The Luther Seminary community, the Twin Cities faith community and distinguished guests from around the country gathered the weekend of Oct. 22-23 for the installation of Richard Bliese as president of Luther Seminary.
First Quarter 2006
Notes From the Mission Field: Becoming a Centered Congregation
Locally and globally, congregations that strive to become missionally dynamic share at least one commitment in common: they are striving to center their life together in the word of God.
Amjad-Ali to Play Greater Role in Islamic Studies Program
Dr. Charles Amjad-Ali will take on additional responsibilities teaching and providing leadership for Luther Seminary’s Islamic Studies Program, beginning July 1, 2006.
Living Out Our Callings in the Community
At the 2006 Mid-Winter Convocation, “Living Out Our Callings in the Community,” Jan. 4-6, participants examined what call really means in correlation with one’s community.
One Congregation’s Vision for its Community
Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Minn., lives its mission statement: “Serve Christ by Sharing God’s Love.”
Church Reaches Out to the Recovering Community
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.”
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.