Announcements

Admissions is looking to print new stickers—if you have an idea, now is your chance! Contest rules and regulations: (1) Must include Luther Seminary brand, like logo, name, or colors. (2) Must be family friendly. (3) Must be less than 4 square inches. (4) Images need to be sent as a png file. (5) Winner/s will be chosen by an esteemed panel of judges, and winner/s will receive a special prize from admissions. We are looking for serious, funny, witty, and/or simple submissions. Submit your sticker design by October 13 via email to welcome@luthersem.edu.

We are excited to have a new project request form—still using Lytho. This one form should cover your marketing and communication needs. Additionally, we have updated the guide to logging in and submitting a new request. Review the new guide here. As a reminder, your Marketing and Communication services can be found here.

In this devotion, David F. Dahl ’80 M.Div., wonders if presentation really counts as reality and what Jesus has to say about this. Read today’s God Pause.

Students, faculty, and staff—thanks to an Endowment Lab Grant from Thrivent, you are invited to Brake Bread Together with our seminary community. Brake Bread Together will be informal gatherings on campus each month around bread and jam, coffee, and tea. We will “set the table” in different places around campus—Gullixson and Bockman Halls, Olson Campus Center, Old Muskego Church, and outdoors—to celebrate the spaces we inhabit right now. Everyone is invited to take a break/brake and be reminded that we are not alone. These are times to build relationships, listen to one another, laugh together, and celebrate the good work and learning being done among us. Join us for these 30-45 minute gatherings each month, which I hope will inspire each of us, in this holy space, to love one another more deeply in a time of uncertainty. The first gathering is next week:
Thursday, October 9 – Lunch Church 11 a.m., OCC Dining Room
If you have questions, email me anytime: erovahegener001@luthersem.edu.
— Emily Rova-Hegener, Contextual Learning

We warmly invite all students, staff, and faculty to join us for the Luther Board Reception on October 9, 2025, from 4:30 – 6 p.m. Come to the OCC Café on the 2nd floor to engage and connect with our board of directors. Refreshments, including drinks and finger food, will be provided for everyone to savor and enjoy.

All are invited to register for the second biannual Groundswell event, cohosted by the Minneapolis Area Synod’s Faith and Neighboring Practices and Augsburg University’s Riverside Innovation Hub. The Groundswell is a community gathering of like-hearted folks in the Twin Cities committed to contributing the common good—locally, relationally, and in the small simple practices that build connection and trust. This is a growing network of faith communities, local leaders, and other individuals of good faith and good will seeking to be vital and faithful neighbors.
Friday, October 24, 5:00–8:30 p.m. and Saturday October 25, 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Hagfors Center, Augsburg University, 2001 S 6th St, Minneapolis
Keynote Storytellers: De’Amon Harges and Mike Mather
Learn more and register by October 9.