Announcements

In this devotion, Kathleen M. U. Lowery ’00 M.Div., thinks about how we, too, might need to change our thinking and treatment of others. Read today’s God Pause.

Join our chapel staff for a text study today at 11:00 a.m. CT on Zoom (link in email). We will study the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this coming Sunday.

The 2025 Abdel Ross Wentz Prize in American Lutheran History, from the Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic, provides prize money for the best history paper on a topic related to Lutheranism in America. The prize is in the amount of $2,500 and can be awarded in four categories.
1. First degree seminarian
2. M.A./Ph.D graduate student
3. Post-Graduate: pastor, deacon, layperson, and/or faculty member
4. Amateur historian
Papers should be 25-35 pages in length, double spaced using Chicago Manual of Style. Read more about Wentz and the prize on the society’s website. If you would like to consult with Professor Mark Granquist for information about this or help with the prize competition, please email him at mgranquist001@luthersem.edu.

Luther Seminary’s INVITE (Integrating NonViolence into Theological Education) invites you to join in a Kingian nonviolence training May 9-11, 2025 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

Please be committed to the 2.5-day training. We will experience being in a beloved community together and will have a diverse group that brings unique contexts, perspectives, questions, and experiences to our training. Our four trainers are trained in Kingian nonviolence. Pastors Martha Bardwell and Esther Sianipar from Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church were trained recently in Selma, Alabama, at the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation. Peter Anderson, executive director of Peace Catalyst International, and Sara Jensen, pastor at Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer, are the other two trainers. Session details:
– Friday May 9, 5:30-8:30 p.m. – dinner included
– Saturday May 10, 9-4 p.m. – light breakfast, snacks, lunch included
– Sunday, May 11, 12-4 p.m. – lunch included
Location: 2315 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55404

Fees. We want this in person training to be accessible to anyone who wants to attend. Fees associated help us offer the training, materials, meals, stipends, and a donation to the Selma Center. We are offering a sliding scale of $50 – 100 – 200 for the training. Choose the level you are able to pay. You may also request a scholarship, and you are welcome to give more to make room for those who need scholarships. Pay cash or by check (made out to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church) with “Kingian Nonviolence” in the memo line. Or give online using the “Kingian Nonviolence” tile. Register by May 1 by filling out this online form. This will give us time to prepare materials and meals. You may also reach out to Martha Bardwell with any questions, martha@oursavioursmpls.org.

Join Prof. Jennifer Wojciechowski in Germany to learn about Martin Luther and the early years of the German Reformation. Sites include Wittenberg, Berlin, Wartburg, and more. This will be a winter course with travel from January 22–31, 2026. If you are interested, email Prof. Wojciechowski at jwojciechowski002@luthersem.edu or Sandy Olson at solson007@luthersem.edu.

Join us Wednesday, April 30 for a chapel service with Pastor Laura Cannata, who will preach on ideas around accessibility in Luke 5. Lunch will be provided after the service. During lunch, Pastor Laura will make a brief participatory presentation to the audience on “Disability Theology Contrasted with Ableist Theology.” Pastor Cannata is a Justice Minister ordained in the United Church of Christ. She graduated from United Theological Seminary in 2016 and specializes in disability and mental health justice. Laura herself lives with multiple physical and mental health disabilities. She serves on the board of director’s for Disability Ministries and, in her professional practice, is involved in preaching, speaking, and educational engagements.