Announcements

In this devotion, David Haven ’86 M.Div., says that God never tires of giving grace, even when we neglect or reject it. Read today’s God Pause.

Check out this week’s blog post from Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason—A Living, Breathing Hope.

Pancake breakfasts have returned! On the second Wednesday of the month pancakes will be served to to the community by Community Life colleagues and volunteers from Luther. Swing on by 8:30-9:30 a.m. to the Olson Campus Center Café and help create beloved community over a varied breakfast. Join us on these dates: April 8, May 13.

Announcing the CYF summer elective course: Taught by visiting instructor Bård Norheim (coming to us from Norway!), this class examines the intersection between tradition and change. It will prepare you to reflect constructively on your own context and background to equip you to negotiate the roles of tradition, change, and ecclesial entrepreneurship in the present and future. This course will have an RFS in June and then mostly asynchronous online learning after, with two synchronous Zoom sessions. Contact Ryan Popineau (rpopineau001@luthersem.edu) for more info.

Join the Community Fellows with Kathryn Schifferdecker and Jonathan Paradise for an educational event about the Seder dinner: a structured, ritual-filled Jewish feast held on the first one or two nights of Passover. It commemorates the Exodus—the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery—through storytelling, songs, prayers, and specific symbolic foods, such as matzah and bitter herbs, following a 15-step tradition. There will be traditional seder dishes, readings from the Haggadah, and a seder plate displayed by our chef Sam Lauerer to show also his family’s traditions! The dinner will be on April 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the OCC Dining Room. Please sign up through links on the Community Fellows social media page or using this online form.

Luther staff are invited to an upcoming space to hold conversation with one another about the relocation of the seminary. This is not a program-oriented conversation nor one that has in view any logistical, architectural, or real estate decisions. It is a conversation space to process what we’re holding—personally and as a community—as we approach the move. Likely, many of us are experiencing everything from deep grief to hopeful anticipation, often intermingled and with a lot in between. We invite you to bring all of this into a spacious conversation with one another.
Tuesday, April 7 at 12 p.m. Join us on Zoom (link in email)
Chris Jacobsen (cjacobsen003@luthersem.edu) and Cody Sanders (csanders001@luthersem.edu), both members of the Future Space Working Group, will be holding this space and helping to facilitate conversation. If you have questions, please contact them.