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We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the Chapel of the Incarnation for Chapel and online for a Service of Holy Communion with Pastor Steve Thomason, dean of the chapel, and musician Erin DeBoer-Moran, director of chapel music. *For those joining via livestream: Worship will be guided by a powerpoint embedded in the youtube video. Any hymns from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship Hymnal (ELW) will be presented by hymn number only and you may want to have a copy of the ELW accessible during worship.
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How are you doing—not just as a student but as a whole person? Luther Whole Life is a weekly, one-hour Zoom gathering for seminary students to pause, connect, reflect, and encourage one another as we navigate the demands of seminary and preparation for ministry. Through guided conversation, gratitude, and prayer, we’ll explore practices that support spiritual, emotional, physical, relational, and vocational well-being. This Month: Spiritual Health | This Week: Conversations with God
All students are welcome. No preparation is required. We meet Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m. CT on Zoom (link in email).

Reminder: Our Portico Open Enrollment presentation will be held this Wednesday, October 14, 9–10:30 a.m. CT in OCC 10. Portico representatives will be on campus to present plan details, review key updates for the 2027 plan year, and answer any questions you may have. (See Zoom option in the calendar invitation). Other reminders:

• Open Enrollment Window. Open Enrollment officially begins on Monday, October 19. Watch for your email invite directly from Portico starting that day (sent in batches over a few days). Everyone will have two full weeks to complete enrollment.
• Overview of Benefit Changes. Calendar invites and the 2027 Overview of Benefit Changes/premium rates have already been sent out.
• Recording. If you are unable to join us live, the presentation will be recorded and shared with all faculty and staff afterward.

If you have any questions ahead of Wednesday’s session, please email Carrie Johnson (cjohnson007@luthersem.edu) or Joe Ahrens (jahrens001@luthersem.edu).

Come and sing with us! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join the Luther Seminary Chapel Choir. We rehearse weekly 12:15–1:15 p.m. after Wednesday chapel and sing about once a month during Wednesday worship. People of all singing and music-reading abilities are welcome. Please fill out this online form to indicate your interest.

Please join the Office of Institutional Research on Tuesday, October 27 from 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in OCC 10 and on Zoom (link in email) to learn about the Alumni ExperienceSurvey. This is a hybrid event with a free lunch for those attending in person. We will be sharing the survey design process, delivery experience, and what we are learning from the responses followed by a time for Q&A. If you have questions, email research@luthersem.edu.

Students, faculty, staff, join my former NYC parish, Saint Thomas Church 5th Avenue, this Wednesday, October 14 at 6 p.m. CT, for this year’s John Henry Hobart Theology Lecture with Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, leading the worldwide Anglican Communion through a period of profound challenges. Twenty-five years after 9/11, he will reflect on questions that concern us all: How can we resist the temptation to turn strangers into enemies? How do we rebuild trust in a divided world? How can we rediscover the bonds of solidarity that make genuine community possible? Archbishop Rowan was himself in Manhattan on September 11, 2001, and his experience that day inspired his moving book “Writing in the Dust.” I hope you will join this call for what promises to be an exceptionally thoughtful and inspiring evening. Registration for Twenty-Five Years after 9/11: Strangers, Neighbors, and the Work of Solidarityi s required.
—Timothy Higdon