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Students and faculty have full access to the Faith+Lead membership, including monthly workshops. This month’s workshop is Practicing LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministry with Cody Sanders. Move beyond affirming into truly living the commitment to become places of healing, belonging, and celebration. This workshop will focus on ministries of spiritual care for LGBTQIA+ people who have experienced church harm, outreach to the wider community about inclusive faith spaces, and ministries of advocacy and justice in an era of increased attacks on LGBTQIA+ wellbeing. Space will be cultivated for dialogue between participants and presenter for questions specific to participants’ contexts. The workshop is on Thursday November 12 at 12 p.m. CT. To join, log in at lab.faithlead.org and register for the event.

As you register for winter classes, consider CL4567 Funding Forward. Initially listed as a synchronous course with weekly meetings, this course will now be offered entirely asynchronously. Have you ever wondered what options there might be for funding ministry outside of the offering plate? Congregations across the country are finding new, more economically sustainable models for ministry that better align with God’s mission. These models include specific tools like repurposing church property, social enterprise, impact investing, grants, and more. Together, we’ll explore how might God be calling the church to use alternative income sources to fulfill God’s mission in new ways. For more information, contact Grace Pomroy, Director of the Stewardship Leaders Program, gpomroy001@luthersem.edu.

Pastor Meta Herrick Carlson is a pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and a published writer of poetry, liturgies, and devotions. At this workshop on Thursday, November 19, 12:30–2:20 p.m. in OCC 215, she will be working with Steve Thomason’s worship class in composing contextually relevant liturgies, and this session is open to the public. Meta will workshop the processes of building a ritual and writing a collect (the ancient poem we know as the prayer of the day). Participants will be asked to bring some light pre-work to the workshop. Find more details and register online.

In this devotion, Meredith Bedker Musaus ‘86 M.Div., considers how we might, in this busy world, keep our lamps lit to prepare for Christ. Read today’s God Pause.

Do you have questions about CPE? Not sure where to start or how to apply to a program? Join our Contextual Learning team for a brief info session to help you get started—Tuesday, November 10 at 11:45 a.m. CT on Zoom (link in email).

The 2027 ELCA Extravaganza is in Minneapolis from January 22–25, 2027. Luther Seminary students are provided two different ways to offset the costs of the event.

1. When you register use the coupon code: student_100 to save $100 dollars off registration.
2. Luther Seminary will reimburse up to $250 of registration fees or travel costs (including: hotel costs, airline/train tickets, and/or mileage). All reimbursements require fully itemized receipts. Please submit receipts using this form.

Questions about reimbursement can be directed to Sandy Olson. Questions about the Extravaganza? Email Jen Gruendler. We hope to see you at the E in 2027!