Announcements

You can share the names of loved ones who have died in the last year on this form so we can remember them as a community.

It’s time to make your benefit elections for the coming year. This is your opportunity to make important decisions related to your health coverage, retirement contributions, tax-advantaged accounts, and life insurance and beneficiaries. With your email invite from Portico, visit myPortico to review your 2027 benefit options, make any benefit changes to meet your needs for the coming year, and confirm your 2027 enrollment elections. You can explore detailed information about your health benefits on myPortico on the ELCA-Primary Health Benefits and ELCA Medicare-Primary Health Benefits page. If you have questions, Portico’s customer care center is available to help. Call 800-352-2876 or email mail@PorticoBenefits.org. If you have any questions specific to Luther Seminary, you may also contact Human Resources at hr@luthersem.edu.

We are so thankful to be a recipient of a Lilly Large-Scale Collaboration Grant and the amazing work that is already happening. Learn more by reading the first edition of the Lilly Large-Scale Collaboration Grant Newsletter. For additional information or answers to your questions, please reach out to collaboration@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Mara Stillson ’24 M.A., says that, in the Christian way of living, we are joined with Christ and with our neighbor. Read today’s God Pause.

Dear Luther Seminary Colleagues,
We invite you to thank and celebrate Shawn Zimmer for his work as a valued colleague on the Operations Team for nearly two years. Shawn has accepted a new position and his last day at Luther Seminary will be tomorrow. While he will no longer be an employee, Shawn will continue to support the seminary facilities team as a contractor on an as-needed basis until we move to the new campus. We are grateful for all of Shawn’s contributions keeping our campus safe, dry, and warm/cool! Please stop by the OCC Café this morning—Thursday, October 29—from 9–10 a.m. to enjoy coffee and donuts and to wish Shawn farewell and good luck.
—Chris Jacobsen, Senior Director of Operations and Technology

The dropping temperatures are especially cold for our newest students unused to Minnesota’s quickly changing seasons. Because most international students arrive from warm-weather countries, they have no cold-weather clothing to bring with them. International Student and Scholar Affairs (ISSA) is collecting warm-winter gear in good, usable condition for our international students. Along with winter coats, most needed are hats, scarves, neck gaiters, gloves, mittens, boots, sweaters, and sweatshirts. Adult sizes only, specifically:
– Men’s: medium or large; boots sized 9 (one sized 10.5, one sized 11.5/12)
– Women: one medium, one large; boots sized 7
Bring donations to Student Affairs in Bockman 249 or leave them in the tub outside the office. No additional clothing is being accepted at this time. Any items not used by our community will be donated locally to those in need. Questions? Contact Stanley Ayashim, Residential Life Coordinator. Thank you!