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Repairs to the area around the west entrance of Olson Campus Center continued this week. Our partners at G5 Construction have now replaced and rebuilt much of the masonry along the outer wall of the chapel and in the tunnel, leaving space around steel support and cross beams for on-going remediation. Delivery of much of the replacement/remediation steel is delayed by a few days, but work to secure steel structures should commence soon.

This week includes work that is at times noisy and will produce some dust. We appreciate your patience and flexibility in utilizing (or not) the areas of OCC not directly related to the construction work.

For reminders about safety, project impacts, and communication, see my introductory message about the project.

As always, thank you for your support of our operations team and their work,
Rob VerkeDirector of Operations
Luther Seminary

Nicholas Gibson has resigned as marketing project manager effective September 5. Nicholas is following his long-term dream of going into the field of aviation. During his time with us, Nicholas helped manage marketing and web development projects, build systems and processes to advance and scale the work of Faith+Lead’s marketing team. We are incredibly grateful for his wonderful service and wish him all the best in his new endeavors. Questions? Contact Alicia Granholm, senior director of Faith+Lead, agranholm001@luthersem.edu.

J.S. Bach’s spiritual warmth and devotion were part of his musical genius. He was also a theologically-informed and dedicated churchman in the Lutheran tradition. Here’s a brief bibliography from the Luther Seminary Library.

In this devotion, Steve Molin ‘75 M.A., ‘82 M.Div., meditates on the graciousness of God even in conversations that unfold unexpectedly. Read today’s God Pause.

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in St. Paul are jointly sponsoring a lecture by the highly esteemed American theologian and ethicist Gary Dorrien. The free event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on September 25 at St. John’s and be live-streamed on St. John’s YouTube channel.

At our most recent All Hands meeting, we announced that teams for the Give Day faculty/staff prize are going to be a little different this year. Instead of departments competing against one another, we have randomly assigned all faculty and staff members to teams of about 20. The team assignments have been emailed out, so check your inbox for an email from semrel@luthersem.edu with your team assignment. If you did not receive an email with your team assignment, please reach out to the Seminary Relations team at semrel@luthersem.edu and we will add you to a team. The first team to reach 100% participation will win the faculty/staff prize! Go to giveday.luthersem.edu to find out more and make your gift early starting on September 11.