Care Team
Purpose of Care Team
- Provides prayer, support, advocacy, and accompaniment for Luther Seminary students, staff, and faculty.
- Tends holistically to the whole student and the Luther Community.
- Emphasis on Student Support.
- Seeks to cultivate spiritual, emotional, physical, social, financial, vocational, and intellectual well-being.
- Meets regularly to collaborate in our shared goal to journey faithfully with the community, amid challenges and joys, for the sake of empowering student success and a healthy learning environment.
The Care Team consists of the Dean of the Chapel, the Dean of Students, the Director of Student Affairs, the Director of International Student and Scholar Affairs, the Director of Contextual Learning, the Director of Inclusion and Belonging and the Senior Manager of Academic Affairs. Anyone in the Luther Seminary community can reach out to the Care Team members with concerns for self and/or others. Additional information is available on the Chapel and Spiritual Life webpage.
Counseling & Spiritual Direction Resources
A variety of counseling and spiritual direction resources are available to you as a student. Your faculty mentor, your academic advisor, the Student Affairs team, and the Dean of the Chapel are available for conversations and consultations.
Additional counseling resources are also available to you through the professional services of counselors in the Twin Cities or in your area. Please click the “Resource Guide” button below. We encourage you to make use of such professionals when you are ready to address more complicated issues in your life as a seminarian. Tending to our health and wholeness as real human beings is a necessary asset for ministry.
If you need assistance in selecting a counselor or spiritual director, please contact the Office of Student Affairs or a member of the Care Team. Each degree-seeking student may request reimbursement towards payment of a licensed counselor and/or spiritual director for up to $400 per academic year (July 1-June 30). All requests for reimbursements or invoices must be made in a timely fashion prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Disability Support Services
It is Luther Seminary’s policy to ensure that no qualified student with a disability is denied the benefits of, excluded from participation in or subjected to discrimination in any seminary program, service or activity. The seminary provides reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities.
If students wish to request accommodations, please contact Disability Services at disability@luthersem.edu and a liaison will be in touch with you to request documentation and information regarding the support that is required.