Archives for 2025

We are honored to welcome Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus—Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria and former President of the Lutheran World Federation—to our community on Wednesday, October 1. He will attend worship with us in the chapel at 11 a.m. and join the Dean of the Chapel in blessing and baptizing children. Immediately following worship, Archbishop Filibus with present a Conversation & Lunch in the OCC dining room on the topic of “The Future of the Church: Lessons from the Global South.” This is a unique opportunity to hear from one of the foremost voices in the global Lutheran communion. After chapel, grab your lunch and bring your questions for a rich and engaging discussion.

Do you love making a joyful noise and singing with your peers? All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join the Seminary choir. We rehearse weekly in the chapel and sing about once a month during Wednesday worship. People of all singing and music-reading abilities are welcome! Please fill out this online form to indicate your interest and your preferred/available weekly rehearsal time. If you have any questions, please contact student director Sarah Yotter, syotter001@luthersem.edu.

Congratulations to our colleagues celebrating work anniversaries in October!

• Chenar Howard, 19 years – Student Affairs
• Annette Schmidt, 11 years – Seminary Relations
• Jesse Weiss, 2 years – Seminary Relations

In this devotion, John Soyster ’79 M.Div., notes the rich assortment of synonyms David provides for his faith: trust, delight, commitment, stillness, hope. Read today’s God Pause.

The Stewardship Leaders Program, in partnership with Thrivent Charitable, is excited to announce the 6 recipients of the 2025 Endowment Lab granting process. We had 10 amazing applications to review and hard decisions to make. Thank you to the students of the summer term course Money and the Mission of the Church for evaluating the grant proposals, asking clarifying questions, and selecting the winners based on Luther Seminary’s mission, vision, and values:

• Discernment Retreat, Jen Gruendler)
• Braking Bread Together, Emily Rova-Hegener) – event coming soon
• Be Still, Alison Westphal
• Environmental Sustainability for Campus Meals, Kathryn Schifferdecker and Alan Padgett – you can thank them for the plates/silverware during RFS
• Table of Light, Patty Cutshall-Bailey
• Bockman Porch Music, Stanley Ayashim – what a fun first event during fall RFS!

Looking for an impactful stewardship program that is theologically grounded and easy to implement? Grace Pomroy, director of the Stewardship Leaders Program at Luther Seminary, has partnered with Church Anew to create Stewardship to Go, and all Luther students get free access. Use the code STEWARDSHIPGIFT to get free access to this year’s resource and the past two years’ resources. If you are in a context that uses the lectionary, that means you’ll have a stewardship resource for every year! Whether you use them this year or not, these are great resources to download for future use: You Have Heard It Said (vol 1), The Impossible Promise of Enough (vol 2), and What We Can Do (vol 3). Have questions? Email Grace Pomroy at gpomroy001@luthersem.edu.