Announcements

If you wish to discuss your course schedule, you may do so with Academic Advising, advising@luthersem.edu. Summer term registration opens on the dates below in order of class status. Remember to log in to MyLutherNet at 9:00 a.m. CT or later on the day your registration opens. Your student status can be found on MyLutherNet under Profile & Settings.
– Tuesday, April 22 – 9:00 a.m. —Seniors, Interns, Affiliated, ThM, PhD
– Wednesday, April 23 – 9:00 a.m. —Middlers
– Thursday, April 24 – 9:00 a.m. —Juniors and Certificates
– Friday, April 25 – 9:00 a.m. —Non-Degree
– Tuesday, April 29 – 9:00 a.m. —New Admits – Summer term
The Advising Team will be available via zoom 9-9:45 a.m. CST on Tues 4/22, Wed 4/23, and Thurs 4/24 to assist with course planning and registration questions.

Step into what’s next with a heart full of faith and head full of questions. Lay leaders are the heart and soul of today’s church, carrying out vital ministry work and shaping the faith communities of the future. The School for Lay Ministry is a year-long program designed to provide theologically sound training and leadership development for lay leaders. The next cohort begins May 17, and the program includes on-demand lessons, live cohort meetings, and expert guidance from experienced instructors.
– Participants gain skills in preaching, pastoral care, and more.
– Program supports a lay-led, clergy-supported model of ministry, empowering lay leaders to lead confidently and effectively in their churches and communities.
Share this opportunity with your lay leaders. Together, we can strengthen the future of the church by investing the people who share the good news. Learn more and register today.

In this devotion, Vernon J. Bittner ’61 M.Th., Th.D., shares how only through God’s grace was he able to find the courage not to give up when life seemed hopeless. Read today’s God Pause.

Saint Cloud VA Health Care System, in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, has openings in their summer 2025 CPE program. For more information, contact Daniel Duggan at Daniel.Duggan@va.gov.

Venicious Reeves, Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 103
The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff. However, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges. What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community. Read “Developing Ministries of Care Responsive to the Lived Situation of the Zogo People: Addressing Contexts of Trauma, Stigmatization, and Poverty in Post-Civil War Liberia.”

In this devotion, Vernon J. Bittner ’61 M.Th., Th.D., shares how, when we encounters God’s truth, we see that God is both good and faithful. Read today’s God Pause.