Too many congregations live with the myth that ‘Addiction doesn’t happen here,'” Pastor Kathryn Brown, ’01, said at the beginning of a workshop on Extending the Love of Christ to the Recovering Community. “They couldn’t be more wrong.”
First Quarter 2006
Seminaries Receive Grant to Educate More Church Leaders
Luther Seminary and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, as partners in the Western Mission Cluster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Congregation Actively Raises Up Leaders for the Church
When Paul Harrington, ’71, took a call to newly started mission congregation Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in 1980, he didn’t set the goal that the church would support one new seminarian each year. But he could have.
Rural Synod Awards Its First Full-Year Scholarship to Senior Seminarian
I now have more freedom to serve a rural congregation, Michael Hanson, a senior in Luther Seminary’s Master of Divinity program, said. He is the first seminarian to receive a full one-year tuition scholarship from the Southwestern Minnesota Synod.
The Sustaining Gift Fund: A Gift Without Strings
While Luther Seminary thanks God for gifts for named scholarships, endowed chairs and special funds, it is unrestricted gifts — those with no strings attached — that are most crucial to keeping the seminary running each year.
Insight for Pastors
Find out more from Luther’s D.Min. students
Two New Books by Luther Seminary Faculty
The Centered Life and Coming of Age: Exploring the Spirituality and Identity of Younger Men are two new books by Luther Seminary faculty.
Alums: Nominate Your Peers!
The Luther Seminary Alumni/ae Council is receiving nominations for two recognition programs. All Luther Seminary graduates are eligible.