Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 3/9/2014 12:25 AM
On Tuesday April 1 from 11:30am to 1:00pm, the office of Contextual Learning is excited to host an Open House for Tim Coltvet and for all of the MA professional degree-seeking students in Congregational Mission and Leadership, Children Youth and Family, and Congregation and Community Care concentrations.
It will be a brief yet festive opportunity to help welcome Tim to the office and familiarize MA students with the work and support we do here.
Lunch food and drink will be provided. See you there! …
Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 3/9/2014 12:05 AM
The office of Contextual Learning would like to share some updates on the Internship placement process for 2014 - 2015.
Orientation:
Internship Orientation for students is running smoothly. Future Interns, if you are not attending the sessions on Thursday afternoons, please make sure to check your email for the recordings and handouts. Pastors, your trainings will occur in May.
Interviews:
Internship interviews are now complete, with the exception of interviews that were rescheduled to after inclement
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 3/9/2014 12:00 AM
Teaching Congregations in Spring 2014 is already underway!
Students, if you do not need a new placement and have already submitted your Learning Agreement for 2013 - 2014, no further action is required. You may begin your contextual work.
If you do not need a new placement but did not submit your Learning Agreement last semester, please submit that as soon as possible; they were due March 1.
If you need a new placement, please begin by reviewing the
Site List
. If no site works for you, your chosen
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 3/8/2014 11:55 PM
Would you like to add your Cross-Cultural Education event here? Email April Winebrenner-Palo at
awinebrennerpal001@luthersem.edu
. Thanks!
"Becoming Buddhist When Jesus Isn’t Enough: A Third Wave Womanist Negotiation of Race, Gender and Religion"
April 8
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
The 2014 Mahle Lecture at the Wesley Center for Spirituality, Service, and Social Justice at Hamline University features the absolutely fantastic Black womanist process theologian
Dr. Monica Coleman
. Dr. Coleman
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:30 AM
Lisa Janke is an MDiv middler and a member of the Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Synod of the ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada). In this piece, she discusses working on sexual and domestic violence prevention in
Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, learning how to "boldly declare" her theological convictions, and using cross-cultural education to destabilize privilege and highlight justice.
In 2012, I was sent to Ngaoundéré Cameroon, at the request of our partner synod, the
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:20 AM
For this month's
Ministry in Context
, I'd like to share a short meditation from Catholic poet, Mary Karr.
Disgraceland
Before my first communion at 40, I hung
to doubt as Satan spider-like stalked
the orb of dark surrounding Eden
for a wormhole into paradise.
God had first formed me in the womb
small as a bite of burger.
Once my lungs were done
He sailed a soul like a lit arrow
to inflame me. Maybe that piercing
made me howl at birth,
or the masked creatures
whose scalpel cut a lightning bolt to free me
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:15 AM
We are excited to welcome internship site supervisors and internship candidates to campus for our annual February Internship Interviews!
Students: Please click here for the link to our site list:
http://www.luthersem.edu/contextual_learning/internship/placement_process.aspx
. We invite you to review available sites and sign up for interviews! Please sign up for interviews by
February 13.
Supervisors: After student sign-ups are complete, we will send each of you details about rooms, student interviews,
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:10 AM
For those who are new to campus in Spring 2014, welcome. For those of you returning for the spring, welcome back!
Many of you have questions about the
Teaching Congregations program
in Spring 2014. We're happy to provide answers to these questions here!
Q. Should I take Teaching Congregations in Spring 2014?
A. Students completing their MDiv or CML MA via the distributive curriculum should continue to take Teaching Congregations FE 4021 and FE 4022 until all four semesters have been completed.
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:05 AM
What:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
trip to Israel and Palestine, in partnership with
Dar Al-Kalima
and
Christmas Lutheran Church
.
Where: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheva, Masada, The Dead Sea, Qumran, Bethlehem, Hebron, Galilee, Jericho, Caesarea, Megiddo, Nazareth, Cana, Tabgha, Capernaum, Golan Heights.
When: April 22 - May 4 2014.
Leaders: Pr. Beth Warpmaeker (Pastor of Congregational Life and Outreach at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and former intern at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem and
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 2/12/2014 12:00 AM
Open House: Welcoming Tim Coltvet and MA Community
In mid- to late-February, the office of Contextual Learning will be hosting an Open House to welcome Tim Coltvet and the MA community to the third floor! We'll have drinks, nibbles, and good cheer on a cold day. No RSVP required. More details are forthcoming. We hope to see you there!
Want more information? Contact contextuallearning@luthersem.edu!
Methodist House of Studies
From Academic Dean Craig Koester: We are pleased to tell you about an
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