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"E.tcetera ..."
With the new semester
three new bloggers have joined the team that writes our seminarians' blog:
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2012 Watanabe Calendar:
 The Holy Family. Available now. Proceeds benefit Scholarship funds.
Chapel Music Hymn Festival Oct.16;
Gospel Choir at
Trinity Lutheran Nov. 13:
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Mission Statement
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago forms visionary leaders to bear witness to the good news of Jesus Christ.
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 There will your heart be also
One of the things I never expected when I started working for nonprofit organizations (and for LSTC) was how much time I would spend talking and thinking about money. Everywhere I turn,I hear about shortfalls and deficits. Talk about budgets always includes that painful word "cuts." Ouch! My reflex action when I get cut is to close my hand tight over the spot.
Of course, Jesus talked a lot about money, too. What Jesus said on the topic isn't what I hear on news reports about governments and financial markets. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth. . . but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . .For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matt. 6:19-21)
LSTC has tried to be open about the financial challenges it faces. We do not yet know what those challenges will mean for LSTC in the years ahead. We are in a discernment process, an envisioning process, trusting God to guide us on the way.
Despite the challenges,there is abundance at LSTC: amazingly gifted students, faculty and staff who share their talents to do the work of learning, teaching and administration; donors who care deeply about the mission of forming leaders for the church and give generously and selflessly; and a God who loves us and calls us to open our tightly closed hands to share the treasure we have been given.
Jan Boden
Director of Communications and Marketing
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LSTC to celebrate the ministry of James Kenneth Echols
On Friday, Nov. 11, LSTC will celebrate the Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Echols' ministry as president of the seminary from 1997 - 2011.
A special worship service held in the Augustana Chapel at LSTC will begin at 4 p.m. Dr. Jonathan Strandjord, director for theological education for the ELCA will preach. A reception immediately follows the service.
Everyone is welcome at this celebration. Help us plan for the reception by sending an acceptance RSVP to lwilhelm@lstc.edu by Nov. 1.
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News from LSTC
LSTC student receives John Stott Scholarship
Wiriya Tipvarakankoon, a Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Ph.D. student in Biblical Studies, has received a John Stott Ministries Langham Fellowship. The fellowship provides an $18,000 grant each year to students from Majority World countries in Ph.D. programs in the United States, Canada, or Europe. The grant is renewable for up to four years. [Read more]
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New Scholarships
Eleven first-year, three Ph.D., and three doctor of ministry LSTC students are receiving Visionary Leaders Scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. LSTC has, historically, provided a large number of scholarships based on students' financial need. What's new about the Visionary Leaders Scholarships is that they are merit scholarships awarded to students whose gifts and goals make them a particularly good match for the type of ministry formation LSTC provides.
LSTC has long been aware of graduates sometimes turning down a call because of financial reasons. Several years ago, the admissions staff discovered that some of the prospective students who seriously considered LSTC decided to go to other seminaries because the other schools offered them a better scholarship package, alleviating the need to borrow money for seminary.
Mark Van Scharrel, vice president for advancement, proposed creating the Visionary Leaders Scholarships. He also wanted to address the fact that students of color graduating from ELCA seminaries have 50% more debt than the average ELCA seminary graduate. The Advancement Office created the Hope Scholarships, specifically for students of color.
"We wanted to remove as many financial barriers as possible for prospective students who felt LSTC was the best seminary for them," Van Scharrel says. "We worked closely with our colleagues in admissions to find out how many scholarships they thought would make a difference and then we tested the idea with some of LSTC's donors. The response from donors was truly amazing. Everyone we talked to understood the need and many of them are providing scholarships for students this year."
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 Free resources for alumni
When you were in seminary, you had access to one of the best theological libraries in North America - the JKM Library. One of the things that made JKM so good was its extensive periodical collection. In the last few years many of the journals became available online, so you could find, obtain and print out full-text article from your home or office.
The premier database for full-text online articles in religion is called ATLASerials or ATLAS. This database contains full articles from 140 major religion and theological journals, including Christianity Today, Christian Century, Interpretation, Worship, Lutheran Quarterly, Currents in Theology and Mission, and Zygon. JKM subscribes to ATLAS and so you have access to them all if you are a currently enrolled student.
JKM (and LSTC/McCormick), through the auspices of The American Theological Library Association and Lilly Endowment, Inc., offer YOU, the alumni of LSTC, free access to ATLAS and all of its wonderful full-text articles for this academic year! It's one of the benefits of being our alum! How can you participate? It's simple: phone or email Barry Hopkins, acting director of the JKM Library, at 773-256-0738 or bhopkins@jkmlibrary.org, for the username and password of ATLAS.
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Manz Tage in Minneapolis
Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn., will celebrate the life and ministry of Cantor Paul O. Manz October 28-29. The celebration begins with a hymn festival on October 28. Mark Bangert, John H. Tietjen Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Ministry: Worship and Church Music, will make a presentation on October 29. David Cherwien, Paul Westermeyer and Victor Gebauer are the other workshop leaders and presenters. Manz Organ Scholarhsip winner Samuel Backman will give the concluding organ recital. To learn more or to register, visit www.mountolivechurch.org. |
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Opportunities at LSTC
Oct. 16, 4:00 p.m. - Chapel Music Series - Hymn Festival
Oct. 21, 8:30am - 7:00 p.m. - Student Symposium on Science and Spirituality and LSTC Academic Forum
Oct. 23, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.- Performance of Mark 1-7 by Dr. Philip Ruge-Jones in honor of David Rhoads
Oct. 23-25 - Seminary Sampler
November - Native American Heritage Month: Waters, Rituals and Rights
Nov. 7, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Military Chaplaincy panel discussion
Nov. 8, 11:00 a.m. - Kristallnacht Interfaith Commemoration Service
Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m - Multicultural Center Screening of Film: Native Nations
Nov. 19 - 20 - 58th Annual Powwow (American Indian Center of Chicago)
Dec. 4, 7:00 p.m. - Chapel Music Series - Advent Choral Vespers
[ Read more at our website Calendar of events. ] |
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