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FIRST WEEK 2008 SCHEDULE |
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Tuesday, September 2,
2008 |
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8:00 am |
Sign-in, Information Fair, Photo IDs made, Coffee |
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9:00 am |
Opening Worship with greeting from President Rick
Bliese |
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9:30 am |
Introduction to the First Week experience |
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10:20- 10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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10:30 am-2:00 pm |
Doing Theology time includes free lunch
Tell us your top three
choices of these six topical
areas:
Advocacy,
Money,
Healthcare,
Land/Food/Water,
The Arts, and
Transportation.
The time spent in your
small group during the core of each day is designed to
accomplish a number of things: to ground you with a
small group of people, to begin to think about life in a
seminary community, to vision about the mission of the
church, to seek out God’s activity in the world and to
build a foundation for success in seminary. These
discussions will fulfill your requirement to complete a
boundary workshop during your seminary experience.
The
topic or theme of your group is not the main part of
these discussions- but rather a foundational piece
around which we can gather to take up these other
tasks. We hope you will learn something about your
topic, but only as it allows us to begin to together
build a framework around which the discovery of your
vocation and your theological voice can begin to grow.
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2:00 pm |
Refreshment Break |
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2:30-4:00 pm |
Degree Program meetings.
You will meet with with faculty
and staff with leadership responsibilities in your
Degree program and area specialty. |
| 4:00 pm |
Choir Rehearsal or Special interest Groups
(optional)
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| 6:00 pm |
Dinner Groups off-campus
optional (you can sign-up on Tuesday morning when you
arrive) |
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Wednesday, September 3,
2008 |
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8:00 am |
Sign-in, Information Fair, Photo IDs made, Coffee |
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8:15 am |
Join the library staff for
nourishment of body and mind. |
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9:00 am |
Worship with Holy Communion |
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9:45 am |
Break with Refreshments
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10:00 am |
Plenary: The Kind of Community We Are
with Rev. Patricia Lull, Dean of students
and Dr. Rollie Martinson, Academic Dean |
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10:45 am - 2:00 pm |
Doing Theology (in your chosen topical group) time includes free lunch
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2:00 pm |
Break |
| 2:15 |
Meet your faculty Advisor |
| 3:00 pm |
Presidential Reception
(attend with your faculty advisor!) |
| 3:30-7:30 pm |
ShareSaveSpend
for Seminarians.
Yes, seminary can be expensive! This
workshop will provide tools for making
the most of your money!
And to make it even better, you get free
food, free money and nationally
recognized experts.
Pre-registration required. |
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Faith and Money at Luther Seminary
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Nathan Dungan w/ShareSaveSpend
(www.sharesavespend.com)
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Mission Investment Fund
w/ Dan Carlson (www.missioninvestmentfund.org)
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($25.00 MIF savings account for each
student)
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Financial Aid w/Bill
Silva-Breen
(www.luthersem.edu/finaid)
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(Free information on paying for school and
keeping your debt low)
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Yummy Dinner (provided by the Center for Stewardship
Leadership
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Sign-Up for a Free Financial Coach
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Thursday, September 4,
2008 |
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8:00am (time approximate) |
Depart with your small group for community experience |
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5:00 pm (time approximate) |
Return to Luther Seminary |
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Evening |
optional activities not yet announced |
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Friday, September
5,
2008 |
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9:00 am |
Community Dialogue and Reflective Learning
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10:45 am |
Break with Refreshments
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11:00 am |
Festive Worship
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1:00 to 3:00pm |
Workshops on specific topics
(more
information to follow) |
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Schedule subject to change |
We ask that you please pre-register for the First Week
experience! This allows us to provide personalized
information to you and plan for enough resources and FOOD!
More Questions?
See our Frequently Ask Questions page
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Start
the journey toward your First Theological Degree by
registering for the First Week 2008 experience.
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