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Students, faculty, and staff—thanks to an Endowment Lab Grant from Thrivent, you are invited to Brake Bread Together with our seminary community. Brake Bread Together will be informal gatherings on campus each month around bread and jam, coffee, and tea. We will “set the table” in different places around campus—Gullixson and Bockman Halls, Olson Campus Center, Old Muskego Church, and outdoors—to celebrate the spaces we inhabit right now. Everyone is invited to take a break/brake and be reminded that we are not alone. These are times to build relationships, listen to one another, laugh together, and celebrate the good work and learning being done among us. Join us for these 30-45 minute gatherings each month, which I hope will inspire each of us, in this holy space, to love one another more deeply in a time of uncertainty. The first gathering is next week:
Thursday, October 9 – Lunch Church 11 a.m., OCC Dining Room
If you have questions, email me anytime: erovahegener001@luthersem.edu.
— Emily Rova-Hegener, Contextual Learning

We warmly invite all students, staff, and faculty to join us for the Luther Board Reception on October 9, 2025, from 4:30 – 6 p.m. Come to the OCC Café on the 2nd floor to engage and connect with our board of directors. Refreshments, including drinks and finger food, will be provided for everyone to savor and enjoy.

All are invited to register for the second biannual Groundswell event, cohosted by the Minneapolis Area Synod’s Faith and Neighboring Practices and Augsburg University’s Riverside Innovation Hub. The Groundswell is a community gathering of like-hearted folks in the Twin Cities committed to contributing the common good—locally, relationally, and in the small simple practices that build connection and trust. This is a growing network of faith communities, local leaders, and other individuals of good faith and good will seeking to be vital and faithful neighbors.
Friday, October 24, 5:00–8:30 p.m. and Saturday October 25, 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Hagfors Center, Augsburg University, 2001 S 6th St, Minneapolis
Keynote Storytellers: De’Amon Harges and Mike Mather
Learn more and register by October 9.

This week, operations staff will begin moving through our facilities to remove AC units and close up window openings. Thank you for your understanding and support.

In this devotion, David F. Dahl ’80 M.Div., observes how when we are closed to own power God can make us open to the potential in others. Read today’s God Pause.

Please welcome Molly McFadden, who joins the shared services Marketing and Communication team, part of Seminary Relations, on Wednesday, October 8, in the role of marketing project coordinator. Molly’s office will be located in Bockman Hall 211. Molly is a graduate of Bethel University and is coming to us from the Minnesota Children’s Museum. She is a people person who enjoys working cross-departmentally. Please send a note or drop by her office to welcome Molly to Luther Seminary!