{"id":501,"date":"2026-10-26T18:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-10-26T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:41:08","slug":"reformation-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/2026\/10\/26\/reformation-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Reformation Day Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We will celebrate Reformation Day in Chapel this Wednesday. Wear something red. Many of our students who love the ELW liturgical tradition have pulled out the stops to plan a service that celebrates the Reformation with processionals, sung liturgy, and all organ-led music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Mark Tranvik, <em>Professor of Reformation History and Theology<\/em>, will continue our eight-week fall series by preaching from Genesis 12:1-5. God called Abram to leave his family and go to a place that God would reveal to him. What does this familiar call story have to say to us in this moment of our Seminary&#8217;s story and in the unfolding world events around us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have three spaces this week where we can gather around this text and bring our joys and fears to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We will read the text and enter contemplative practice. I invite you to join us in the OCC meditation chapel or on <a href=\"https:\/\/luthersem.zoom.us\/j\/99323264523?pwd=PsJAZP8dDZdU9CBJPfp5Bc2aWbIYk1.1\">Zoom<\/a> to sit in centering prayer or contemplative sketching as we soak in the text for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Presider: Pastor Yelerubi Birgamus, PhD student. Preacher: Dr. Mark Tranvik, <em>Professor of Reformation History and Theology<\/em>. We will celebrate Holy Communion and enjoy fellowship in the Chapel Cafe. Join us in the Chapel of the Incarnation or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LutherSeminary\/streams\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Join together for Lunch Church in the Dining Room. This is in-person only. Chapel Staff will lead us in a simple communal reflection on the text this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will celebrate Reformation Day in Chapel this Wednesday. Wear something red. Many of our students who love the ELW liturgical tradition have pulled out the stops to plan a service that celebrates the Reformation with processionals, sung liturgy, and all organ-led music. Dr. Mark Tranvik, Professor of Reformation History and Theology, will continue our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}