with students via Zoom. Snag your time here. Rather meet in person? Grace will be meeting with students on campus from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 12 and 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 16. Schedule your in-person appointment using this link. Questions? Contact Grace Pomroy at gpomroy001@luthersem.edu.

How might creative new forms of Christian community thrive alongside time-honored church structures to reach neighbors with the gospel today? What does this look like in practice? On Thursday, September 25 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Incarnation in the Olson Campus Center at Luther Seminary, Dwight Zscheile, professor of congregational mission and leadership, and Blair Pogue, canon for innovation in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, will engage in a conversation about their new book, “Embracing the Mixed Ecology: Inherited and New Forms of Christian Community Flourishing Together” (Seabury Books, 2025) with Craig Loya, bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, and Terri Elton, dean of academic affairs and professor of leadership at Luther. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing after the discussion.

Tuesday, September 9, 11-12:30 pm
Meditation Chapel, OCC
Please join us if you are in the season of life where our parents’ life circumstances are ever-changing and can be challenging for us as adult children. We pray that we can share this sacred space for conversation and deep listening with one another. The circle will be co-led by Mary Hess and Jody Nyenhuis.

Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service) CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is coming to the Twin Cities to share updates on refugee resettlement and immigration in the United States. Krish will be joined by a colleague from LSS of Minnesota who will share about this work locally. Food and refreshments provided. Space is limited. Register here by September 1.
When. Thursday, September 11, 6:30pm
Where. Edina Community Lutheran Church
Prior to her appointment as Global Refuge CEO, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah served as First Lady Michelle Obama’s Chief of Policy and is a frequent contributor on CNN, MSNBC, PBS Newshour, and 60 Minutes.