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When. Friday, February 28, 5-6 p.m.
Where. OCC Café, 2nd floor
Come and listen to stories from Africa told from an African lens. These stories are about African Christianity and spirituality, where Christianity insects with other religions. You will have opportunities to ask about the stories you have heard, and we will together try to answer your questions. This is organized by the Residential Life Program Coordinator’s office to help us mark Black History Month. African food will be served.

We are seeking seminarians, teachers, youth ministry professionals, and college and grad students interested in a short-term (3-4 week) summer commitment. Serve Boldly is a Lutheran ministry that provides youth grades 6-12 the opportunity to accompany and serve their neighbor in urban communities while deepening their understanding of God’s presence in their lives. Leaders and guides provide a quality service experience for church youth groups. In 2025, Serve Boldly will be in Duluth, Omaha, Madison, Milwaukee, San Diego, Nashville, and Saint Louis. Visit the Serve Boldly website to learn more and to start an application. Contact Serve Boldly director Sara Jonasen, sjonasen@gllm.org, with any questions.

In this devotion, Mindy Ehrke ’85 M. Div., ponders how we might receive encouragement from God in unlikely situations. Read today’s God Pause.

For Spring 2025 RFS 1 and RFS 2, during all community lunches and during Linner on Sunday, the OCC main dining area will be a space for eating and socializing and OCC 148 (auxiliary dining room) will be a space for those who prefer to eat quietly without socializing. If you need quiet space apart from an eating space, you are always welcome to spend time in the Meditation Chapel (2nd floor of OCC above the chapel).
RFS Building Hours for Non-Residential Students (with a Luther Seminary ID Card)
Olson Campus Center – 7am to 10pm
Bockman Hall and Gullixson Hall:
M 7am – 10pm
Tu 7am to 7pm
W 7am – 6pm
Th 7am – 7pm
F 7am – 6pm
Sa 7am – 6pm
Su 11am – 6pm

In this devotion, Mindy Ehrke ’85 M. Div., notes how we are engaged in God’s ministry by proclaiming God’s word of truth. Read today’s God Pause.

INVITE: Integrating nonviolence into theological education
Are you curious about what nonviolence can mean in Christian community? Do you wonder about constructive ways to engage public conflict? Have you found yourself drawn to nonviolent civil protests?
INVITE is a group that was begun as a student-faculty-staff-alumni movement in the spring of 2004. In the last few years it has lain somewhat dormant, but we are reviving it this spring in the wake of all that is happening. We plan to meet on the following Tuesdays at 4 p.m. CT on zoom, alternating between simply checking in with each other and reading the book ‘The Quaking of America’ by Resmaa Menakem.

• March 4 – check in
• March 18 – share about the book
• April 1 – check in
• April 22 – share about the book

For more information please sign up to be on our contact list. Details about past work are available on the INVITE website.