Announcements

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the December edition by Wednesday, December 10. Inside Luther News content 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.

In this devotion, Cody Sanders, associate professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership, considers the difference between patience and complacency. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online* for worship. Join us for an Advent Service of Holy Communion with preacher Mary Hess (professor of Educational Leadership), presider Danielle Dokman (Ph.D. student and executive assistant to the President and Board of Directors), and musicians Erin DeBoer-Moran (director of Music) and the Seminary Choir. *For those joining via livestream: Worship will be guided by a powerpoint embedded in the youtube video. Any hymns from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) hymnal will be presented by hymn number only—you may want to have a copy of ELW accessible. Share your prayer requests.

The Office of Institutional Research is partnering with the Office of Archives and Arts and the Archives Working Group on a survey to help understand how the archives might better serve the community of Luther Seminary. As we discern the future direction of the archives, we want to make sure we are building an archives program that is relevant, accessible, and effective. Your feedback will help us make sure that the archives is a useful resource for your learning, work, or general curiosity. This survey will remain open through December 22. If you have questions or want to provide more feedback, please reach out to Caleb Rollins at crollins002@luthersem.edu. Thank you for your time and for all that you do to help make this a memorable place. Take the survey here.

Residential and commuter students, you are warmly invited to join us for a Men’s Cookout in the Bockman Hall basement kitchen as we prepare a special dinner-style meal for our Residential Life Holiday Feast on December 15. Cooking begins at 1:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. This gathering is not only a time of cooking and community but also a moment of cultural learning for some and a significant shift in experience for many. We invite you to come with openness as we share traditions, learn from one another, and build deeper connections. Come and be in community together as we prepare good food from the oven, pray, share testimonies, and celebrate this season. You are welcome to bring a gift for someone of your choosing as we spread joy and fellowship. We are also delighted to share that Shamani Shikwambi, our Interim Dean of Students, will be joining us partly during the cooking and all through the dinner time. All residential and commuter students who are able are encouraged to attend.

In this devotion, Cody Sanders, Associate professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership, prays that God would be our help and our hope as we move through the shadows of this season toward the light that is beginning to dawn. Read today’s God Pause.