Announcements

The Qualtrics User Group will not meet this week due to the holiday. Our next gathering will be at noon Central Thursday, August 6. If you need help with a data project before then, please reach out to Tessa Pinkstaff at tpinkstaff001@luthersem.edu with your questions. You can also request to be added to the monthly user group meeting invitation (which includes the Zoom link).

Faculty and staff members are invited to join us on the first Thursday of each month to learn about using this tool for data collection, analysis, surveys, assessments, and more. See you in August!

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the ELCA offers a video to mark 50 years since women were allowed to be ordained in our church body.

2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his renowned book “How to Be an Antiracist” in a virtual event at 6 p.m. Central Monday, July 20. Please sign up on the Eventbrite registration page.

Joy J. Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of biblical preaching, opened up the story of Esther and invited us to see anew God’s story and what we celebrate around Christ’s table. If you missed it live or need to see it again, we have posted it on the Seminary Pastor’s Office site under “When a Man Needs Justice.”

Through the CARES Act, Luther Seminary has been allocated emergency funds for students affected by the disruption of campus operations due to COVID-19. Students can check on their eligibility and apply for emergency funds through our CARES Act Emergency Funds for Students page.

The Faith+Lead and Innovation Leadership Teams will be working with the Faithful Innovation Summit June 24-26. This virtual conference will bring together ministry practitioners from around the country to network, share, and explore new ways of being church in this new context. The conference is sold out, and we look forward to bringing new insights back to all of you soon.

Next week, June 30-July 5, the Faith+Lead office will be closed as the team takes time to rejuvenate after their incredible work to pivot all of our courses and conferences online.