Archives for November 5, 2025

The Office of International Student and Scholar Affairs (ISSA) and the International Student Association invite you to join us as we celebrate the annual Global Agape Feast—an international thanksgiving with food and fellowship—on Wednesday, November 19 from 4-6 p.m. in the OCC dining room. We will also celebrate Dean Leon Rodrigues as he prepares to retire. We invite everyone to bring a dish to share and wear clothing from your tradition.

In this devotion, Marlene Elmstrom ’94 M.Div., notes Paul’s reminder that God’s promise is true because God in Christ has already made it a reality. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online* for worship. Join us for a Service of Holy Communion in contemplative style led by Steve Thomason, Dean of the Chapel, and Erin Deboer-Moran, Director of Music. *For those joining via livestream: Worship will be guided by a powerpoint embedded in the youtube video. Any hymns from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) hymnal will be presented by hymn number only—you may want to have a copy of ELW accessible.
Share your prayer requests.

Join us January 25–27, 2026, for a 3-day retreat that explores God’s call on your life. We will explore the biblical witness on divine calling and God’s ongoing calling in our lives. The content of the retreat is theoretically informed by current research on human development and around contextual and cultural awareness. Throughout the retreat we will use storytelling and the witness of community and faith practices to dig deeply into our stories and the story God is unfolding in each of us. We will gather at Shores of Saint Andrew Bible Camp in New London, MN. Participants will have the opportunity to carpool to/from campus or meet at the retreat center. The cost of the retreat including 2 nights lodging, and 6 meals is $200 thanks to the support of a Luther Seminary grant. Scholarships are available for current Luther Seminary students thanks to the Stewardship Leaders Endowment Lab grant—email Ashley Wheeler (awheeler002@luthersem.edu) for more information. Retreat enrollment is limited, so register soon. Registration closes Monday, December 15.

We will gather on Thursday, November 6 at 11 a.m. for an All Saints Lunch Church. Ashley Wheeler will guide us through a creative collage process to honor and remember the saints that have gone before us as we lean into our Christian traditions of scripture, prayer, and breaking bread together. You are invited (but not required) to bring copies of any photos of loved ones you would like to remember. Please note these photos will be cut and glued as part of the collage process—please make sure it is an extra copy of your photo. Lunch is provided.

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the December edition by Wednesday, November 12. Inside Luther News content is meant to be somewhat broader in scope—seasonal announcements, monthly reminders, stories about recent events or news of upcoming projects—than the daily Community Announcements posts and emails.