Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a key requirement for all ELCA candidates for rostered ministry. It is also a Contextual Learning option for the M.Div. degree. Join our Contextual Learning team on Tuesday, September 30 at 11:30 a.m. CT for an info session on how, where, and when to find a site that works with your schedule. This will be a hybrid event. Register online here to attend or receive the recording.
Archives for September 2025
Chapel Schedule for the Week: September 29-October 3
You are invited to join in community faith formation every weekday at 11:00 a.m. CT. We gather in a variety of ways and places. See the schedule below to see how you can join us in-person and online.
Monday, September 29, 11:00 a.m. CT
Text Study with the chapel staff via Zoom (link in email).
Tuesday, September 30, 11:00 a.m. CT
Contemplative Practice in the Meditation Chapel and via Zoom.
Wednesday, October 1, 11:00 a.m. CT
Service of Holy Baptism — Chapel of the Incarnation and livestreamed.
Preacher: Matthew Skinner, Professor and Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Chair in New Testament
Thursday, October 2, 11:00 a.m. CT
Lunch Church in the OCC Dining Room
Topic: Contemplative Sketching and Belonging with Steve Thomason, Dean of the Chapel
God Pause for September 26: Luke 16:19–31
In this devotion, Brooke (Apple) Phelps ’16 M.Div. asks how we can contribute to a reversal of the common tendency of our world to make divisions among a perceived higher class and the oppressed. Read today’s God Pause.
Friday Chapel: Intercessory Prayer (Zoom)
We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT over Zoom (link in email) for a time of intercessory prayer together.
Share your prayer requests.
Seminary Sampler Event – September 26-28
Admissions is excited to welcome prospective students to campus this weekend. The entire Luther Seminary community is invited to worship on Saturday, September 27 at 10:45 a.m. in the chapel—we hope to see you there. Keep these prospective students in your prayers as they enter into this space of discernment.
Operations Tools and Equipment Relocating
Beginning Monday September 22, Operations is relocating all tools and and equipment from our lower maintenance garage into the white and brown utility garages along Branston Avenue on the upper campus. By September 26 these garages will be secured and accessible to operations staff only. Please remove any and all personal items—including bicycles and vehicles—from inside these garages at your earliest convenience and by September 26 at the latest. Any items remaining after this date will be disposed of.