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You are invited to join in community faith formation every weekday (Monday-Thursday) at 11:00 a.m. CT. 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, March 16, 11 a.m. CT
Text study with the chapel staff on Zoom (link in email).

Tuesday, March 17, 11 a.m. CT
Contemplative Practice in the Meditation Chapel and on Zoom.

Wednesday, March 18, 11 a.m. CT
Service of Holy Communion in the Chapel of the Incarnation. Cody Sanders will be preaching. Come explore our Lenten theme—Encounter with Christ—when Jesus encounters the man blind from birth. The service will be livestreamed.

Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. CT
Lunch Church in the OCC Dining Room. We will continue creating our Lenten community art project. Come eat lunch and add to our sanctuary banner in a creative way.
Share your prayer requests.

Luther staff are invited to one of two upcoming spaces to hold conversation with one another about the relocation of the seminary. This is not a program-oriented conversation nor one that has in view any logistical, architectural, or real estate decisions. It is a conversation space to process what we’re holding—personally and as a community—as we approach the move. Likely, many of us are experiencing everything from deep grief to hopeful anticipation, often intermingled and with a lot in between. We invite you to bring all of this into a spacious conversation with one another. There are two opportunities, and you are invited to choose one to attend:
Tuesday, March 24 – 12 p.m. In-Person Only, lunch provided, OCC Dining Room
Tuesday, April 7 at 12 p.m. Zoom Only (link to come)
We want to be able to speak with one another in a face-to-face way, so we are holding these conversations in one modality at a time. Choose which one works best for you. Chris Jacobsen (cjacobsen003@luthersem.edu) and Cody Sanders (csanders001@luthersem.edu), both members of the Future Space Working Group, will be holding this space and helping to facilitate conversation. If you have questions, please contact them.

Pancake breakfasts have returned! On the second Wednesday of the month pancakes will be served to to the community by Community Life colleagues and volunteers from Luther. Swing on by 8:30-9:30 a.m. to the Olson Campus Center Café and help create beloved community over a varied breakfast. Join us on these dates: April 8, May 13.

In this devotion, Mercedes Roesch ’24 M.Div. remind us that only through Christ’s light do we receive sight and experience truth revealed. Read today’s God Pause.

Please join the Library, Archives, and Academic Affairs in welcoming Bryant Kumlin as Library, Archives, and Scholarly Support Specialist. Bryant is a familiar face on campus as a Ph.D. student (defense scheduled for April 10!), lead student worker in the library, and instructor in our academic M.A. capstone course. In this new role, Bryant will continue his duties in the library and instruction and will support the archives as it prepares for a move of its collections. Welcome, Bryant!

Auditing Courses. Provided satisfactory arrangements regarding work schedule are made with your supervisor, all employees not currently registered in a degree program may—with permission of the academic dean and course professor—audit courses at no cost. This privilege is also available to spouses of staff members.
Faith+Lead Courses. Employees are eligible to attend Faith+Lead courses and workshops at a 50% charge. You must register with Faith+Lead prior to attending any courses.