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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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 1/8/2014 12:30 AM
It's a new year, a new semester, and a new ritual season for most of our faith and ethical traditions. Rather than posting familiar recaps from 2013 or providing the same old list of resolutions for 2014, I want to equip you with some words that have helped me begin new chapters in the past.
May these words be fruitful to you as you begin a new season of work on your preaching, prayer, pastoral care, public ministry, liturgical design, schoolwork, writing, clinical visitations, or any of the other
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 12/12/2013 12:20 AM
Seamus Heaney was a Northern Irish poet, playwright, peace activist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. From his own perspective amid Northern Irish political conflict, Heaney penned "The Cure at Troy" as a tribute to Nelson Mandela and an indictment of apartheid in South Africa. Heaney passed away on August 30 2013 and was followed less than four months later by Nelson Mandela himself on December 5 2013. It seems appropriate to share Heaney's poem for Mandela for this month's
Ministry
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 12/12/2013 12:10 AM
Step 1: Apply
Because many congregations need to approve the application at a January annual meeting, the site application deadline is
January 31, 2014.
However, we are happy to receive applications at any time – the earlier the better!
Please find “Expectations for Internship Sites,” “Financial Matters,” and the application form itself at the following link:
http://www2.luthersem.edu/contextual_learning/internship/for_congregations.asp
.
When you are preparing your
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Posted by awinebrennerpal001 on 12/12/2013 12:05 AM
All Teaching Congregations Reflection Questions are due on December 17!
Students: As always, we will need two sets of Reflection Questions: one from you and one from your mentor pastor. You can access these via the FE 4021 coursepage. They can be submitted via online survey or via electronic or hard copy.
These Reflection Questions are intended for you and your mentor pastor to engage in thoughtful, compassionate, reflective conversation, so please begin them now!
