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Come and celebrate the completion of the 2024-2025 Beloved Community Fellowship, named in honor of the vision of Martin Luther King Jr’s “Beloved Community.” We will gather in OCC 10 on Tuesday, May 13, 3:00–4:30 p.m. for a late lunch, snacks, and drinks and to hear from our fellows. Areas of focus in the fellowship include understanding MLK’s vision of the Beloved Community from the point of view of pastoral care, understanding secular and theological approaches to justice, and applying the above to our sociocultural and historical contexts. Each Beloved Community Fellow will be given 15 minutes to present a summary and discuss key highlights of their capstone paper, as well as answering questions from the audience. Presentations include:

1. “Self-acceptance and creative maladjustment in the ELCA” — Erik Nelson
2. “The Beloved Community and its resonance with Pakistan” — Alyssa Saleem
3. “Leadership for Justice” — Daniel Tsokpor
4. “Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community in relation to people who are marginalized in the special needs population in the United States” — Annette VanZeyl

The 2025-2026 Student Campus Housing application is now open. Use the form at the top of the Housing page on Inside Luther to access and complete the application. All students desiring on-campus housing next year need to fill out the form.

You are invited to join in community faith formation every weekday at 11:00 a.m. central. We gather in a variety of ways and places. See the schedule below to see how you can join us in-person and online.

Monday, May 5, 11:00 a.m. CT
Text study with the chapel staff via Zoom.

Tuesday, May 6, 11:00 a.m. CT
Contemplative Practice in the Meditation Chapel and on Zoom.

Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 a.m. CT
Service of Holy Communion in the Chapel of the Incarnation and livestreamed.
Preacher: Matthew Skinner, Professor of New Testament

Thursday, May 8, 11:00 a.m. CT
Lunch Church in the OCC Dining Room

Friday, May 9, 11:00 a.m. CT
We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT for Lunch Church x Why Jesus? with Paul Jacobson, a member of the board of directors who has served on the board for 12 years.

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In this devotion, Elizabeth Callen ’23 M.Div., prays that the Good Shepherd will keep us in his care now and always. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the OCC Dining Room for Lunch Church.
Topic: Revised Common Lectionary Psalm and Gospel texts for this week
We welcome Steve Thomason, Dean of the Chapel and Associate Professor of Faith Formation. We are going to explore the RCL texts for this week, particularly the Psalms and the Gospel. It will be very visual, interactive, and contemplative. Lunch is provided.
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The library staff invites you to join us for a raucous celebration of Paul Daniels’ many years of service as Luther Seminary’s archivist and art collection curator. Paul officially retires at the end of June, and we want to send him off with as much ballyhoo as possible to thank him for gracing us with over 40 years of time, effort, excellence, and thoughtful presence. Expect the usual round of embarrassing accolades—he is a shy Norwegian, after all—along with plenty of festive decorations, balloons, assorted treats and party favors, and a special chocolate cake (involving sprinkles, no doubt). Your presence is requested in the library’s periodicals room on Thursday, May 22, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.