Need a gift idea for your pastor? The Center for Lifelong Learning is pleased to present its third annual https://www.luthersem.edu/lifelong_learning/holiday_gift_ideas.asp [online holiday gift guide] with gift ideas for your pastor/s, church staff, congregation, friends, family and more.
From the President: Being a Catalyst for Change, Mission and Renewal
Today’s Luther Seminary graduate will be sent out into a church with great opportunities and potential. Nevertheless, they will be sent out into congregations that are struggling to do effective and faithful ministry in a world that is constantly evolving and rapidly moving. Luther Seminary strives to be a catalyst for change in the ELCA and in many other churches.
Cool Congregational Idea!
Hands-on youth ministry isn’t just for young(er) people. When youth from First Lutheran Church in Taylor Falls, Minn., made plans to attend the Sonshine Christian Music Festival in Willmar, Minn. this summer, six self-described “seniors,” none of whom had teens involved, decided to come along. They wanted to provide a base camp, a safe place […]
Centered Life Takes Its “Discover Your Call” Course on the Road to Spokane
Discover Your Call is on the road to Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 18-20. This Centered Life workshop combines brief lectures, individual exercises and small group experiences to help you identify your unique pattern of dependable strengths and reflect on your own callings in daily life. In this train-the-trainer course, you also will learn how […]
The Bookstore Recommends…
What could be more fitting for an election year than reading a couple books on faith and politics? The Luther Seminary Bookstore recommends these two: God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It by Jim Wallis (HarperCollins paperback, $11.25 discount price) Since when did believing in God and having […]
New Law Lets You Give from Your IRA Tax-Free
If you are age 70ݢ or older, new legislation now allows you to make cash gifts totaling up to $100,000 a year from your traditional or Roth IRA to qualified charities without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. This is good news for people who want to make a charitable gift during their lifetime from […]