La Paloma closes Chapel Music Series with music of Schoenberg - April 25 at 4 p.m.

La Paloma presents the final concert of the 2009-2010 the Chapel Music Series. The string ensemble, made up of Chicago Symphony Orchestra members and friends, will present Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht Op. 4. The free concert is in the Augustana Chapel at LSTC 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago.
See http://www.lstc.edu/music/for more information.

 

Learn how to energize and inspire your congregation at "The Gift of Joy - The Joy of Gift"
Help members of your congregation discover and use their gifts. On Saturday, May 1, the Rev. Dr. J. Pittman McGhee, will relate the biblical concept of "spiritual gifts" and "one body with many members" to psychological and personality assessment tools. Workshops include review of LifeKeys and Dependable Strengths, two faith-based resources that help individuals understand and use their gifts and resources. Cost for the 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. conference is $40 per person. For more information and to register, visit http://www.mcselca.org/what/stewardship/spring.php 
Co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Synod Stewardship Strategy Team and the Tithing and LSTC's Tithing and Stewardship Foundation.

 

Senior Class Fundraiser - Wine Tasting and Live Auction
On Sunday, May 2, help the Class of 2010 raise funds for the class gift to LSTC at a class-sponsored wine tasting and live auction. Sommelier Ryan Stetins will guide the wine tasting (non-alcoholic beverages will be available) at 5:30 p.m. in the LSTC Refectory, 1100 East 55th Street. A live auction of items created and donated by the senior class starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact  Karen Stetins at kstetins@lstc.edu. 

 

Take a week-long Maymester course at LSTC
Want to take a course but don't have 15 weeks to spare? LSTC is offering four courses during "Maymester," May 17 - 28. Three are week-long courses that meet every day, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a break for lunch. The fourth will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from May 17 - 28, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
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Pastor Susan K. Ericsson will be the preacher at the commencement service to be held at 2:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 5472 South Kimbark, Chicago

We invited your prayers and the prayers of your congregation as these women and men begin a new phase of their ministry.

LSTC adds position for assessment and planning; reorganizes Information Services
Kenesa Debela has been appointed as Director - Information Technology Services at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He returns to LSTC after three years as Workplace Technology and Collaboration Consultant for Accenture, assisting corporations across the country on technology assessment, migration projects, and new system implementation.

 

Debela leads a reorganized Information Services Office at LSTC. Former Director of Information Services Laura Wilhelm has accepted a new position as LSTC's Executive for Administration, Assessment and Planning.

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Vethanayagamony co-editor of Mission after Christendom
Peter Vethanayagamony, associate professor of modern church history at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, is co-editor and contributor, with Ogbu U. Kalu and Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, to Mission after Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission, published by Westminster John Knox Press (ISBN-13: 978-0-664-23465-2, $24.95). This collection of eleven essays outlines a 21st century vision for mission. [ Read more ]