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We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the OCC Dining Room for Lunch Church.
Topic: Why Jesus?
Speaker: Ken Reynhout, acting associate dean of Academic Affairs and director of Institutional Research. “Why Jesus” is a series of talks designed to help build community here at Luther and to model the practice of Christian testimony. Speakers—faculty, staff, students, alums, donors, and others—focus on two questions: Why am I a Christian? and What difference does Jesus make in my life? Lunch is provided. Share your prayer requests.

Come for breakfast with pancakes on December 3 from 8:30–9:30 a.m. in the OCC café.

Chef Sam and Emily are having their annual Thanksgiving pie and sides preorder pickup here at Luther (outside in the lot) on Wednesday 11/26. This is your chance to share the culinary artistry of Sam and Emily with your families on Thanksgiving. Place an order through the Fruit and Grain bakery website.

This week, the office of International Student and Scholar Affairs (ISSA) and the International Student Association (ISA) join NAFSA-Association of International Educators, the Forum on Education Abroad, and the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) in celebrating International Education Week. Historically a joint effort of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, International Education Week has for 25 years provided institutions in the US an opportunity to showcase the people, places, and power of global connections among its students, faculty, and staff. The ISA has organized displays of cultural artifacts from across the global in Bockman Hall 116 under the banner “Celebrating Unity in Diversity.” The following countries are represented: Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, and the United States of America. Cultural Artifacts may include traditional clothing, cultural symbols, artwork and crafts, photos and stories, and traditional instruments.

On Thursday, November 20, the Admission’s Office is hosting our monthly campus visit day. Please feel free to say hello and introduce yourself to potential students you see on campus.

In this devotion, Ramona Bouzard ’80 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., says that, secured by God’s love in Jesus, we bear mature fruit that comes from our knowledge of God. Read today’s God Pause.