Archives for 2026

Pancake breakfasts have returned! On the second Wednesday of the month pancakes will be served to to the community by Community Life colleagues and volunteers from Luther. Swing on by 8:30-9:30 a.m. to the Olson Campus Center Café and help create beloved community over a varied breakfast. Join us on these dates: March 11, April 8, May 13.

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cites is hosting an exhibit by Dale Dobias, our director of Library Services, titled “Re: assembled—An Offering.” The exhibit is available for viewing in the center of United’s campus (767 Eustis St., Suite 140, Saint Paul) from January 12 through February 13, with a closing reception from 4-6 p.m. at UTS on Friday, February 13. All are welcome! If you plan to attend the closing reception, you are encouraged to register online.

In this devotion, Gail L. Miller ’93 M.Div. writes that our story of faith comes from our knowledge of what happened on a mountain and the Holy Spirit empowering us to speak of it. 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 celebrating Transfiguration Day with preacher Rolf Jacobson, (Dean of the Faculty), presider Stanley Ayashim (Residential Life Program Coordinator) and musicians Erin DeBoer-Moran (Director of Music), Josh Eidem (M.Div. student) Karin Selland (MDiv student) and the seminary choir directed by Carolina Bowen (MDiv student).
*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.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. is hosting the Bella and Murray Ressler Digital Humanities Fellowship. This fellowship program is designed for early-career students who are currently enrolled in a master’s degree program or completing their undergraduate education. The fellowship runs September 2026 to May 2027 and provides a monthly stipend of $5,000 along with an allowance to cover direct economy-class travel to and from Washington. For more information and to apply, visit the website. Applications accepted until February 28, 2026.

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 March edition by Wednesday, February 11. 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.