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Students interested in taking LG4525 Ministry with Latinos/as/xs in the spring with Jenny Pietz must demonstrate intermediate competence in Spanish prior to registration. Our colleagues at Augsburg University will be providing an assessment exam, organized through the Office of the Registrar. If you plan to take the course, complete the following steps:

1. Email ceriksen001@luthersem.edu with the subject line “SPRING SPANISH” by September 26. In the email, indicate if you want to take the course pass/fail or letter grade.
2. You will receive instructions from Augsburg University to complete the assessment online.
3. Complete the assessment by the end of October.
4. The Office of the Registrar will complete registration for all students who meet the competence requirement.
5. Students will not be able to self-register for this course.

In this devotion, Hope Deutscher ’13 M.Div., wonders if, instead of complaining or gossiping about someone, we turned to God in prayer for them. Read today’s God Pause.

The Luther Seminary community holds Jody Nyenhuis, senior manager for Academic Achievement, in our prayers as she mourns the loss of her mother, Gloria Hempel. Gloria died on September 14 under the love and care of her family and hospice. A funeral will be held Friday at North Crow River Lutheran Church in Cokato, with visitation on Thursday at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel in Annandale.

Join visiting professor F. Willis Johnson in the Olson Campus Center Dining Room from 5:00-6:30 p.m. today—Wednesday, September 17—as he kicks off a webinar series that guides spiritual entrepreneurs through the core creative energies that fuel their work: imagination, ideation, ignition, and innovation. This session will focus on the Sacred Playground of Imagination. Lanna Thai food will be served as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The remaining three episodes will be held online on October 7 and 28 and November 18 from 6-7:30 p.m. More details will be available at Wednesday’s event.

In this devotion, Hope Deutscher ’13 M.Div., notes that praising God can happen not only from sunup to sundown but with actions as well as with words. Read today’s God Pause.

Shawn Zimmer and his wife, Melissa, welcomed a baby boy last Friday—Henry James. We keep them all in our prayers during this blessed time.