Chapel

Cultivate your spiritual life

Chapel is a time set aside in the daily life of our community to come together as people of God in prayer, praise and proclamation of the gospel through word, sacrament, prayer, music and silence. As we come together our individual faith is nurtured, our communal beliefs and habits develop and the community is provided the opportunity for mutual conversation and consolation.

Watch chapel services on Luther Seminary’s YouTube channel.

Each day during the regular semester, the community gathers Monday through Friday at 11 am for worship in the Chapel of the Incarnation in Olson Campus Center.

During the Residential Focus Session weeks, chapel is at 11:30 am, Monday through Friday.

Schedule

Our general pattern for daily chapel during the regular semester follows a structure which offers flexibility and openness in terms of musical styles, prayer practices, and preaching schedule.

Mondays	11-11:30 am	“Prayer Break,” in partnership with Spirit Lab. A simple   liturgy with song, scripture and open prayer. Begin your week with 20 minutes of Sabbath time, gathered around the baptismal font, or in a circle around the chancel.
Tuesdays	11-11:25 am	Prayer & Praise (emphasis on contemporary, cross-cultural and global music)
Wednesdays	11-11:40 am	Service of Holy Communion with preaching
Thursdays	11-11:25 am	Service of the Word (preaching office)
Fridays	11-11:25 am	Contemplative Worship; join us for a time of singing simple chants, silence, hearing and reflecting on scripture, lighting candles at the cross — a time to rest in God, to let the words listened to and sung permeate one’s being.

Staff

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Communion Bread Recipe

From Luther Seminary to your table

Sift dry ingredients together three times: (important!)

2 c whole wheat flour
1 c white flour
1 & 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 & 1/4 tsp salt

 Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside.

 Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved:

3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp very hot water (minimum of 180 degrees F)
3 Tbsp honey
3 Tbsp molasses

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead.

Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1/4 inch thick disk.

With a knife, score the top of each loaf into eight pie-shaped sections, so that the sections can be more easily broken off while serving. Alternatively, you could score a cross onto the loaf.

Lay the loaves on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush the tops of the loaves with oil. Bake an additional 5-8 minutes. Let cool.

Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 60-70 people, depending upon the size of the piece given. The loaves freeze well.

A well-used, well-loved recipe

Luther Seminary’s communion bread recipe has been used here for more than 25 years. It is baked by Luther Seminary dining services staff and served as part of our weekly Holy Communion service in chapel each Wednesday.

This recipe is known throughout the country as one of the best tasting and easiest to make. It’s become quite popular! In July 2012 Luther Seminary dining services staff baked an estimated 1,900 loaves and Fed-Ex-ed them to the ELCA’s youth gathering in New Orleans for their Sunday Eucharist!