Announcements

Wednesday Oct 16th after chapel, come join us for Why Jesus? It is our community’s experiment on spiritual formation and story sharing. This event is supported by Aus Memorial Lecture on Evangelism and Spirit Lab. We will have The Rev. Dr. Joy Moore, Associate Professor of Homiletics, sharing her story of faith and answering these two key questions: Why are you a Christian? What difference does Jesus make in your life?

Come and join us in Dining Room C from 11:45am-12:30pm. Soup and bread will be provided.

*Not on campus? The faith stories will be posted in a Special Moodle module and live streaming through Community Life Facebook.

Questions? Reach out to Professor Mark Granquist (mgranquist001@luthersem.edu)
Professor Alan Padgett (apadgett@luthersem.edu)
or Spirit Lab (spiritlab@luthersem.edu)

Students: looking for funds to attend professional conferences, trainings, or workshops that will supplement your educational experience at Luther?

Limited funding is available from Student Affairs, with a $300 maximum per student. Residential & DL students are eligible to request funds. We specifically encourage applications for opportunities which expand students’ experiences of the diverse religious communities in the U.S., of other cultures, or of the global church.

Please submit requests a minimum of two weeks prior to the event. If awarded, you will be asked to provide a summary of your experience and any itemized receipts, as applicable.

Apply now!

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Join us today Thursday, October 10th, at the OCC from 4:30- 6:30 pm, for Luther’s Board of Directors and Trustees reception. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to mingle with our August guests while enjoying appetizers, drinks, and music!
ALL ARE WELCOME!

Are you interested in knowing more about our local watershed district? Have you considered how it connects to our faith and action in the world? If so, there’s an informational meeting tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 10th 12:00-1:30 (lunch included with rsvp). Lindsey Schwantes of Capital Region Watershed District will guide a discussion at their office near University/Snelling (595 Aldine St). If you are a Luther seminary faculty, staff, or student with interest in this project, please reach out to Heidi Ferris of Growing Green Hearts to rsvp (Heidi@growinggreenhearts.com) . She is currently working with two ELCA congregations in this watershed district and invites Luther Seminary participants to join in as well. Here’s a quick summary of the work ahead:

Capital Region Watershed District offers partner grants for $2000-$20,000. Grants applications are due October 31, 2019 to fund projects running between January to December 2020.

ELCA Lutheran churches within the Capital Region Watershed district will work together to improve their water education and water stewardship practices. Rather than reinventing a new framework, they will work collaboratively with Growing Green Hearts and CRWD over January to December 2020 to embed lessons, projects, events, and communications into existing traditions and timing of the churches.

Using the tried and tested curriculum, Connect-the-Drops: Faith, Science & Youth Leadership, will deepen sense-of-place and move people from knowledge to action in 6 lessons. These lessons include a mixture of visits by environmental educator Heidi Ferris of Growing Green Hearts AND lifting up of lay leaders from the congregation who have attended a water education workshop. That leadership training along with monthly networking meetings will grow community and support systems for sustainability work at churches across the watershed. Quarterly water-themed events for participating congregations and their neighborhoods blend culture, creativity with water stories of water action.

Attention on campus students, staff and faculty, flu season is approaching. Please consider getting your flu vaccination one of these days on campus!!!

Monday, October 14: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm OCC
Wednesday, October 23: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm OCC

Please bring your identification and insurance information.
Contact communitylife@luthersem.edu for questions.

We’re using the internet in all parts of our lives now. Here’s some general tips to be safe and secure in the online world that are especially true outside of work.
— Set up alerts. Consider setting up alerts on your financial accounts. Many credit card companies and banks allow you to set up alerts on your accounts via their websites. These alerts range from sending you an email or text each time a transaction happens on your account to alerts when transactions meet or exceed a designated spending limit that you set. These alerts keep you in control of your accounts’ activities. These types of alerts are useful because they make you aware of what’s going on with your account quicker than waiting for monthly statements. When you receive an alert about a transaction that you did not authorize, you can reach out to the credit card company or bank immediately. Log into your credit card company and banking websites to set up alerts on your accounts.
— Keep devices and apps up to date. This familiar tip is useful even if you are just casually surfing the internet. Keeping your devices up to date (including apps and operating systems) ensures you have the latest security fixes.
— Create unique passwords. Here’s another familiar tip. Using the same password for many sites is not a best practice. Suppose that one of your accounts suffered a data breach and your password was exposed. If you reused this password on other accounts, it’s likely that someone would be able to access those accounts as well (especially if your user name is an email address).