Announcements

Fruit & Grain has a menu of foods they are offering to help prepare for any individuals, families, or communities that would like to use their services for meals. Founded by head baker and owner Emily Lauer in 2018, Fruit & Grain specializes in from-scratch pop tarts, galette, pies, and savory goodies such as hand pies. Fruit & Grain is one of a very few dedicated peanut-free and nut-free bakeries in the US. Their products are available at a variety of local cafes and businesses in the Twin Cities, as well as the Kingfield Farmers Market. You can place orders online. Easter pickup is 4/19, 11 a.m. -2 p.m. at Emily’s house, 2512 31st Ave S Minneapolis.

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s new internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the May edition by Wednesday, April 16. Inside Luther News helps keep students, staff, and faculty connected to our mission, people, and stories. Content in the e-newsletter 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.

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, Ladd Bjorneby ‘85 M.Div., reminds us that we too are members of the redeemed community of God. Read today’s God Pause.

Hosted by Technicolor—a Luther Seminary LGBTQIA+ student group—in the Luther Seminary library on Thursday, April 24 at 4:00 pm. Come meet Ayo Yetunde, pastoral counselor and author of the newly released ‘Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life,’ a culmination of work begun as the Theology of Prince project at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Questions? Contact Cody Sanders at csanders001@luthersem.edu.

The Bible Division invites graduating M.Div. and M.A. students to submit papers for the Milton Prize in Old Testament and/or the Bruce Prize in New Testament. These prizes will be awarded at commencement to the students submitting the best papers in the areas of Old Testament and New Testament studies. The prizes include monetary awards. Papers written by graduating M.Div. or M.A. students during their seminary careers are eligible (both December 2024 and May 2025 graduates). These may be course papers, independent study projects, or papers written for this occasion. Papers should not exceed 6,000 words in length. Papers are due by email to Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker, the chair of the Bible Division, by Wednesday, April 16 (the deadline has been moved up this year). Learn more about the criteria the Bible Division uses to judge the papers: Milton Prize in Old Testament, Bruce Prize in New Testament. Winners of the Milton and Bruce Prizes have bragging rights. (Did we mention there are monetary awards?) Talk with your Bible professors or Prof. Schifferdecker for more information.